Biblical scholars argue over the exact location and duration of the parting of the Red Sea. But for artist David Reid-Marr, it has taken more than three years in his studio and it is still not done. Longtime Idyllwild Arts Visual Arts faculty member, Reid-Marr’s 5-foot-by-15-foot pen-and-ink drawing of the “Parting of the Red…
Obituary Lasca Jane Wilcox Terhorst 1920-2015 Lasca Jane Wilcox Terhorst, 94, of Idyllwild, passed away peacefully at her home Wednesday, March 11, 2015, with loved ones present. A celebration of her life will be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 9, in Idyllwild with the Rev. Dr. Betty Jandl officiating at the Idyllwild Spiritual Living…
The U.S. Forest Service is in search of the San Bernardino flying squirrel. If you have information on this missing, threatened or endangered species, the Forest Service would like to hear from you. In August 2010, the Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service requesting it to list…
On Sunday, April 19, Idyllwild resident David Jerome, 51, was driving west on Highway 74 in his 2002 gray Honda Accord when Hemet resident Michael Hernandez, 48, driving a 1999 Dodge Ram truck east on 74, lost control slammed into the front left of Jerome’s vehicle. The collision happened at 3:30 p.m. nine-tenths of a…
Idyllwild Fire is telling us that the smoke you smell and see in the air is blowing in from the Camp Pendleton area.
Alphonso Nguyen, 34, of Garden Grove was found safe at about 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, after calling 911 the previous Saturday at about 4:15 p.m. from his dying cell phone. Nguyen was found with just cuts and bruises and some dehydration near Azalea Girl Scout Camp on Dark Canyon Road, said Sgt. Lawler…
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild, in its first open board election by the membership, avoided a full vote and balloting. “We have 11 candidates for 11 open seats,” said Interim Director/Administrator Adrian Adams. “There was one withdrawal and one addition to the slate. Because the election is uncontested, there is no need for balloting. Accordingly,…
Much needed rain fell over the Hill Saturday afternoon and evening. The amounts ranged from slightly more than an inch at the U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Fire Station to almost 2 inches at the Idyllwild Fire Station. Pine Cove recorded 1.2 inches and the newly installed rain gauge at the Idyllwild Town Crier collected nearly…
A possible tax increase is now several years in the future, according to the discussion at last week’s Idyllwild Fire Protection District Finance Committee. Susan Weisbart and Committee Chair Nancy Layton said their Tax Measure Research subcommittee would need at least a year to investigate and prepare the justification for a possible tax increase. Consequently,…
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has reported a hiker missing since Saturday. The search began during the weekend and was continuing Tuesday, April 28, as of press time. Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit and helicopters are involved in the search. Deputies received a call around 4:15 p.m. Saturday from a missing hiker, who has been identified…
