Semi-finals next stop for Hemet High girls
For the third consecutive year, the Hemet High School girls’ volleyball team will play in the CIF-SS semi-finals Tuesday evening, Nov. 13.
The Bulldogs, seeded second in Division 4AA, had a first-round bye. In the second round, they easily defeated Twentynine Palms High School in 3 games (25-15, 25-6 and 25-14). Saturday night, Hemet defeated Ontario’s Colony High School, 3-1,...
Opinion: Republicans and Latinos
Republicans’ choice to either change their hostile attitudes toward Latino voters or going the way of the Whig party will soon be known by everyone. They will have to choose to start talking to Latinos rather than about them amongst their lily-white selves.
What do I mean? Here is an Idyllwild example.
One of our local churches organized a mission...
Thanksgiving on the Hill
Cold weather blew into the Idyllwild area the second week of November, frosting mountaintops and ridgelines in white. Majestic oaks turned brilliant yellow, seemed more brilliant than in past years and held their colorful foliage longer. Skies remained that special blue so characteristic of the Hill, and with colder temperatures and light winds tossing the now-falling red and yellow...
Legion members honor veterans
On Sunday, the Idyllwild American Legion Post 800 veterans and their families honored the service of all U.S. military veterans ...
Idyllwild Heating donates furnace, labor for warming center
The Legion Hall is designated a County of Riverside Warming Center ...
GSOB found in Idyllwild. Pest has killed 80,000 oaks in San Diego County
The Goldspotted oak borer, the non-native beetle that has killed more than 80,000 oaks in San Diego County, has been positively identified in an Idyllwild oak, on Highway 243 near the center of town. Currently, entomologists know of no native California predator or insecticidal defense against the tree killer.
A DNA analysis, conducted by the Invasive Species Lab at University...
Latest election totals
Raul Ruiz, Democratic challenger, defeated Representative Mary Bono Mack in Tuesday’s race for the 36th Congressional District. Slowly and steadily Ruiz has built a 7,300 vote lead as of Saturday, Nov. 10.
But it was on Friday, after the county registrar reported vote totals giving Ruiz a 7,200 vote advantage that the 14-year congresswoman conceded.
“Today, I called Dr. Ruiz and...
Hemet girls volleyball moves to semi-finals
The Hemet High School girls’ volleyball team defeated Ontario’s Colony High School 3-1, in a quarterfinals match of the CIF-SS Division 4AA tournament Saturday night.
Hemet lost a tight first game easily, 23-25. After trailing in the second game, the Hemet Bulldogs pulled their act together, as coach Janie Washburn has told them and won the next three games (25-15,...
Rotarians visit school bearing dictionaries
On Tuesday, Oct. 30, Idyllwild Rotarians (from left) Charlie Wix, Scott Fisher and Bob Parrish distribute dictionaries to the third graders at Idyllwild School. The dictionary hand-out is an annual Rotary Club event.
Enduro cyclers give to HELP Center
Brendan Collier (right), co-owner of the Hub Cyclery and Siren, sponsored a food drive in conjunction with the 4th Annual San Jacinto Enduro. The suggested donation was three food items from participants. Lou Bacher (left), President of the Board of the HELP Center came by on Thursday morning to thank Collier and pick up the donations.