Locals may have noticed some changes around the Mountain Center Cafe, now known as the Fork and Spoon. This is the work of new owners Jerri Anne Miller and Brad O’Donahue. They are taking over from Martha Pearson, who is moving on to other projects. When you enter the restaurant, the front room has been…
Will Steichen Recreation & Program DirectorIdyllwild Community Center The Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) announces that co-ed volleyball has officially returned after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19. With five teams competing this season, we are prepped for an entertaining and fun-filled season. Games are held Mondays, Tuesdays and alternating Fridays at Buckhorn Camp’s gymnasium. This…
David JeromeCorrespondent Local author and artist Ron Singerton, approaching his 80th birthday, is celebrating the release of a new historical novel, “The Refused,” available now on Amazon (and receiving reviews that must make the writer proud.) Hill residents may know him from his long and continuing involvement with the Art Alliance of Idyllwild and his…
Grandfathers for Golf (GfG), the non-profit charity dedicated to teaching at-risk kids how to play golf for free, has announced its major fundraiser for 2022: the Memorial Tourney at Soboba Springs Resort Golf Course Friday, Feb. 25. The four-man scramble format is open to all golfers of any skill level. This is the first year…
Since 2002, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has a special website called SciJinks just for students to learn about weather, satellite meteorology and Earth science. The site includes articles, games and videos targeted toward middle- and high-school-aged students and their educators. It features articles that answer important questions about weather, games about weather…
Brendan Steele will tee off this week in the $7.5 million Sony Open in Hawaii on the Waialae Country Club course in Honolulu, Hawaii. Under the Sony name for 24 years, this tournament, with support from the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, has donated nearly $22 million to more than 350 charities. Brendan finished alone…
Editor’s note: This is a continuation of the story from last week about Jerry Holldber, Pine Cove Water District (PCWD) general manager who retired at the end of 2021 after more than 35 years. Just last summer and fall, Holldber developed a 10/20/50 Year Plan he took to the PCWD board. This effort, done in…
David JeromeCorrespondent Sunday, Dec. 19, birders flocked to these mountains to participate in the 122nd-annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Started in 1900 to promote conservation by counting birds instead of hunting them, CBC has continued even during the pandemic. This early-winter national bird count is one of the most important bird censuses in the Western…
Charles Phelan Contributor Famed nature enthusiast John Muir exclaimed, “The view from San Jacinto is the most sublime spectacle to be found anywhere on this earth!” According to historians, the Muir quote is probably apocryphal, but anyone who has hiked to San Jacinto Peak would surely agree that it affords some truly amazing, sublime and…
