Editor: Isn’t it amazing? We are to receive a $1.2M grant from HUD (Housing and Urban Development) to help construct a recreational facility in Idyllwild. How on Earth can we qualify for such a grant that is neither housing nor urban? No wonder we have a $20,000,000,000,000 national debt. (Wow, look at all those zeros)….
Q. When should a favorite shirt be retired? — Herman, Perris A. Even your favorite shirt must be retired sometime. Here’s how to tell if it’s time: Before you put the shirt on, button it up except for the top two buttons. Then pull it on over your head like a pullover sweater. If it…
60 years ago – 1957 U.S. Marines from Camp Pendleton moved into the Dark Canyon-Pine Flats area to begin a series of winter maneuver operations in the snow. 55 years ago – 1962 Noble Allert, an Idyllwild, Hemet Unified School District trustee, accepted an appointment as the combined districts’ spokesman on the area school unification…
Inclement weather returned to the Hill last week. Fortunately, Saturday and Sunday were dry. On Friday, some drizzling rain fell throughout the Hill, but on Monday, showers returned for the day and continued into Tuesday. Total rain, from Friday, Feb. 3, through Tuesday morning, Feb. 7, was 0.9 inches at the U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild…
Cal Fire (the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection), in cooperation with California State Parks, will be conducting a prescribed burn consisting of brush and slash piles in the Mt. San Jacinto State Park off Highway 243 in the Stone Creek area. The project began Tuesday, Jan. 31, and will continue for the next…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Jan. 29 to Feb. 4. Idyllwild • Jan. 29 — Suicide threat, address withheld. Handled by deputy. • Jan. 29 — Alarm call, Pine Crest Ave. Handled by deputy. • Jan. 30 — Alarm call, 54000 block of…
On Monday, Jan. 23, Stacey Warriner, 44, an EMT with the Morongo Fire Department, Morongo Public Safety Division, was on her way to work when she stopped on the I-10 to assist a stranded motorist. In the process, she was struck by a passing motor vehicle and died of injuries two days later on Jan….
California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer reported two crashes on Hill roads over the last week. At about 1:50 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, a 2015 white Chevy Tahoe was discovered by Cal Fire responders over the side on Highway 74 just east of mile marker 54.35. The driver was no longer with the…
Idyllwild’s St. Hugh’s Episcopal Church and Temple Har Shalom share history. Shortly after the temple was established in 2014, Father Dan Rondeau, vicar at St. Hugh’s, contacted the new Jewish congregation as part of his ecumenical outreach mission and vision. Last December, St. Hugh’s and Har Shalom, along with representatives from other Idyllwild faith traditions,…
Michael Wangler’s Sky Island Natural Foods closed, leaving Idyllwild without a dedicated organic market. At this point, it is unclear how the space the market occupied will be used, according to Frank Ferro, owner of Ferro and the Idyllwild Brewpub. He said they have no current plans for how to use the space. The Plant…
