With playground construction underway at our future community center, it’s appropriate to recall the Wright family compound that occupied the site for more than a half-century. Before 2008, you may have noticed a cluster of abandoned structures on the property. These included a lodge and two cabins for family members, tiny quarters for domestic help,…
Paws up to Mr. Tucker, our Basenji mix, who wagged his way right into his new humans’ hearts. As well as to Romeo, our Papillon mix, who never left his fosters side. Kittens are at the ARF house! Reserve a couple today! Meet Molly II. She is a young and playful Jack Russell-Basenji mix. She…
65 years ago – 1947 A wave of ladybugs buzzed through the village, coming out of hibernation. Somebody proposed an annual village lottery on the date the yearly flight would take place. 60 years ago – 1952 The Froehlichs were readying their new Rustic Theatre for a mid-June opening. Promised features included “a sloping floor,…
One of the longest running sports events in Idyllwild’s history took place in the center of town Saturday …
Town Hall Sports Coordinator Jeremy Teeguarden reported on Town Hall Youth baseball for the week of May 28. T-Ball League On Tuesday, May 29, the Rotary Padres played the Idyllwild Professional Cleaning Service White Sox. The Padres Easton Pramuka had a couple nice hits for her team. Logan Wilkerson played great for the White Sox…
Below are the latest Riverside County election results. The Registrar of Voters thinks about 50,000 more ballots are left to count. This will begin tomorrow. The next results are projected to be posted Friday. The overall results are the same as the initial results. Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack and Supervisor Jeff Stone easily out polled…
In the past hour, Riverside County has counted 17,000 more votes. The total ballots counted is 162,594, which is 19 percent of eligible county voters. No major changes have occured in the county races. Statewide, Proposition 29, the cigarette tax increase, is back-and-forth. As of midnight, the “yes” votes have a 3,000 vote lead, out…
These are the third results reported and are just 18,000 votes more than the tabulation of the early vote-by-mail ballots reported shortly after the polls closed at 8 p.m. During the period, the split between Rep. Mary Bono Mack and Dr. Raul Ruiz (D) has remained about 58 percent to 42 percent. Interestingly, Riverside County…
A Hemet High School student driving a 1994 Ford Ranger pickup ran a red light and plowed through a crosswalk crowded with approximately 30 students, sending eight to area hospitals, three in critical condition. Six females (three age 15, two age 16 and one age 17) and two males (one age 15 and one age…
The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council is about to embark on another endeavor to reduce the risk of significant fire damage on the Hill. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has recently approved Riverside County’s “Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.” This week the county Board of Supervisors passed a resolution adopting the current plan. Edwina Scott, Fire…
