From 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, the public is invited to the fourth of six “mental hygiene” workshops to be conducted at Town Hall. This week’s facilitator is Kent Weishaus, licensed social worker. Weishaus’s program is titled “Feel Like You Need a Referee for the Committee in Your Head? Inner Conflicts and…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Sunday to Saturday, Sep. 25 to Oct. 1. • Sept. 25 — EMS, transport. Jameson Dr.• Sept. 25 — EMS, transport. McGaugh Rd.• Sept. 25 — Traffic crash with injuries, transport. Hwy. 243.• Sept. 26 — Walk-in EMS.• Sept. 26 — EMS. Saddle Rd.•…
By Janice MuraskoLast week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” new ARF cats discussed how to keep dogs comfortable in cold, winter weather.Phil: Recently I heard a human say he wasn’t certain a cat was the best choice for him. I thought “he hasn’t met all of us. “Atlas: No kidding! Take me, for example….
75 years ago – 1947Postmaster Harry Wendelken lamented, “There’s Idyllwilds all over the country, and all the mail for the other Idyllwilds comes to this station.” 70 years ago – 1952Wilma Chapman was conscientious about the change to standard time. She set her clock resolutely and hopped into bed. In the darkness of dawn, she…
The National Weather Service (NWS) San Diego’s Public Information Officer Alex Tardy traveled on the most luckiest of days for him to Idyllwild for a Town Hall meeting to speak on “Our Crazy Weather,” a title Mountain Disaster Preparedness President Mike Feyder coined following unprecedented heat waves and a tropical cyclone this summer. Tardy stopped…
Chelsea Walsh, 33, and Gavin Escobar, 31, both of Huntington Beach, were identified as the rock climbers who died Wednesday, Sept. 28, on Tahquitz Rock. The Riverside County Coroner’s Office listed the time of injury of 12:21 p.m. and time of death of 1:18 p.m. for both climbers. Idyllwild received a substantial lightning and hail…
At its Oct 4 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors held off approving a revised Ordinance 927.1 (Regulating Short Term Rentals [STRs]) and Ordinance 671.22 (Consolidated fees for land use). The board did approve a new Ordinance 927.1 at its Sept. 13 meeting, but the supervisors also asked for several changes that are included…
Dominique Valenzuela is co-owner, with her fiáncé Kevin Hernandez, of Wild Rides, also known as Idy Wild Rides. They have a small office downtown just north of Harmony Monument where they rent electric bicycles and have been doing a lot of that in the few weeks they have been operating. TC: “When did you open?”…
Idyllwild Arts presents its Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10 on campus. The morning’s events include AlterNATIVE, an “edu-tainment” overview of American history from an Indigenous perspective by renowned musician and educator Ed Kabotie (Tewa/Hopi); a film screening of “Gather,” an intimate…
Brendan Steele’s good fortune in the 2023 PGA Tour season has not begun. He was cut this last week at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. The Idyllwild native dropped from 110th to 121st in this new season’s Official World Golf Rankings. He as yet has no ranking on the 2023 FedExCup list, and…
