The Humber Park trailhead and parking lot, which includes the Devil’s Slide Trail (3E05) and Ernie Maxwell Scenic Trail (3E07), will be inaccessible from the afternoon of Monday, May 16 to Friday, May 20 due to contractors mitigating an infestation of Goldspotted oak borer beetles (GSOB). With windy or rainy weather, this work and the…
With “Chapatti,” Idyllwild Actors Theatre (IAT) brings a heartwarming Irish tale of older animal lovers finding each other to the Rustic Theatre. The title refers not to the delicious Indian flat bread, but to a man’s best friend, an adopted stray dog. The play, set in Dublin, has been described as a “deft mix of…
Brendan Steele posted an 8-over-par 68-70-78-72 — 288 at the Wells Fargo Championship in Maryland last week to tie for 51st place. The Idyllwild native’s drives averaged 281 yards. He hit 57% of the fairways and 58% of the greens in regulation, but he lost about 2.3 strokes to the field with the putter. Brendan…
Idyllwild Garden Club The Idyllwild Garden Club will offer the Mountain Garden Tour Saturday, May 21. It will include five unique and lovely home gardens throughout Idyllwild, plus the club’s garden at the Idyllwild Area Historical Society and Museum. The price per person has been kept at $15, (under age 12 is free). Tickets will…
Katherine Alice Hines Grigsby, died in Santa Barbara Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at the age of 90.Katie was born Dec. 6, 1931 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She grew up in Pacific Palisades and graduated from Stanford University in 1953 with a degree in sociology. She married James L. Grigsby in 1957 and moved to…
Monday, March 14, 2022, we lost our cherished husband, father, friend and brother Nicholas Novosad.Nick was nearly 90 years old, a number of which he was proud. He had been ill for some time and by the time colon cancer was discovered, it was too late to save him.Nick had a full and successful life:…
A sitting judge, Burke Strunsky, is one of two challengers to the third term for incumbent Riverside County District Attorney Michael Hestrin. (Strunsky has taken a leave of absence while campaigning.)The 49-year-old jurist has sat on the Riverside County Superior Court since 2017. But most of his professional career has been at the prosecutor’s table…
Michael Hestrin has been Riverside County’s district attorney since January 2015, and he is seeking another four-year term.In 2014, he garnered 55% of the vote to defeat his boss, former District Attorney Paul Zellerbach. Four years later, he nearly doubled the votes cast for him and increased his winning percentage to 66% over challenger Lara…
Editor’s note: On June 7, Riverside County will hold a primary election for district attorney. The three candidates — Incumbent Michael Hestrin, challenger Lara Gressley and challenger Judge Burke Strunsky — have spoken to the Town Crier. All three interviews are in this issue.Lara Gressley, a Northern California native now living with her family in…
