Hello from the Idyllwild Association of Realtors®! This year marks our 40th year as an association, and what better way to celebrate it than by recognizing someone who has been part of IAOR since its birth, back in 1979 — someone who has just been honored Emeritus Status for “forty or more cumulative years of…
Sentenced to jail On June 10, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Jerome Brock sentenced Michael McRae Kellner to two years in county jail for his guilty plea of burglary. The judge then suspended one year of the sentence. Kellner was arrested on May 29. He was charged with multiple burglaries, narcotic possession, receiving stolen property…
On May 30, representatives Raul Ruiz, M.D., D-CA, and Phil Roe, M.D., R-TN, introduced H.R. 2815, the “Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act.” This bipartisan legislation is intended to improve rural communities’ access to physicians. The bill reauthorizes and expands the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program to address the physician…
Cal Fire/Riverside County Here are some of the calls Cal Fire/Riverside County responded to recently. • June 14 — Medical aid, 11:08 a.m. Apple Canyon Rd. • June 17 — Medical aid, 10:24 a.m., Hwy. 74, Mountain Center. Idyllwild Fire Here are some of the calls Idyllwild Fire Department responded to recently. • June 8…
70 years ago – 1949 Chuck Holmes was the local boy selected for Boys State by the American Legion Post 800. 65 years ago – 1954 The Chamber of Com- merce was planning to host a chuckwagon dinner for the annual Fourth of July celebration. 60 years ago – 1959 Camp Maranatha’s new assembly hall,…
Water production is down Despite the absence of President Robert Hewitt, the Pine Cove Water District directors had an efficient meeting June 12. The board unanimously approved the standby assessment and the budget for fiscal year 2019-20, which starts July 1. “Any discussion?” asked Vice President Diana Luther. In absence of any member of the…
Large increases loom in future years The Riverside County Board of Supervisors held hearings for the fiscal year 2019-20 budget last week. The hearing was left open in order for the board to make some adjustments that would require only a majority approval rather than four-fifths if a preliminary budget had been approved. The overall…
Caltrans is alerting the traveling public that Southern California Edison has announced possible power outages for Public Safety Power Shutoff due to dry, hot and windy weather conditions and the potential for an elevated fire weather threat across the high desert region. The PSPS begins Thursday afternoon, June 20, and continues through Saturday, June 22….
#InsteadofRedface – performance: Examining Indigenous America’s contributions to theater From Sunday, June 23, to Friday, June 28, the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program will write another chapter in its history of engagement with Native American Arts by hosting the Native American Arts Festival. The history is as old as the Summer Program itself, which dates to…
On Wednesday, June 26 at 10:30 a.m. at the Idyllwild Library, artist Mary Cuda will present seven of her Keystone Species mosaics. She will demonstrate how she creates her mosaics by working on her eighth species, the salmon. When asked, “What is meant by Keystone Species,” Mary replied, “They are the species on which our…
