Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, Jan. 28 to Feb. 4, 2013: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Jan. 29 — Medical aid, Marian View Drive, Idyllwild. Jan. 29 — Medical aid, Highway 371, Anza. Feb. 2 — Walk-in medical aid. Feb. 3 — Medical aid, North Circle Drive,…
Last month, the County of San Bernardino decided it no longer needed to declare a bark beetle emergency. Both Riverside and San Bernardino counties have been passing emergency bark beetle proclamations for more than a decade. Riverside County Fire Chief John Hawkins said this county has no current plans to cease approving its emergency declarations.
Although it seems as though this winter has been wet, in historic terms we are still in a drought and a dry rain year (July 1 through June 30) …
65 years ago – 1948 The two-man Forest Service staff, Ranger Don Bauer and Fire Control Assistant Bill Hersh, hiked six hours to Martinez Mountain to check a fire started when a P-80 military jet crashed and exploded. 60 years ago – 1953 The American Legion picked a site between Idyllwild and Mountain Center for…
There is a current and real threat to most of the oaks in our community — the GSOB or the Goldspotted oak borer. This beetle has killed tens of thousands of oaks in San Diego County, and has now been positively identified in Idyllwild. So far it has been found in three trees around the…
The Town Crier staff is working on the 2013 Homes and Land Improvement edition, which comes out on March 7. Like last year, we’re asking readers to send in their questions for local service providers. The best questions will be answered in an informative “Ask the Experts” feature. Questions can range from landscaping to roofing,…
Fortunately for present and future Idyllwild residents, much of the Hill’s history is preserved in photographs. We’ve seen more than our share of outstanding photographers through the years, but the most familiar name is Gray. Father and son, Ernest Benjamin (“E.B.”) Gray and Robert (“Bob”) Gray left a legacy expressed largely in their picture postcards…
The stage was nicely lit which added to the ambiance of the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra Concert on Saturday and Sunday …
Idyllwild School eighth-grader Benjamin Cruz placed third out of 44 students from 22 Hemet Unified School District elementary and middle schools. This was the district’s 36th annual spelling bee. “It’s the highest finish of any Idyllwild School student at the district bee that I can recall in the 15 years I’ve been involved,” said former…
Brendan Steele brought his game together in the Waste Management Phoenix Open on the Scottsdale TPC course in Scottsdale, Ariz., last week to post an 18-under-par 69-65-65-67 — 266 to tie for sixth place with two others. The Idyllwild native’s performance earned him a $207,700 paycheck, bringing his season’s winnings to more than $260,000. He’s…
