Bobcat wanders through
This bobcat walked past the window of a Mountain Center home. “Made my day,” said Bethany Pulliam.
In all her splendor
As the adage states, at the end of a rainbow is a pot of gold, which we call the “Hill.”
Idyllwild Garden: Lavender cotton
Or gray santolina (Santolina chamaecyparissus)is a fine-textured, bushy and mound-forming shrub ...
Summer holly unique to southwest
Comarostaphylis diversifolia is a species of shrub in the heath family known by the common name “Summer holly.” Native to Southern California and Northern Baja California’s coastal chaparral habitat, it grows slowly to 12 inches tall and 8 feet wide or slightly larger.
Rainbow over Mountain Center
Driving home to Idyllwild on Monday evening, Sept. 5, Kristin Goffman saw this beautiful rainbow near Mountain Center.
California quail stops in
This male California quail, sporting a double topknot, was seen visiting Mountain Center.
Heat wave and sparse rain bring forest restrictions
Hot weather and lower fuel moisture have prompted the San Bernardino National Forest to increase fire restrictions, effective Thursday Sept. 1, 2011.
Forest officials took...
Rare Brewer’s blackbird spotted
This unusually colored Brewer’s blackbird was eating seeds with the rest of its flock on Sunday, Aug. 14. Brewer’s blackbirds are usually all black.
Scaly feast
A quick rustle in the leaves and this yellow-striped racer had a fence lizard meal in its stretchy jaws.
Off the Main Roads: Five safety steps for climbing …
In this column, my Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit teammates and I usually focus on safety on the trails and the overall beauty of the high country. Never have we talked about the safety aspect of the core sport that makes Idyllwild a destination for people from around the world — climbing!