Stephanie YostIdyllwild Community Center Idyllwild’s Tree Lighting Ceremony, to be held Saturday, Nov. 27, will honor traditions old and new. This year’s traditional festivities include two live entertainment stages, numerous activities, snack and gift booths local nonprofit groups will manage, roaming costume characters, three food vendors and a sleigh for family photos. The booths will…
Depending upon the results of the county’s supervisorial redistricting, Idyllwild, Pine Cove and the rest of the Hill communities may have two supervisors from 2023 to 2025. In preparation for creating new boundaries for the supervisorial districts, the board of supervisors also had to repeal Ordinance 813 that officially set the current boundaries. On Nov….
The American Legion Post 800 has its annual free Thanksgiving meal from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday. Anyone who needs to be with others and to enjoy a hot cooked dinner of turkey and trimmings is invited to Post 800 at 54360 Marian View Drive. The following day, the Rotary Club’s annual event (except for…
Editor’s note: This was taken from an Art Alliance of Idyllwild press release. The newly erected community billboard is situated next to the monument and the existing Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI) billboard. The existing billboard was originally constructed to promote art-related events only. However, it soon filled with other notices and advertising. Clearly, there…
At times it seemed that an Old West saloon fist-fight might break out at Town Hall Wednesday, Nov. 10, but Riverside County (RC) Sheriff’s Sgt. Bryan DeLoss remained calm, most of the time leaning back in his metal chair on stage with his fingers resting calmly on his chest. A night Neighbor4Neighbor (N4N) billed as…
David JeromeCorrespondent Eric and Melanie Kehler, recent transplants from Chicago via Los Angeles, moved to Idyllwild about three years ago. Melanie had begun working for the Hicksville Trailer Palace in Joshua Tree. A friend invited them up to Idyllwild for the Tree Lighting Ceremony and the couple “fell in love” with the town. Melanie called…
By David JeromeCorrespondent Idyllwilders were saddened to learn of the death Friday, Nov. 5, of Doug Austin. His over 20 years in Idyllwild have changed many lives for the better. His love for this community and his fellow humans was boundless, and his acts of generosity so numerous as to beggar written words. Recently, he…
At the Nov. 3 meeting of the county’s 2020 Advisory Redistricting Committee (ARC), its Executive Office Technical Redistricting Committee (EOTRC) presented more than a dozen possible revisions of the current supervisorial district boundaries. EOTRC created six of the maps and the rest (including slight modifications of a few) were public submissions. Ultimately, ARC unanimously recommended…
Wednesday evening, Nov. 10, at 6:30 p.m., a group of concerned citizens has organized a public meeting at Town Hall to discuss the short-term rental situation in Idyllwild, Pine Cove and elsewhere on the Hill. “The basic premise is to inform the town people of the latest 927 Ordinance draft and what’s in it,” said…
On Wednesday, Nov. 3, the Executive Office Technical Redistricting Committee will present a series of maps to the 2020 Advisory Redistricting Committee. The intent is for ARC to make recommendations to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors on how the supervisorial boundaries should be adjusted based on the 2020 federal census data. The board plans…
