The U.S. Forest Service closed the Humber Park Trailhead parking lot last week to vehicles due to last week’s winter storm. “Once the parking lot road becomes iced over, many cars slide or get stuck in its steeper sections. Staff will monitor and reopen when/if conditions become safe again,” according to the San Bernardino National…
Beginning with the June 2022 primary elections, hundreds of local polling sites within Riverside County may be gone. While there may be fewer sites on the Hill, the county confirms there will still be a voting center in Idyllwild.The decision to modify the county election process began a year ago with a review of the…
On Monday, Dec. 13, a new, statewide California mask mandate for indoor public places was announced in effect from Wednesday, Dec. 15 to Jan. 15. As of press time last week, it was not clear how these mandatory measures apply to restaurants. Are restaurants exceptions? Or does the mandate apply to restaurants only until customers…
By David JeromeCorrespondent A new state law, SB1383, mandating separation of compostable (“organic”) waste by homes and businesses, takes effect Jan. 1, but it is unlikely to affect Idyllwild. The law includes a number of exemptions jurisdictions (counties and cities) can apply for, including one for areas above 4,500-foot altitude. County officials are expected to…
As a follow-up to the Town Crier’s story about the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority’s (SAWPA) plan to explore the use of a weather modification program to augment rainfall in Southern California, Idyllwild Water District (IWD) invited Mark Norton, SAWPA water resources and planning manager, to discuss the concept and pilot project at IWD’s Dec….
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Board of Commissioners’ last meeting of the year Tuesday, Dec. 14, was short with very little discussion except under Resolution 524, approving signatures for IFPD’s new PNC bank account. The traffic collisions in which IFPD vehicles were involved on Sept. 29 and Oct. 1 finally appeared in the Fire…
This year marks the 124th anniversary of probably the most famous Christmas newspaper editorial of all time. It was written by Francis P. Church in response to a letter from 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon. It was published on Sept. 21, 1897, in the New York Sun. We try to reprint it each year for the enjoyment…
Anthony Montgomery Pearson born June 8, 1936, in Pasadena, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, at his home in Glendale, after dealing with dementia for several years.Tony and his sister, Carol Scheck, own a small cabin on Montgomery Lane in Idyllwild. This cabin was obtained in the 1930s by their grandparents, Judge Charles and Mona…
By Janice MuraskoLast week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats wished Stevie the best in his forever home and welcomed new dog Mouse.Phil: It has happened again.Whiskers: We’ve run out of catnip?Don: No, silly. An ARF dog is gone, probably adopted.Whiskers: Sort of. Mouse is on a trial adoption. Let’s keep our…
