When asked what someone should do if they find a rattlesnake in their yard, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Biologist Kevin Brennan said, “Nothing. If it’s threatening you or your pet and you’re willing and capable, kill it. Otherwise, just spray it with a stream of water from a hose and it will go…
At 5 p.m. Saturday, July 19, a groundbreaking celebration will mark the official start of construction for Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s new $6.5 million concert hall. The 298-seat facility will become the centerpiece of IAF’s 200-acre, mountaintop campus and is named in honor of Idyllwild Arts’ first president, William M. Lowman. The construction process is estimated…
Bright green new foliage has begun to carpet land ravaged one year ago by the Mountain Fire …
The Idyllwild Water District will consider a 50 percent increase in sewer rates at a future meeting, probably in September. The district’s sewer system and wastewater plan were built in 1971 and have been in use since 1972. Much of pipeline has reached its normal life expectancy and replacement is needed in several locations, said…
A rock climber fell from Tahquitz Rock …
Anyone not a part of a governmental body may invite a governmental body to a meeting without the onus falling on the anyone to follow the body’s rules. The “anyone” in the March case of the IFPD Brown Act violations was Riverside County Fire Chief John Hawkins. In Susan Weisbart’s response to the grand jury…
the itemized cost of his upbringing, that he received from his lawyer father Edward when he was 23 …
Town Crier has received confirmation that the man fatally injured at 11 a.m. Saturday and was reported dead at 1:02 p.m. the same day was a rock climber and has been identified as Bryan Rockwood, 49, of San Diego. Rockwood fell from Tahquitz Rock. Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire, Idyllwild Fire, the Riverside County Sheriff’s, U.S. Forest Service and Riverside…
“O, sunset land! O, sunset land! As on thy highest mount I stand, I look away across the plain, And wonder will it ever rain.” Thus did J.P. Baumgartner, editorializing in the Riverside Daily Press in 1899, paraphrase a familiar gospel hymn. Southern California was suffering through a three-year drought. Only three storage reservoirs existed…
Editor: Mile High Radio Club, celebrating 25 years of Community Service and providing emergency communications, appreciates the following organizations and individuals for their kind contributions in support of our efforts within the San Jacinto Mountains: Idyllwild Community Fund, Pine Cove Property Owners Association, Idyllwild Rotary, Idyllwild Rotary Ann’s, Jazz in the Pines, Pine Cove Water…
