This is the perfect time of year to spot black oaks that may be harboring Goldspotted oak borers. Oaks with brown leaves still on the branches should be inspected, according to the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council. Here is an oak with retained leaves throughout the branchy canopy. A team composed of Ron Perry, Eliott Taylor and Doris Lombard spotted this tree during their morning drive-by windshield survey.
Rick Rickman, author, documentarian and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, will judge the upcoming Art Alliance of Idyllwild Eye of the Artist art show and fundraising auction on Saturday, March 7. Rickman won the Pulitzer for team coverage of the 1984 Olympics held in Los Angeles. Working for the Orange County Register, Rickman shared the award with…
Memorial Day at Lake Hemet Campgrounds will be big. For the first time, swimming will be permitted at the lake. And not only swimming, but a water park for families featuring 11 floating play structures, three of them dedicated to very young children. Kelly Lam, marketing director for the California Parks Company that operates the…
Founded in 1980, Living Free Animal Sanctuary was among the first privately funded no-kill animal sanctuaries, with a mission of rescuing cats and dogs from imminent shelter euthanasia. And in an effort to better acquaint the mountain communities with Living Free’s mission, the board has inaugurated “town meetings,” prior to board meetings. The next meeting…
Soroptimist International of Idyllwild will feature Opal Singleton, president and CEO of Million Kids (www.millionkids.org) and training and outreach coordinator for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Anti Human Trafficking Task Force at a Wednesday, March 18, event. Singleton will present “Seduced: The Grooming of America’s Teenagers” as part of Soroptimist’s focus on the growing crisis of…
After being among the leaders the whole way — he had the outright lead for a short period about half-way through — Brendan Steele had more trouble in the Sunday/Monday fourth round at The Honda Open in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. He didn’t play poorly; he hit every green on the front nine in regulation,…
Ginger Dagnall, playing for Idyllwild Pizza Co., and Lance Fogle, of Forest Lumber, meet at the net during Town Hall Adult Volleyball Saturday afternoon at Idyllwild School.
The Idyllwild School Orchestra played a concert at Tahquitz High Saturday. Director Dwight “Buzz” Holmes conducts the students…
Idyllwild resident actor and Town Crier columnist Conor O’Farrell has landed a major role in a new TV pilot, “Silence of Games.” He plays alongside Bre Blair and Demetrius Grosse as a corrupt lieutenant governor planning to make a run for Congress. O’Farrell has had many lead and co-starring roles throughout his 35-year career, including…
