When Deanna Bogart saw Vic Sirkin of Idyllwild (and a jazz fest volunteer) relaxing on the grass in the front row during her performance, she literally got “down and dirty,” bringing her lively entertainment directly to him and then throughout the audience during the 21st Jazz in the Pines at Idyllwild Arts last Sunday.
Lisa Haley and her Zydekats close the 14th Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. Wildly popular with Idyllwild audiences, Haley and her trademark blue fiddle return on Thursday, Aug. 21, to raise the musical temperature, heighten the humidity and spread the contagion known as zydecosis — an infectious inability to refrain from dancing, from smiling and from…
Covered California announced new premiums for 2015. “The vast majority of Covered California consumers will see low increases in their health insurance premiums for 2015, and many consumers will see no increase or even a decrease,” said a recent press release. Consumers will have a choice of 10 health insurers for 2015. Open Season begins…
You’ve been asked to lead a large group of your friends out into the wilderness. Holy responsibility, Batman. What do you do? Don’t panic. Just follow these tips to help you pull off a safe and successful trip. 1. Prepare: Always research your hike. Check weather forecasts and prepare for the worst conditions possible. Make…
Brendan Steele didn’t tear up the course in Louisville last week, but he played the weekend, earned some money and gained a few more FedExCup points in the PGA Championship, the final major of the year. It also was the Idyllwild native’s final tournament of the regular season, since he will sit out this week’s…
Michael Darrenger Kellner, 21, of Idyllwild, who pleaded guilty to one count of a felony burglary charge on July 14, was sentenced on Aug. 4 to three years of formal probation and required to participate in a Salvation Army program. In addition, he will have to serve 253 days in the Riverside County jail. However…
Former TC Publisher Grace Reed established the Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award in 2011, the year Emax would have turned 100. The award recognizes an individual or entity who best exemplifies our community spirit through their volunteer efforts, as Emax did. After the nomination deadline, the TC chooses three it deems most worthy from the…
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department made several felony arrests this paper reported in the past few months that the District Attorney’s office lowered when it filed the charges as misdemeanors in the Superior Court. Jason Michael Roney, 24, was released on $5,000 bail after a June 20, arrest on several felony charges in Idyllwild. Roney’s…
Town Hall Sports Coordinator Richard Mozeleski gave this report on local sports: Adult Coed Softball Well, sports fans, they’ve come through turn four, heading down the last stretch with one week of games to play — Pacific Slope still up by two lengths with Ajax and Creekstone running close and Forest Lumber on their heels…
