Fire & Forest: Thoughts about fire abatement and drought …
A few months back at a Mountain communities Fire Safe Council board meeting, we discussed putting together some questions to present to our local...
Past Tense: August 27, 2015
65 years ago - 1950
Lora Steere, nationally known sculptress, conducted the first class at the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts.
60 years ago...
Creature Corner: August 27, 2015
Jake, a male Lab-mix, is a young, 3-year-old bundle of love. He is very calm, eager to please, extremely gentle, great with children and...
Journal from the James: Sky Islands …
By Assistant Director John Laundré
Greetings from the sky island of Machu Picchu, Peru. I write this as we return to Cusco after a heady...
Creature Corner: August 20, 2015
Pipen is a 6-year-old male bischon/poodle-mix. He walks well on the leash and is good with other small dogs. Not sure about the feline...
Past Tense: August 20, 2015
65 years ago - 1950
Les Selander was directing a Western film in Idyllwild with “so many cowhands in jingling spurs clomping through the village.”
60...
Past Tense: August 13, 2015
65 years ago - 1950
Trail improvements, the stringing of a phone line from Tahquitz Peak to Round Valley, campsite maintenance and the building of...
Creature Corner: August 13, 2015
Lefty Lou is a 10-year-young Jack Russell terrier. She loves to bask in the California sun, go for leash walks, and bring smiles and...
Fire and Forest: Rainfall is unpredictable; fire abatement constant …
By Chris Kramer
Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council President
A couple of weeks ago, we enjoyed a weekend rain, a nice change from our dry year...
Before Our Time: Immigrant helps preserve the mountain …
After I mentioned the George Thomas Cedar last month, a reader asked about another local landmark, the A.C. Lovekin Cedar. Though not so old...