Dear Spiritual Workout,I’ve been divorced from my ex-husband for more than a decade and we are both remarried. Even though we have a good relationship, I wish he were more involved with our grown kids. He moved far away from all of them and it seems their relationships are mostly surface. I feel bad for…
Editor’s note: There are 10 propositions on the Nov. 5 Presidential Election ballot. Props 2 and 4 are requesting approval for the State to issue $20 billion in new bonds. Prop 2 funds are for education facilities, such K–12 public schools (including charter schools) and community colleges. Proceeds authorized by Prop 4 would go toward…
Editor’s note: There are 10 propositions on the Nov. 5 Presidential Election ballot. Props 2 and 4 are requesting approval for the State to issue $20 billion in new bonds. Prop 2 funds are for education facilities, such K–12 public schools (including charter schools) and community colleges. Proceeds authorized by Prop 4 would go toward…
In the past two weeks, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed dozens of bills, which the Legislature sent him for approval. One will affect us at the grocery store, one will affect students in K-12, and several are surprising. Plastic bags The distribution of plastic bags for carrying groceries at checkouts will be banned. Our choice…
Last week, Idyllwild Water District Director Steve Kunkle announced his resignation from the Board. His resignation is effective Oct.1. In his letter to Board President Dr. Charles Schelly, Kunkle wrote, “I am resigning for personal reasons and will drop off running in the future election.” His current term expires Dec. 6. He was seeking re-election…
The Board of Commissioners of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District approved the purchase of up to five used vehicles at their September meeting, three of them from Fern Valley Water District. Chief LaMont made an urgent appeal to locals to complete the abatement on their properties, noting that compliance is down this year, with 248…
Editor’s Note: The 2024 Presidential Election will be Tuesday, November . Besides the races for President and the U.S. Senate, to succeed Diane einstein, there are many local races which will determine who epresents the Hill in the State Assembly and the U.S. Congress. The Town Crier will be writing about the races for the…
This summer’s weather has been somewhat of a rollercoaster. And thatfollows typical precipitation this winter and a cool spring. During July, the Hill suffered from high temperatures. First on the July4 weekend and then two weeks later, temperatures were high enough to setfive records between July 19 and 25. More recently, on Sept. 5, only…
Proposition 3 amends the California Constitution to recognize thefundamental right to marry, regardless of sex or race. Prop 3 removesthe language in California Constitution which states that marriage isonly between a man and a woman. Since the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Obergefell v. Hodges,federal courts have already decided this issue. The U.S. Constitutionensures that…
The agenda for the September meeting of the Idylliwld Water DistrictBoard of Directors included the preliminary engineering report for theWastewater Treatment Plant project, prepared by Specialized UtilityServices Program Engineering (SUSP.) Last month the board members and GMBill Rojas expressed exasperation with SUSP’s delays in delivering thisdocument, which must be in hand before the applications for…
