Dick Halligan reflects on a life in music
The founding member of “Blood, Sweat and Tears,” Grammy Award winner, composer of music for film and television performed on Sunday night at Idyllwild Arts …
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News of Record: Sept. 6, 2012
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Tuesday to Monday, Aug. 28 to Sept. 3, 2012: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Aug. 28 — Medical aid, Pine Crest Avenue, Idyllwild. Aug. 28 — Medical aid, Highway 243, Idyllwild. Aug. 28 — Medical aid, Delano Drive, Idyllwild. Aug. 29 — Dispatched and nothing…
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Sheriff Sniff talks about pension changes’ impact on public safety
Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff supports changes to California’s pension laws, but one approved last week, has him and other public safety officials concerned. The state legislature raised the retirement age for public safety employees from 50 years to 57 years. Sniff and the California Police Chiefs Association is concerned that deputies and detectives over…
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Historical Society hosts ice cream social
Miki Pandya, 3, of Long Beach enjoys his ice cream and cookie Saturday afternoon at the annual Ice Cream Social at the Idyllwild Area Historical Society.
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Idyll Awhile hosts first Idyllwild Bass Summit
The first Idyllwild Upright Bass Summit was held Sunday at Idyll Awhile …
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Opinion: No on Prop 30
Greetings from a cynical centrist! Here we are two months away from an election of such enormous ramifications the results of which will be felt for decades. Yet, we’ve had dozens of letters over a doggie fundraiser contest result. Amazing! But then editor J.P. saved us from ourselves. The election you ask? I did feel…
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Opinion: Computer scams
It has come to my attention that several people on the Hill have been the victim of computer scams via phone calls. Their computers were hacked and sensitive information stolen. The scam is enticing and persuasive. You receive a phone call from someone with a strong Indian accent and you definitively are told that “something…
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Lawmakers send pension change legislation to Gov.
On Friday, Aug. 31, the state Legislature sent Gov. Jerry Brown legislation (Assembly Bill 340) modifying public sector pensions. Most of the changes will affect new employees beginning Jan. 1, 2013; however, some of the changes will affect current employees. “With strong bipartisan support, the state Legislature today passed the biggest rollback of public pensions…
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Opinion: Paradise? Here?
You call this paradise? Everyone needs to wake up and smell the dead brush. I haven’t paid much attention to what’s been going on around here lately, so tonight I read the Town Crier. And what did I see about what’s been going on? ARF and the monument. Is that what you call paradise? Everyone…
