My New Year’s resolution for 2018 is to get healthier. Not that I’m ill, but just that I’m not as active as I could be and have a few pounds to shed. I’m not writing this to encourage anyone to do what I did because that’s something you and your doctor should discuss. This is…
Sentence is 15 years to life On Jan. 30, Anthony Wood, 25, of Idyllwild, pleaded guilty to two felony counts — sex with a child under 10 years of age and possession of child pornography. Judge Jerome Brock sentenced him to state prison for an “indeterminate sentence of 15 years to life” for the first…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats discussed their finer qualities. Murphy: Hello, ARF cats. I’m spayed, vaccinated and ready to go to a forever home. Little Girl: Congratulations, Murphy. What kind of family do you hope to find? Murphy: I’d like a family that will take me on walks and maybe…
Girls in kindergarten through 12th grade wearing distinctive vests, sashes and tunics are fanning out to supermarkets, big-box stores, bistros and boutiques all across Riverside and San Bernardino counties. They’re carrying boxes of Thin Mints, Samoas, Peanut Butter Patties — clearly a sign that it’s Girl Scout cookie season. But there isn’t a troop on…
From 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Feb. 12, an Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation meeting will be held at the Fireside Room in the Nelson Dining Hall at the IA campus. Associates are asked to bring their friends. This meeting is free and open to the public. Mark Davis, director of Summer and Auxiliary programs,…
Budget doesn’t sacrifice quality with these filmmakers You can attend the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema to just view the great movies. But you also can attend the seminars to learn and to hear stories about film making from the professionals. This year, on March 9, festival founder Stephen Savage, and chair of the IIFC,…
Michèle Marsh of Idyllwild will share stories of her life as an actress and her journey back home to our beloved mountains, sponsored by the Friends of the Idyllwild Library, Arts and Culture Programs, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13 at the library. Marsh’s earliest memories are of Idyllwild. She was 4 years old when…
Whether 2018 is the worst flu season since 2013 or the worst in the last 10 years, as some have reported, it has been very bad. Emergency rooms have been overcrowded and many people have suffered. At the Riverside County Board of Supervisor’s meeting last week, Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser said, “It’s been…
In an unexpected and unusual move, the County Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) Advisory Committee decided to deny funding for a project at Riverside County Fire Station 23. The committee did not oppose the project — repairing and replacing the deck on the back of the station. Rather, the cost for whole project — construction…
The dueling press releases between the Riverside County’s Sheriff’s Department and the Executive Office did not pass quietly. The Board of Supervisors clearly felt that Sheriff Stan Sniff is not cooperating with KPMG, the consulting firm hired to find savings within the county’s budget, which is hindering their efforts to address the deterioration in the…
