Fall colors a treat on the Hill
One of the unique features that residents and visitors love about Idyllwild is that one can experience all four seasons. The trees at Idyllwild School foretell winter’s approach.
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Group gathers for Occupy Idyllwild protest
Locals gathered to “Occupy Idyllwild” today at the tree monument in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protest
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Occupy Idyllwild protest begins today
Residents of Idyllwild have organized the first official “Occupy Idyllwild” event today in the center of town. The gathering will be at the Idyllwild Tree Monument and begins at 4:30 p.m. A news release from organizers explained, “Just as the rest of Riverside County California has been hit hard by foreclosures, plummeting real estate values,…
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Idyllwild Arts students go on all-school hike
On Monday, Oct. 17, Idyllwild Arts went on an all-school hike from the tram around Round Valley. Here, Andrew Leeson (Creative Writing faculty), Ivey Tso (Moving Pictures major) and Michelle McMillan (Dance major) are seen crossing a log.
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Esperanza Fire fatality first-responders honored
As part of the remembrance of the five fallen firefighters, the San Jacinto Ranger District honored the firefighters who took part in the immediate rescue and recovery effort on that day.
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Two die in Hill vehicle crashes
Traffic collisions in the Idyllwild area claimed two lives in separate incidents on Friday, Oct. 21, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) Public Information Officer Darren Meyer. The first occurred at 6:05 p.m., when 78-year-old Indio resident Jackie McDonald lost control of his 2010 Toyota coupe while traveling east on Highway 74, east of the…
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Woodies help ARF
Woodies and ARF volunteers worked together to abate ARF’s new location on Highway 243. The crews had a great time getting the abatement work done.
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Garden Club hosts ‘Discovering Mountain Gardening’
The second of two speakers featured at the Idyllwild Garden Club’s “Discover Mountain Gardening” event, Joe Walker (above) of Obra Verde Growers, speaks about Australian perennials that grow well in our local mountains. The first speaker was UCSD professor Dr. James Nieh (not shown), who spoke about “The Dangers of Being a Honey Bee: Predators, Pesticides and Colony Collapse.”
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Birth Announcement: Opal Leigh Larkin
Idyllwild residents James Walter Larkin II and Rachel Corinne Welch are the proud new parents of Opal Leigh Larkin, born at 8:39 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, at Rancho Springs Medical Center in Murrieta. Opal weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces at birth and was 19 inches long. Her father, James, is employed at the Idyllwild…
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Only in Idyllwild
I was at the Transfer Station emptying bags of pine needles when my neighbor, Geno, came looking for his cell phone that he had just lost. He asked if I had a cell phone and would I dial his number. I said, “Sure,” and proceeded to do so. His cell phone rang and he found…
