Cynthia Bond’s first novel, “Ruby,” was just released by Random House in April and is already garnering overwhelming critical acclaim. She speaks next with Eduardo Santiago as part of his Idyllwild Authors Series, now in its fourth season. Bond charted an interesting course in her journey to writing her first novel. “My Dad was a…
In loving memory of Marianne Goellnitz. Marianne was 91 years old. After coming from Germany in 1957, Marianne resided in Idyllwild beginning in 1960. Marianne worked at the Schwartzwald Haus (the old Chart House) in Fern Valley, and the Tirol restaurant for Robert Balzer in Pine Cove. After moving to Orange County for some years,…
Michael Patrick Hynes died Friday, May 30, 2014. He was 80 years old. Mike was born in San Pedro, California. Mike’s father was from Ireland and his mother from Colorado Springs. He enjoyed working in the commercial aircraft industry at Douglas Aircraft Co. in Long Beach. He lived in Belmont Shore, Lakewood and Orange County…
Bob Braden passed away on Sunday, May 25, 2014. He was a long-time resident of Idyllwild and Hemet, a retired Marine and a former ISOMATA (now Idyllwild Arts) employee. He will be greatly missed. A memorial service will be private.
Slated this week in our library are: From noon to 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 5, Julie Johnson hosts Teen Book Club for Homeschoolers. For more information call 659-9793. Also Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m., and again on Saturday, June 7, from 11 a.m. to noon, the library staff provides quick answers to basic…
Wednesday morning about 7:45 a.m., a 2.6 magnitude earthquake occurred on the Hill. The quake was less than a mile west southwest of Idyllwild and Pine Cove. No damage has been reported.
As of Wednesday morning, about 80 percent of the expected ballots from yesterday’s primary election have been counted. The Riverside County Registrar of Voters has announced that there are about 40,000 more ballots to count, but further results will not be released until Thursday evening. So far, 158,987 votes have been counted. This represents about…
Election Night vote counting is complete. Approximately 32,000 Vote-by-Mail, 5,000 Provisional and 2,700 damaged ballots that require duplication still must be processed. Work on those ballots begins Wednesday. The next updated results will be posted at 6:00pm on Thursday, according to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters. Last Updated: June 4, 2014 12:35 AM Registration…
Updated 11:15 p.m. About another 21,000 votes have been counted in the past hour. At this point, 141,466 votes have been counted, from about two-thirds of the County’s precincts. This represents about 15.9 percent of registered voters, but half the estimated ballots, according to the Registrar of Voter’s website. Statewide about 40 percent of all…
