Idyllwild Town Crier

While many people worried that the Mountain Fire would burn the Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center in Apple Canyon, neither flames nor heat damaged the Center rather water and mud were the culprits ...

The mail-in ballots for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission election should begin arriving in Idyllwild mail boxes this week. Four candidates — Commission President Jeannine Charles-Stigall, Rhonda Andrewson, Steve Kunkle and Nancy Layton — are vying for three commission seats. The Town Crier has interviewed each candidate and will sponsor a Candidate’s Forum 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6,...

I have a brother living full-time and parents who are part-time Idyllwild residents. The San Jacinto Wilderness also is special to me for many years of backpacking in my youth and our marriage proposal 25 years ago. Our Temecula home has a wonderful view of the vineyards with the mountain beyond. Your “Breaking News” announcements twice a day helped me keep informed...

In response to your reader’s question who jokingly asked if Pete Capperelli dated my wife,  Pete’s a great guy.  I think he also was a pretty good real estate agent.  But the people of Idyllwild, in the last general election, voted him out of office.  All the fire commissioners who ran for re-election were rejected. The people voted for a change.  ...

I am writing to express appreciation to those business owners who followed the evacuation orders to leave Idyllwild like the rest of us. They clearly saw that our common good outweighed any personal gain that could have been made by staying. They did not see themselves as exempt from the rules, and by leaving when told to, they reinforced...

The Incident Management Team and fire officials from the San Bernardino National Forest and its San Jacinto Ranger District met Wednesday afternoon, July 24, to arrange the return of authority to the forest the next morning. The IMT was requested on the first day of the Mountain Fire, July 15. When the team handed the fire back to district staff,...

Harold Wherry and his Blue Breeze Band serve Motown and blues at the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. They take the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8. Guitarist Wherry has more than 30 years experience working in the Motown, R&B, funk, jazz and blues styles. As a teenager he backed soul R&B singer Bobby Day on hit songs “Rockin...

The Art Alliance of Idyllwild is starting the Second Saturday Art Fair beginning Aug. 10 at the Idyllwild Community Center site. Coordinator Scott Finnell said if it’s successful, the event will run from May to October of each year. Finnell, a glass artist, said AAI artists are organizing the event. He said the goals is not to take anything away...

By J.P. Crumrine News Editor The mail-in ballots for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission election should begin arriving in Idyllwild mail boxes this week. Four candidates — Commission President Jeannine Charles-Stigall, Rhonda Andrewson, Steve Kunkle and Nancy Layton — are vying for three commission seats. The Town Crier has interviewed each candidate and will sponsor a Candidate’s Forum at 7...

In the July 25 Town Crier on page 25, the photo of an Erickson Aircrane Sikorsky S–64 was misidentified as a Cal Fire helicopter. Town Crier regrets the error.