Idyllwild Actors Theatre (now in its 20th year) announces its upcoming annual Christmas show “Ho! Ho! Ho! Our annual Christmas Show! From heartwarming to hilarious!” The event offers all new stories, poetry and music with stories from John Cheever, David Sedaris, John Updike and others. Music Director Brian Parnell (Throw the Goat) is putting together…
By Art Conner Apropos of an overall, underlying theme for the second Fall Concert offering of the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra Saturday night at Lowman Concert Hall, both the Orchestral Director Daniel Bassin and Music Department Chair Kai Potts-Smith presented the heading “The Healing Power of Music — Vibrations Across Generations” at the top of…
At 10:20 a.m. Friday, Dec. 2, Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies from the Hemet Station were dispatched to the 565700 block of E. Highway 74 reference a baby not breathing, according to Sgt. Wendy Brito-Gonzalez. She said “paramedics performed life-saving measures on scene but they were unsuccessful and the baby was pronounced deceased. There were no…
Riverside County Executive Officer (CEO) Jeff Van Wagenen provided a first quarter report on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 budget. Unlike the recent Legislative Analyst’s Office pessimistic preview of the state’s budget status, Van Wagenen reported that the end of FY 2021-22 balance was greater than expected and the county’s revenue projection is currently greater…
As of 4:21 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23, the final results for Assembly District (AD) 47 seat in the California Assembly remained too close to call. Christy Holstege, the Democratic candidate, continued to lead her Republican opponent, Greg Wallis. But with about 168,000 ballots counted within the whole district, Holstege’s election night lead of nearly 10,000…
This week the Crier spoke with Steven Proffitt, aka Ol Man Proffitt, a transplant putting out new roots in our community, a retired journalist with new stories to tell. Proffitt was born 70 years ago in Houma, Louisiana, to a native Cajun mother and father who came south from Iowa after World War II to…
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI) is poised to hold its third annual Christmas Art Kit Gift Giveaway Saturday, Dec. 3. AAI offers local parents and students the opportunity to choose one to two age-appropriate free art kits and materials. More than 200 gifts are divided into age groups of 4 to 7, 8 to…
In Lake Hemet Municipal Water District (LHMWD) General Manager Mike Gow’s report to the board last Thursday, he reported that the lake level is still low at 120.5 feet. 135 feet is full and 118 feet is half full.But the Nov. 8 storm resulted in valley farmers not taking irrigation water and he hopes that…
g Wednesday night, Nov. 16, General Manager Leo Havener reported that Cal Trans broke a sewer line on Oct. 29 where it has been installing a culvert near Village Market, despite IWD having marked the sewer line. IWD fixed the line the same night as it has no turn-off valve, he said.“How do we get…
The American Legion Post 800 suffered another burglary the second week of November. According to Riverside County Sheriff’s Sgt. Brandi Swan, deputies from the Hemet Mountain Station responded at 6:40 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, to the location on Marian View Drive in Idyllwild.“The investigation revealed that an unknown suspect(s) entered the business at some point…
