“Nailbiter,” a horror film involving a tornado, is the first feature from director Patrick Rea who last year contributed the very well-received short “Get Off My Porch” (you remember the Girl Scouts and their oddly compelling cookies?). Rea, who grew up in Nebraska, used his experience running from a tornado as a boy as inspiration…
Leslie Zemeckis, actor, writer, producer and director, is very much of this time with a successful professional career in the disciplines in which she works. But she is fascinated by a major part of American entertainment history that few people today remember — vaudeville. And that fascination has imbued her project and career choices. As…
As winter wears on, Hill residents occasionally escape the cold with a jaunt down California Scenic Highway 74 to the desert. Driving it today, we forget that prior to 1932 the only way to get directly to Idyllwild from Coachella Valley was on foot or horseback. The automotive alternative involved traveling around the foot of…
Happy New Year 2013 to all from the many faces at ARF including our four-leggeds. Oreo, Sandy, Dillon, Noah, Rachel, Olivia, Betty, Snowball, Faith, Winston, Sally and Girl. Pepper, Carly and Sadie, Heidi, Meow Meow, Midnite, Momma Pepper, Mrs. Magu, Tommy and Twiggy are all us for adoption. ARF has many cats and dogs available…
Another year to enjoy our mountains! On this topic, the vision of the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council is “Fire Safe Communities in a Healthy Forest.” It is not that our members are people who have always wanted to cut brush, prepare firewood, or write and administer federal grants (though they are good at it)….
Nan Arthur, the first 2013 presenter in Animal Rescue Friends of Idyllwild’s new speaker series, has spent 20 years analyzing why animals act and respond as they do. She will talk about aggressive dogs at the 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, event at Mt. Pawlytechnic Canine Education School, 23400 Highway 243, across from the Pine…
Editor’s note: At the end of each year, the Town Crier looks back at the headlines that made the biggest local news during the year …
The California Legislature enacted about 873 laws during 2012. Some counted 876 and there were other reports that even more laws were passed by the legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. Click here for a pdf listing all the new laws passed in California in 2012. Most of these became effective Tuesday, Jan. 1,…
Around 8:40 am. on Saturday, Dec. 29 a Riverside County Sheriff’s community service officer stopped to give assistance to an injured man on Highway 74, east of Strawberry Creek, between Mountain Center and East Hemet. The man reported he had been fueling his car at a station on Chicago and Florida around 5:30 a.m. when…
This is my fourth effort writing this column. There are always one or two groups I omit. Although I have limited space, someone will feel slighted. Nevertheless, I encourage you to get involved in our community. It’s good for you and clearly good for all of us. Below I’ve listed many, not necessarily all, Hill…
