The future of recreation in Idyllwild may rest with the San Jacinto Mountain Community Center board. While this group is in the midst of guiding the construction of an amphitheater and eventually a community center at Butterfield Commons on Strawberry Creek, managing the complete local recreation program also may become its responsibility as early as…
Sometime in the future, your electric provider may be Riverside County rather than Southern California Edison. At its Aug. 23 meeting, the Board of Supervisors authorized the county executive to pursue investigating the possibility of establishing a community-choice aggregation program. In 2002, the state authorized local governments to procure or develop electrical power for themselves,…
Brendan Steele had a rough Deutsche Bank Championship last week, posting a 6-over-par 70-71-74-75 — 290. The Idyllwild native’s driving was off; he found only 55 percent of the fairways. He hit only 68 percent of the greens in regulation and gave away strokes to the field putting as well. Brendan picked up a mere…
On its face, Proposition 60, “Adult Films, Condoms, Health Requirements Initiative Statute,” would seem likely to attract wide approval as a health initiative designed to reduce risk of sexually transmitted disease by requiring use of condoms in the adult film industry. But the story may be in the united front opposing the measure. Prop 60…
60 years ago – 1956 Idyllwild School registered 90 youngsters in kindergarten to seventh grades. The prior week, 290 students attended the first day of the new school year. 55 years ago – 1961 Tahquitz Lake Estates announced the opening of a tract on the Dutch Flat property and near Foster Lake. Lots were priced…
Brendan Steele began with a 2-over-par 73 Thursday, then followed with a 1-under-par 70 Friday and a 3-under-par 68 Saturday to claim a tie for 22nd going into the final round of The Barclays on the Bethpage Black course in Farmingdale, New York, the first of four season-ending playoff tournaments. Then Sunday, the Idyllwild native…
Adam Smith, an Idyllwild eighth-grader being home-schooled through Creekside Christian Academy, plays for the Wildcats Hockey Club, with home games in Riverside. The Wildcats are an advanced travel ice hockey team that plays all over Southern California, from San Diego to Ventura. Adam began his hockey career at the L.A. Kings Icetown hockey academy in…
Last week in “The Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats learned that two dogs and two adult cats were joining the ARF family. Bobbie: First off, did you hear that Fang and Bella, two cute little dogs, have already come and gone from ARF? And Dovey’s trial adoption is now permanent? Leia: I…
