Tex: So, who is the new office cat? Mr. Gray: Good questions. The ARF humans haven’t yet decided, so guess I’ll fill in for now. Tex: Any adoptions this last weekend? I know I’m still here. Darn it. Mr. Gray: No adoptions. It was a pretty quiet weekend. Sadie: Do you know that in 2018,…
70 years ago – 1949 A cold snap brought a high of 30 degrees and a low of 7 degrees one day, freezing pipes and Mrs. Eric Holm’s breath on her coat. Emax reported that even the squirrels were shivering. 65 years ago – 1954 The California Public Utilities Commission approved Idyllwild Water Company’s request…
January 11, 2010, that was the opening of the first Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema. In two months, March 5 will be the opening of the 10th IIFC. While others have had the idea, Stephen Savage took the steps to assemble a team with a common vision and organized an event that continues. Movie professionals,…
Darren Schilling, alumni and parent relations manager at Idyllwild Arts Academy, is the next speaker at the academy’s Spotlight on Leadership series. The series, presented by the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation, is designed to bring the town and campus closer, showcasing key faculty and administration, and explaining the workings of the arts academy and…
The County Service Area 38 Advisory Committee will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, at the Pine Cove Water District’s board room. The committee will review the second-quarter revenue and expense report and the 2018-19 budget. Old business on the agenda includes the deck cost breakdown for the Pine Cove Fire Station, the status…
The terms of three members of County Service Area 36 Advisory Committee expired June 30, 2018, but no one noticed. Upon discovering that their terms had expired, Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington’s Legislative Assistant Opal Hellweg said the supervisor would reappoint those desiring continued service and would advertise for committee vacancies. The Board…
IWD water quality Three months after April Fools’ Day, the Idyllwild Water District announced to customers, “Our water system recently exceeded a drinking water standard. Although this is not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what you should do, what happened, and what we are doing to correct this situation.”…
The first weekend of 2019 was wet with rain drenching the whole Hill and some areas receiving a covering of snow. The National Weather Service’s forecast for this storm expected most of the snow to fall in the San Bernardino Mountains. However, it was the San Jacinto Mountains that received the snow, but almost all…
The Occidental College Glee Club will appear in Idyllwild in a free concert at Lowman Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 15. Photo courtesy Desiree La Vertu[/caption] The 40-member Occidental College Glee Club, founded in 1906, will be appearing in Idyllwild in a free concert. Oxy, as the 131-year-old liberal arts college is known, has always been…
Editor: A bonfire up in Humber Park Trailhead area. Well, it seems that on Christmas day, there were some folk warming their tootsies by the glow of their bonfire in the Humber area. No matter that this town and surrounding areas have suffered two major fires in the past five years and that a sprinkling…
