After another wet and cool week, winter appears to have ended and spring arrives this week. Temperatures will reach the 60s by Wednesday and warm even more by Easter Sunday. Last week, more rainfall came to the Hill. The U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Station recorded slightly more than three-quarters of an inch of rain Thursday….
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, March 18 to 24. Idyllwild • March 18 — Public assist, 4:23 p.m., 24000 block of Fern Valley Rd. Handled by deputy. • March 18 — Civil dispute, 9:07 p.m., 26000 block of Hwy. 243. Handled by deputy….
Idyllwild was well represented at the Riverside County Board of Supervisors cannabis workshop last week. Three of the public speakers were from Idyllwild, as well as several more in the audience who did not speak. Most of the speakers during the one hour allotted to the public favored board action to authorize cannabis sales and…
The Idyllwild Water District Board of Directors deliberated extensively before choosing David Hunt to fill the vacancy created when former Director Geoffrey Caine resigned in January and, subsequently, died last month. Four candidates — David Hunt, Les Gin, Sue Nash and Maygen Sandrini — submitted letters of interest to the board. Sandrini, an Idyllwild native…
Frank A. Thompson Jr., CPO, retired Navy, serving during World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, went home to his eternal resting place at 12:18 a.m. Wednesday, March 21, 2018. He was at home in Idyllwild with family at his bedside. He is survived by his wife Harriet; daughters Linda Hanson, Jeanette (Bill)…
Laveda “Lee” Ralstin, 102, died Monday, March 5, 2018. Born in Sulphur, Oklahoma, she made the journey to California with her father and eight siblings. In her long lifetime, she saw the country go from horse and buggy to electric cars, from “snail mail” to email, airplanes to spaceships. Mother to Robert and James Myers,…
Nancy Virginia Bonham, 76, passed away quietly Friday, March 9, 2018. Her memorial service will be held at her daughter’s house in Idyllwild this Saturday for family and friends. A limb has fallen from the family tree that says grieve not for me, remember the best times, the laughter, the song and the good life…
You can’t come much closer to being seeded into the brackets of the World Golf Championships Match Play tournament than Brendan Steele did last week. In a tournament that starts with 64 of the best golfers in the world, the Idyllwild native advanced to a tie for one of the 16 bracket positions that would…
Basketball Mike Holato of Town Hall gave this report on Town Hall Adult Basketball. Results for week 1: Yellow defeated White 21-18, 21-6, 21-18; Blue defeated Green by forfeit; Red defeated Black 20-23, 21-4, 22-10. Blue defeated Red forfeit, 18-21, 21-9; Black defeated White 15-21, 21-6, 22-15; Yellow defeated Green 22-19, 19-22, 21-7. Standings Wins…
Editor’s note: At its March 21 meeting, the Idyllwild Water District Board of Directors selected David Hunt as the fifth director. He replaces Geoffrey Caine, who resigned in January. Since Hunt did not campaign for the position, the Town Crier interviewed him so the community would have some knowledge of the new water director. He…
