The Idyllwild grinding facility will be closed Mondays from Dec. 4, 2017, through April 30, 2018. Weekday operations will continue on Wednesdays and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The site will be closed from noon to 1 p.m. daily for lunch. The facility will resume Monday operations on May 7, 2018. The facility…
By Paul Netter Southern California Edison There were eight home-cooking fires in Orange County last Thanksgiving. That’s eight more than necessary. Unfortunately, it fits a national trend that typically brings nearly four times as many reported home-cooking fires on Thanksgiving than a typical day, according to the National Fire Protection Association, and unattended stovetop cooking…
Mt. San Jacinto State Park Superintendent Mark Hudgens announced that the Willow Creek Trial, closed by the 2013 Mountain Fire, is now open. “With the dedication and hard work of both [state] Parks and [U.S.] Forest Service staff and volunteers, the trail has been cleared and is now safe to travel upon.” The trail, within…
By Becky and Jack Clark Co-publishers Now, 11 businesses are Town Crier Members: Baily Winery; Everitt’s Minerals & Gallery; The Family Business (tax preparation); Fern Valley Inn; Idyllwild Backhoe; Idyllwild Vacation Rentals; Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery; Mountain High Escrow; The Red Kettle (restaurant); Sandlin & Son Refrigeration; and Sub Rosa Apothecary. Also, four nonprofit…
By Ben Metcalf More than 500,000 California families find their path to affordable homeownership through the purchase of a mobilehome or manufactured home, but an estimated one third lack proper title and registration — putting each of those homeowners at risk. In an effort to encourage all mobile and manufactured homeowners to secure proper title,…
Editor: What has happened to right and wrong? Sunday, as I was coming out of Fairway Market, two teenage boys casually each picked up packages of the prepared meats by the front door and walked out. Having confronted several hostile snow tourists in my yard earlier this year, I wasn’t going to approach these two….
A Banning motorcyclist lost his life last week on Highway 243. At about 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, Thai Yang, 40, of Banning, was riding a 2009 Yamaha motorcycle southbound on Highway 243. He was about 1 mile north of Mountain Center. Vincent Brooks, 26, of Mountain Center, was driving a blue Ford F-150 northbound…
James Elia of El Cajon is a Democrat running for California’s 71st Assembly seat. Republican incumbent Randy Voepel of Santee is just finishing his first term. Elia was in Idyllwild last Thursday night to introduce himself to Riverside County voters at an Idyllwild Indivisible meeting at Town Hall. About 90 percent of the district is…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats and dogs were listening to their caretakers make plans for the weekend. Little Girl: Thanksgiving is here! Mr. Gray: Will we get turkey? Little Girl: You never know. After spending a great day with their family and friends, our ARF humans will spend all day…
70 years ago – 1947 Mr. and Mrs. L.A. Carmen reminisced about the good old days in Idyllwild. They remembered Fern Valley as a fern-filled meadow without many trees, with cattle grazing in Round and Tahquitz valleys. 65 years ago – 1952 During a major snowstorm, Ada Morlan, Chamber secretary, left an evening committee meeting….
