Two town locals and two Idyllwild Arts Academy music students landed spots in the semifinals of the Voice of the Valley singing competition, VOV Artistic Director Alexander Yepremian said. Isabella Magonna and Rhonda Legate, of Idyllwild, and Idyllwild Arts students Nicholas “Nicky” Martin and Alex Keller are semifinalists. VOV, renamed from “Hemet’s Got Talent,” is…
Following a March 20 letter telling Riverside County that it wanted to terminate its contract to provide ambulance service to Zones 2 (Pine Cove) and 3 (areas north of Pine Cove and south of Idyllwild), areas outside of the IFPD district, Idyllwild Fire officials met with representatives of the county’s Emergency Medical Services Agency last…
A panel of state court appellate judges overturned a Riverside Superior Court decision to grant a new trial to Christopher V. Hillman, who was convicted of seven counts of attempting to influence the jury during the Raymond Oyler arson murder trial the previous year. Hillman is Oyler’s brother-in-law. Within a month of Hillman’s conviction in…
The trials of Chris D. Duve and Angela May Shaver for the murder of Paul Cline took significantly different paths last week. Shaver’s jury was dismissed because of misconduct. Both trials, with separate juries, began Thursday, April 19. After a recess following the opening statements, the two trials quickly assumed separate identities. Judge Kelly Hansen…
In light of the recent position of Idyllwild Fire Protection District regarding the pending cancellation of our ambulance contract, the members of CSA 38 would like to express our sincere thanks to the Board of Supervisors, Riverside County Fire Department, Economic Development Agency and the Riverside EMS Authority for recent efforts to provide uninterrupted paramedic ambulance service to residents, visitors and property owners of the mountain plateau communities including Pine Cove. We recognize the difficulty of this task and are aware of the herculean efforts taking place by our government officials. Please know that it is appreciated by all of us.
Janel Pearl Ramirez, 31, was formally charged with sexual encounters with a minor. Her arraignment is scheduled for Thursday, April 26. If convicted, Ramirez faces jail time of four years and four months, according to John Hall, senior public information specialist for the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. Ramirez was arrested and released the first…
Brendan Steele made a positive breakthrough last week, finishing in a tie for fourth in the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio. He carded a five-under-par 73-74-69-67 for a total score of 283. TPC San Antonio must fit his game well since his two highest finishes in official PGA Tour events have come on that…
Conductor and Composer in Residence of Idyllwild Arts, Peter Askim, speaks at the ICRC speakers series on Wednesday evening at the Quiet Creek Gallery. As he gave his talk, “What’s New? The Latest, Greatest, Up-To-Date in Contemporary Classical Music,” he played examples of the music. The event was co-sponsored by the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation.
Millions of free books were hand-delivered to unsuspecting individuals on Monday, April 23, around the U.S., U.K. and Ireland as part of World Book Night 2012 — “Spreading the love of reading, person to person” — including in Idyllwild. These happy Café Aroma customers were visited by “Book Fairies,” representing INK Book Gathering in Idyllwild, who gave them a few titles from a list of 30. A discussion of World Book Night followed on Tuesday at INK.
Preeminent archaeologist and cultural anthropologist, will be honored at the Idyllwild Nature Center …
