Idyllwild Heating donates furnace, labor for warming center
The Legion Hall is designated a County of Riverside Warming Center …
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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…
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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….
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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…
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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.
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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.
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Outside Idyllwild: Winter is coming …
It is easy to overlook this fact during our current heat wave, but as the Starks on “Game of Thrones” are so fond of saying, “Winter is coming.” This being my 36th winter in Idyllwild, I have learned a few things about making it through the cold months. First let us take a look at…
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Hemet girls volleyball team beats Twentynine Palms in CIF 2nd round match
The Hemet High School girls’ volleyball team defeated Twentynine Palms High school, 3-0, in a second match of the CIF-SS Division 4AA tournament last night. Hemet won the first game easily, 25-15. Then they dominated the second game. Tritan Self opened the game serving and only lost her serve after the score was 14-0. Hemet…
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First snow of 2012-13 season may arrive today
The National Weather service is predicting winter weather for the Hill later today, Friday, Nov. 9, tonight and tomorrow. In the past 24 hours about one-third of an inch of rain has been recorded at the Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station, which is about 2.89 inches of rainfall since July 1.
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Thursday’s results from Tuesday’s election
Raul Ruiz, Democratic challenger, slightly widen his lead over Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack after the Riverside County Registrar’s office released more results Thursday evening, Nov. 8. Ruiz now has a lead of 4,679 votes with more than 166,000 ballots counted. He has 51.4 percent of the vote compared to Bono Mack’s 48.6 percent. However, the…
