The bail hearing for Frank Gutierrez, 66, of Idyllwild, arrested in July 2015, was held Wednesday, March 9. After reading a report and hearing arguments from his public defender, Melissa McConaghay, Judge Bambi Moyer reduced his bail $50,000 to $200,000. Gutierrez remains in custody until the rescheduled Felony Settlement Conference on Friday, March 18. Gutierrez…
Swamp King Troy Landry (right) is stepping out of the Bayou and into Soboba Casino. If you haven’t yet seen History Channel’s “Swamp People,” you are missing out on all of the tree shaking, gator catching, Louisiana goodness that is the Cajun way of life. When the show first aired in 2010, it gained the…
Chicago born jazz chanteuse Rose Mallett performs in Idyllwild to raise money for scholarships to the Idyllwild Arts Academy. The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation are staging the fundraiser as a “jazz brunch” on Sunday, March 20. Active since 1968, the Associates have performed many functions that benefit the arts and arts education, particularly…
Zhen “Edmund” Yang, new owner of the Gastrognome, plans a steady course as he moves the flagship restaurant forward. Yang took over from longtime owners Lanny and Jane Wagstaff on Feb. 20. “I am asked by every customer if I am going to make changes,” said Yang. “What I tell them is ‘If this is…
Both men — Ryan Mason and Nickolas Melendez — charged with burglary of the Mountain Center Market in September, have pleaded guilty to burglary. Their sentencing has been deferred. Melendez, 27, of Cabazon has his sentencing hearing scheduled for April 28. Mason, 25, of Hemet had undergone an evaluation for possible residential substance abuse treatment…
The Town Crier’s reporting of propane prices and policies of the six companies that serve the Hill began after reader inquiries. Readers said they often did not understand how prices were set and how they varied from company to company. Beginning Jan. 28, and continuing thereafter every two to three weeks, we queried local providers…
65 years ago – 1951 The Forest Service announced that, beginning in summer, it would issue a special certificate to everyone who climbed to the Tahquitz Lookout. They would be issued a membership card in the “Ancient and Honorable Order of Squirrels.” 60 years ago – 1956 All Hill residents were invited to a baby…
Last week in “The Days of Our Nine Lives,” the cats and Doodlebug the terrier were discussing the wonderful possibility of finding forever families of their own. Leia: (Peering through the cattery door window.) Hey! Did you guys hear we have another dog and two more cats? Olivia: I think so. He’s a 12-month old,…
In February 2009, Reva Ballreich, widely known as the Lilac Lady of Idyllwild, died, leaving the Hill a legacy of lilac hybrid varietals she created, many of them unnamed. Gary Parton, in taking over Ballreich’s mission of popularizing lilacs, has made it his personal mission to have Idyllwild become known as a lilac tourist destination….
