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Three involved in Anza murder, one found guilty
One jury found Chris Duve, 31, not guilty of the 2006 murder of Paul Cline, then 60 and a resident of Old Cary Road in Anza. One day later, a second, separate jury, found Angela Shaver, 46, of Meadowbrook guilty of Cline’s murder in the first degree with enhanced circumstances. Shaver’s formal sentencing, 26 years…
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Sports Roundup: Palms to Pines golf
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report on the Friday, May 18, golf tournament played at the Menifee Lakes Country Club. The regular monthly tournament was played on the Palms Course on a beautiful spring day under sunny skies, mild temperatures and gentle winds. The course was in excellent shape…
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Steele’s woes continue
Brendan Steele’s troubles continued again last week when he shot a four-over-par (70 and 74) for a total score of 144 during the first two days of the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, missing the cut by two strokes. Once again, the native Idyllwilder’s stats suggested difficulty hitting greens in regulation and leaving himself…
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Opinion: Carbon dioxide concentrations
On May 5, 350.org [an organization trying to create a global grassroots movement to deal with the issue of global warming] conducted a global day of action to call attention to impending climate change. Occupy Idyllwild stood at the town monument and handed out information regarding the catastrophic impacts of climate change. Since the beginning…
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Ron Kimmerle arrested for third time in a month; charged with multiple burglaries
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies again arrested Ron Kimmerle at his Laurel Drive home at around 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, May 23. Special Investigations Supervisor Sgt. Wallace Clear confirmed that Kimmerle, 49, would be charged with multiple counts of residential burglary. This is Kimmerle’s third arrest in just under a month. It follows an April…
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Idyllwild students show their talent
Fourth-grade students perform for a talent show last Wednesday morning …
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Idyllwild Historic District up and running in three months
A small group of Idyllwild and Pine Cove residents attended a final county presentation prior to the official launch of the Idyllwild Downtown Historic District. County representatives held the Wednesday, May 16, meeting to show the community final draft design guidelines for the district, explain how the permitting process for alterations works, and how the…
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Idyllwild Water District reviews recycled water ordinance
The board of directors for the Idyllwild Water District is reviewing a draft ordinance for mandatory use of recycled water. Anders Wistrom with Ascend Engineering, the district’s consultant on obtaining state approval for the recycled water facility, prepared the proposal. The district is considering requiring the use of recycled water for agricultural and landscape irrigation,…
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Michael Becerra next at authors series
Michael Jaime Becerra, associate professor of creative writing at University of California, Riverside, said a sense of place and trust in his characters are the keys to his writing success. Becerra is himself shaped by the place where he grew up, El Monte in Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Valley, and his writing is a product…
