Saturday at about 8:45 p.m., a fatal traffic crash occurred in Mountain Center about 0.2 miles north of Highway 74. According to a California Highway Patrol report, Ron Barney, 25, was traveling south on Highway 243 in his black 1996 Honda Civic. His speed was unknown. Hiroko Momii, 67, of Idyllwild, was traveling north in…
In his letter published last week in the Town Crier, Mr. Gogerty clearly disagrees with the California attorney general and with California courts as to what constitutes a meeting under the Brown Act. The AG’s website includes an informative pamphlet summarizing the Brown Act, which states at page 8: “The definition of the term ‘meeting’…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, April 29, to Monday, May 5. Idyllwild • April 30 — Two power-line-down calls. • April 30 — Two medical aids. • May 1 — Natural vegetation fire. • May 1 — Two power-line-down calls. • May 1 — Five medical aids….
Every day spent hiking out in our forest brings more mysteries to be answered. This week let’s explore some partially “parasitic” partnerships that have always fascinated me out on trail. Insect gall Ever see a round woody ball growing out of a tree branch? Often it’ll have a random pattern of little holes dotting…
Editor: The Brown act states: “The people of this State do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people…
Can it get any cuter than this? ARF didn’t get Easter flowers this year. Instead, we got a black, fluffy Papillion/Chihuahua/cocker-mix. And so we named her Lily. She is about 6 months old and already earning As, in the form of treats, of course, in puppy training school. She loves to walk, is good in…
65 years ago – 1949 Dr. Harry Pearlman, Louis Pearlman, Louis Artin and Sam Melca started up Devil’s Slide Trail hoping to hike down the desert side. But after nine hours of floundering in snow up to their armpits, they reappeared in Fern Valley. 60 years ago – 1954 A San Bernardino radio…
While the Riverside County budget for fiscal 2013-14 (ending June 30) is slightly improving, County Executive Jay Orr is recommending that the Board of Supervisors use nearly $13 million from its contingency funds to augment this year’s revenues. He estimated that discretionary revenue may be nearly $33 million (or about 5 percent) greater than the…
“Little Shop of Horrors” is the final 2013-14 production of the Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Theater Department. The musical was first performed in 1982 and has become a favorite throughout this country and internationally. For those unfamiliar with the movie, the plot is simply about a florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on…
