The liquidation of the estate assets of missing Garner Valley residentDia Abrams began last week as a judge approved the sale of the first ofAbram’s three local real estate holdings. Court-appointed TrusteeRichard Munro applied for permission to accept the higher of two offersmade on Abrams’ house on Tool Box Springs Road, and this was granted…
Idyllwild Community Center and Riverside County Parks will co-host theannual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, March 30, at the Idyllwild RegionalPark, 54000 Riverside County Playground Rd. Although it’s spring, weather is always uncertain. The Easter Bunny hasassured event planners that he is hippity-hoppity ready to greetchildren and families for photos and hugs, and lots of candy-…
An Idyllwild man was convicted Jan. 18 in Riverside County SuperiorCourt of felony vandalism. On Aug. 23, 2023, “deputies responded to the 26000 block of Delano Drivein Idyllwild for a call of an armed subject,” wrote Riverside CountySheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Wenndy Brito-Gonzalez.“The reporting party stated a white adult male was banging on theresidence…
The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation presented a check for$10,000 to Tara Sechrest, vice president Enrollment Management &Strategic Partnerships at Idyllwild Arts and Pamela Jordan, president ofIdyllwild Arts. This donation was made from the Pamela Goldwasser Memorial ScholarshipFund and is designated to support a student in the Summer Jazz Programat Idyllwild Arts. Goldwasser was…
As of Saturday night, March 9, the Riverside County Registrar of Votershad counted nearly 346,400 ballots, or about 26% of registered voters.But the counting continued through the weekend. “An estimated 50,000Vote-by-Mail and 3,200 Conditional Voter Registration (CVR) ballotsstill must be processed,” according to the registrar’s Friday eveningposting. The remaining vote-by-mail ballots are postmarked on or…
The decade long scourge of Goldspotted Oak Borer (GSOB) continues todamage and to kill oak trees on the Hill. Despite multiple efforts toeradicate this nemesis, its destruction is still present. Callie Squires, executive director for the Mountain Communities FireSafe Council (MCFSC), has announced that funding is available either tospray threatened and damaged trees or to…
Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Chief Mark LaMont called aspecial meeting of the board of commissioners for Tuesday, March 5, todiscuss and approve a single item: the purchase of a used low mileagetype III ambulance for $60,000 to replace the oldest of four ambulances.Fern Valley Water General Manager Victor Jimenez was invited because ofhis experience…
The vacant position on the Idyllwild Water District (IWD) board wasfilled last week. At its Feb. 27 meeting, the Riverside County Board ofSupervisors approved the appointment of R. Mitchell Davis to the IWDboard. The seat has been vacant for nearly a year. Last March, former directorGene Schneider announced his intention to resign from the board….
To judge from the attendance at last Tuesday evening’s presentation ofthe concert honoring the achievements of Idyllwild’s own guitarist andluthier extraordinaire David Pelham, the event served as both acelebratory and devotional function. Under the sponsorship of theFriends of the Idyllwild Library, the attraction was equally a stimulusto the curious as well as the knowing. The…
Riverside County CEO Jeff Van Wagenen delivered good news during hispresentation of the midyear review of Riverside County’s fiscal year(FY) 2023-24 budget last week. During his budget report at the Feb. 27 board of supervisors meeting, hereported that revenues for the current FY are expected to be about $60million greater than when the budget was…
