Robert P. Stearns of Idyllwild and Palm Desert passed away Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. Son of Howard and Codie Stearns, brother of Tom (Barbara) Stearns, husband of Gisela and father of Maria, uncle to Lett, Bryan, Mark and Scott. Bob was co-founder of SCS Engineers in Long Beach in 1970. He was president at SCS…
Higher Grounds’ T.J. Titus, left, tosses the ball to Lindsey Day, center, playing second base as Ajax’s Charlie Clayton runs from first on Aug. 5 during a Town Hall coed softball game at Idyllwild School.
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, July 26, golf tournament at Diamond Valley Golf Club. The results determined the top eight point finishers for the 2012-13 season. They will go into match-play playoffs in August, September and October to determine the club champion who will then…
Except for the facial hair, the differences between the four candidates for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission were subtle and often difficult to detect. At the Aug. 6 forum, candidates Commission President Jeannine Charles-Stigall, Rhonda Andrewson (former administrative assistant), Steve Kunkle (former fire chief from 2005 to 2010) and Nancy Layton (former financial consultant),…
From about 2:15 p.m. Wednesday until Sunday evening, a small fire near Poppet Flats Road grew to more than 20,000 acres becoming the newest fire threat on the Hill …
Following a serious fire within a national forest, the U.S. Forest Service quickly assembled a Burned Area Emergency Response team to assess the fire’s damage and the potential threat to the public and resources. (See the story below for more information about the BAER program.) The Mountain Fire BAER team was assembled and dispatched to…
This weekend is the 20th-annual Jazz in the Pines festival and third festival Marsha Lytle has chaired. “I feel great about it,” Lytle said Friday, Aug. 9. “Ticket sales are exceeding expectations. I’m sure the special two-day deal helped. The last two weeks have been huge. I don’t remember sales this strong this close to…
Kindergarten teacher Rachel Welch has her new students engaged on their first day …
