By Riverside County Office of EducationContributed For a student whose formal education came to an end after the eighth grade, the life of World War II veteran Eliodoro “Lolo” Gonzalez is an important lesson in making the most of every situation in life.At the age of 95, Gonzalez is about to receive something he never…
Two collisions over the last week on mountain roads, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) Public Information Officer Matt Napier. One of the collisions was a fatality.At 9:48 a.m. Thursday Nov. 5, Alejandro James Avalos, 27 of Hemet, was stopped in his 2017 Toyota Corolla in the northbound left-turn lane at the junction of highways…
Idyllwild FireIdyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls.• Nov. 1 — Medical aid, 6:51 p.m. N. Circle Dr.• Nov. 2 — Assist invalid, 9:36 a.m. Big Pine St.• Nov. 2 — Medical aid, 9:42 a.m. Pine Crest Ave.• Nov. 2 — Medical aid, 10:06 a.m. Delano Dr.• Nov. 2 — Walk-in medical…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats learned how adopted pets are beneficial for the whole family.Pepper: I have some surprise and some not-such-a-surprise news!Lulu: Let’s hear it!Pepper: ARF’s new dog Benny has been adopted.Whiskers: I’m so not surprised. He is adorable.Pepper: And the other news did surprise ARF humans. When Holly,…
70 years ago – 1950U.S. Forest Service officials inspected the newly paved Banning-Idyllwild Highway before its acceptance into the national forest system. 65 years ago – 1955At a hearing before the County Board of Supervisors, a group of about 75 people demanded that the supervisors throw out all mountain zoning and place the resort area…
The culvert work on highways 243 and 74 is now complete. Terri Kasinga, public and media affairs chief for Caltrans District 8, reported the news at the Nov. 7 Pine Cove Property Owners Association meeting. “Culvert work was holding up traffic and was a big inconvenience to folks going up and down from Idyllwild,” Kasinga…
Here are the local election results as of Monday evening. The Riverside County Registrar of Voters has about 215,000 vote-by-mail and 25,000 provisional ballots left to process. The next update is scheduled after the newspaper goes to press. Idyllwild Fire Protection District Board Christina Reitz: 544 votes Dennis Fogle (appointed incumbent): 399 votes Dan Messina…
The Town Crier contacted the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) media information bureau over the weekend after learning that another woman had gone missing. Just before the newspaper went to press, RCSD sent an email saying the woman had been located, but did not give an update on her condition. The newspaper asked over the…
Stevie Davis and Jennifer Muir have spent most of their adult lives in the restaurant business. They’ve worked their way from working at other restaurants to owning their own catering company. Now, they have taken the next step — opening their own restaurant. While they are only in the beginning of this grand adventure, they…
By Idyllwild Arts AcademyContributed The publication this month of Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) twelfth-grader Rome Smaoui’s short story, “Days of Summer,” in Narrative (www.narrativemagazine.com/) is a startling achievement for a high school student. Narrative is a top-tier literary journal and it is free to register. The number of Narrative pieces appearing annually in the prestigious…
