Hot music, a hot summer night and hot dancing driven by popping percussion. That is what you’ll experience when Grupo Bohemio, Santana cover band, returns for its fourth Idyllwild Summer Concert Series appearance. Six musicians, united by their Latin roots and love for beat-driven music, take the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 31. Jancito…
Author Dete Meserve asks in her novel “Good Sam” (Melrose Hill, 2014) whether acts of kindness would ever make the nightly news or front pages of print media. “We are constantly bombarded with stories about senseless murders, natural disasters, tragic accidents, massive fraud and the dark side of the American dream,” she notes on her…
Editor: Though several people in Idyllwild have generously attempted to explain to me the areas of great consternation that surround the Idyllwild Fire Protection District, Riverside County and the grand jury, I yet fail to understand the problem. Just can’t get my mind around it. Could be my age, my unwillingness to focus or my…
Last week at Hoylake, England, Brendan Steele made his first appearance in The Open Championship, sometimes known in the U.S. as the British Open. After a very rocky double-double start Thursday morning, the Idyllwild native played the back nine in a sizzling 3-under-par 34. However, he was not able to carry that over into Friday’s…
Editor: Are the citizens of Idyllwild willing to stay silent while a handful of Pine Cove residents and this newspaper does everything in their power to replace our own Idyllwild Fire Protection District with Cal Fire? I would hope not, but it sure seems that way. These aforementioned people, for reasons known only to them,…
Idyllwild Area Historical Society The Idyllwild Area Historical Society holds its annual general meeting at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, at the Creekstone Inn. The guest speaker is Dr. William Beachum “Pete” Lee, an anthropologist, linguist, professor, researcher, diver, consultant and technical advisor. He also is a co-producer, editor and cinematographer with film, media and…
BC: I’m taking a break this week to let Jack Clark comment. You’ve read the grand jury’s account of sworn testimonies it received from present and former IFPD firefighters and EMTs. (TC, July 10, p. 5.) IFPD commissioners read it, too, then unanimously ratified promoting Admin. Capt. Mark LaMont. (TC, July 17, p. 6.)…
Last week, Alex Tardy, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in San Diego provided the following YouTube video comments about the current drought and the possibility of relief if a fall or winter El Niño pattern develops. [These comments are paraphrased so are not in quotes.]: An El Niño is the warming of the equatorial…
Idyllwild Property Owners Association, once a thriving community club, now serves the purpose of giving “the little guy a voice,” by getting discounts for its members from five different propane companies, and making anonymous donations to community causes, said its only board member, Trish Seward, acting member chair. Seaward said she has repeatedly tried to…
