This year’s Jazz in the Pines lineup mixes seasoned jazz stalwarts with cutting-edge new artists for a multifaceted musical menu. There will be surprises, including the first-ever solo artist to open the French Quarter and an international contemporary fusion quintet based in Athens, Greece. John Newman and Marshall Hawkins have crafted a lineup that tells…
At the July 25 Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting, 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington asked his colleagues to approve a $2,500 grant to the Idyllwild Arts Foundation. The funds are for the 2017 Jazz in Pines. For the third consecutive year, Washington is making this donation to what he calls “an enriching weekend of…
Criminal activity — theft, burglaries and vandalism — has increased in Idyllwild over the last three weeks, although nothing in raw numbers that approaches off-the-Hill crime statistics. But for Idyllwild, the increase in criminal activity in a short time period is significant. According to Sgt. Robert Duckett, investigator at Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station,…
At the Idyllwild Water District meeting of Wednesday, July 19, Bob Geary, a member of the public, commented on the $3,518.29 water bill he and his partner received, which bill claimed that 249,308 gallons of water were delivered by IWD to their home during the 30-day period from June 2 to July 2 of this…
Fire Safe Council plans open session The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council wants to discuss the next version of the Hill’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan with Hill residents. This version will replace the original plan created in July 2006 and updated in 2010. The community session starts at 7 p.m. Monday, July 31, at Town…
Recreational target shooting restriction will go into effect starting Saturday, July 22 throughout the San Bernardino National Forest. Fire managers expressed several reasons for concerns about fire activity and the need for shooting restrictions. Fire activity has increased across the forest because of the recent a heat wave. This hot weather has accelerated the drying…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, July 9 to 15. Idyllwild • July 9 — Alarm call, 1:25 a.m. N. Circle Dr. Handled by deputy. • July 9 — Follow-up, 12:14 p.m., address withheld. Handled by deputy. • July 9 — Alarm call, 11:54…
(The following is from a Caltrans press release.) The California Department of Transportation continues repairing Highway 243 near Poppet Flats after finishing repairing a sinkhole at Deadman’s Curve in Pine Cove, June 29. Water runoff from snow and rain this past winter damaged a culvert and eroded slopes along the highway. Caltrans’ director issued a…
How it occurred is controversial Many locals know it as Lily Rock, but climbers prefer to call it Tahquitz Rock. It’s one of the more famous climbing sites in California and is where the Yosemite Decimal System for rating the degree of difficulty of rock climbs reportedly was first developed back in the 1950s. Tahquitz…
Editor: There is a team of four young folk going house to house here now. There introductory statement is something like “My boss will give me 35 dollars to scrub your carpet in one room (or a spot).” Their tricky talk is to get you to spend between three and $5,000 on a carpet-cleaning device…
