As a preadolescent, Michigan native David Haddad experienced what he calls an epistemological crisis. To define this for our readers, epistemology broadly means the nature and extent of human knowledge — how it is we either know or do not know something. For young Haddad, what it meant specifically was angst, discomfort and a feeling…
Golf Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the association’s regular monthly tourney on Friday, Dec. 21 at the Hemet Golf Club. Competition was keen and one shot separated the winner, Norm Kyriss (course handicap 8) from the next four golfers. Kyriss shot a net 68, but four others…
70 years ago – 1949 The Women’s Association of the Idyllwild Community Church was considering setting up a “bank” of food and clothing for needy families on the Hill. 65 years ago – 1954 Snow finally arrived — 9 to 11 inches of it. It was welcome, for Idyllwild had been through a very dry…
Cranston Fire Wednesday, July 25, the third of four consecutive days of heat warnings, started with blue skies, hardly any clouds, but hot. No one but one man, an arsonist, had any idea how hot that day and days that followed would get. The Cranston Fire began that morning. At 11:45 a.m., 911 (emergency dispatch)…
As a result of a rash of home break-ins, some reported and some unreported, Joel Feingold has organized another town meeting to discuss the situation and bring awareness to these nocturnal activities here in town. Feingold has invited Capt. Leonard Purvis and Lt. Zach Hall, both from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Hemet Station. Hall will…
The Idyllwild Water District directors appear to be within 30 days of naming a successor to former General Manager Jack Hoagland, whose contract expired Dec. 31, 2018, and was not renewed. The board held its fourth special and closed meeting in the past month, Friday, Dec 28. After that session, President Dr. Charles “Chip” Schelly…
In 2017, Hollywood writer, director, actor and entrepreneur Morgan Higby Night made a bet — that imagination and a spirit of fun, playfulness and adventure could turn a rundown Pine Cove motel into a travel destination. His bet has paid off in spades — Night’s Hicksville Pines Chalet Bud and Breakfast in Pine Cove won…
70 years ago – 1948 Not a single crack appeared in the rock work of Fern Valley Market, despite a terrific shaking in the earth. Town Crier declared it was a tribute to Bill Jolley’s skill as a stonemason. 65 years ago – 1953 Someone dropped off a load of pitch-gooey pine for Mr. Gruey’s…
Editor’s note: This article is distributed by NASA Night Sky Network, supporting astronomy clubs across the U.S. dedicated to astronomy outreach. Visit nightsky.jpl.nasa.org to find local clubs, events and more. Observers in the Americas are treated to an evening total lunar eclipse in January. Early risers can spot some striking morning conjunctions between Venus, Jupiter…
Cal Fire/Riverside County and Idyllwild Fire departments personnel responded to a report of an injured hiker at Humber Park at 11:37 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28. The incident occurred off of the Ernie Maxwell Trail. It is unclear at this time if the patient was a hiker or a climber. The 20-year-old male patient with a…
