By Marty KriegerHead of Family History Center food distribution in Idyllwild Monthly Food Distribution will be held on Tuesday, April 7 outside the wood fence of Town Hall. All cars need to line up on River Drive toward Town Hall. If someone is picking up for someone else, they need to have the new…
A bill for economic relief finally passed Congress. Here’s the thing though … this bill provides more relief to big corporations than small businesses ($377 billion of the $2 trillion, but wait … there’s more) and individuals (approximately $560 billion between cash and unemployment payments, according to a story by NPR). It isn’t $500 billion…
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service The Affordable Care Act (ACA), nicknamed Obamacare, turns 10 this month [March], and what a tumultuous run the health care law has had! The law’s rocky existence hasn’t smoothed out yet and it faces additional scrutiny by the U.S. Supreme Court next fall, the result of more legal…
By Mary RiderContributed There is scientific debate on whether human life began on the savannas or woodlands of Africa. What’s not in contention is presence in either landscape provokes a rapid recovery response for human stress. Both settings offer open spaces with the right ratio of light to shadow in a calm but not…
The Idyllwild-Pine Cove area has one confirmed COVID-19 case as of 1 p.m. on April 3, according to the Riverside University Health System-Public Health website. The county also held a press conference at the same time the update was released to let people know the four things that need to happen to flatten the…
By Jennifer LeachAssociate Director, Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC I know, 60-year-olds. You’re not old. In fact, we’ve found that when people think “old,” they think of someone about 10 years older than they are right now. But, because we’ve been warned about the effects of the Coronavirus on people 60-plus,…
By Kerry ManosContributed I am very concerned that the New York Times, with the support of some prominent media figures, recently suggested that the White House daily briefings on the efforts of the COVID-19 Task Force no longer be carried live by the major networks. Supporters of this idea have alleged that too…
By Metro Editorial Service Contributed Pranks, practical jokes and various goofs abound at the start of April, when celebrants around the world mark April Fools’ Day — a tradition that dates back several centuries. Though April Fools’ Day, also known as All Fools’ Day, has been celebrated for centuries, no one is completely sure of…
By Metro Editorial Service Contributed Do you desire to be a polyglot? Polyglots are people who can speak and understand multiple languages and such people are a pretty rare commodity in an increasingly global world. The foreign language information site iLanguages.org says 40% of the world’s population only knows one language. Understanding and speaking…
70 years ago – 1950 Bob and Lee Luck, having sold their home, planned to turn over the operation of the Hill’s telephone service to Mr. and Mrs. Reid Marks. 65 years ago – 1955 Saying, “The best time to call the fire department is before the fire,” Fire Chief Bill Price announced that the…
