Srishti Sharma is a senior and a theater major at Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA). Sharma participated in a Zoom interview Saturday, Feb. 27 with the Town Crier to tell us a bit about her story. Sharma is from New Delhi, India and started IAA her junior year of high school. Being from India, theater is…
Brendan Steele posted a 2-under-par 286 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last week to earn a tie for 18th place, his second-best finish in the Palmer ever. The Idyllwild native collected an eagle and 10 birdies against 10 bogeys while finding nearly 61% of the fairways with drives averaging 296 yards. He hit 67% of…
What do you want to be when you grow up?I have asked my kids this over the years and their answers have stayed pretty consistent.We have a future park ranger in our little animal lover and a chemist in the little one. We have tried to explain that the desirable result for experiments is not…
The county of Riverside remains in the most-restricted purple tier of the state’s four-tier system, as of press time.Last week, the county announced that transitional kindergarten through sixth grade can resume in-person instruction with approved COVID-19 prevention plans because the county has less than 25 cases per 100,000 residents.“The pandemic has had a major impact…
My beloved wife, a mother, grandmother, sister and friend to so many, passed away at home in the very early morning hours of Friday, Feb. 26 after a long struggle with Atrial fibrillation, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and ultimately, congestive heart failure.Her husband, son, granddaughter and sister were all gathered to see her.A native of…
By U.S. Forest ServiceContributed Officials with San Bernardino National Forest are seeking comments from the public on two preliminary grants submitted to the State of California to fund the forest’s off-highway vehicle (OHV) operations. The draft applications are based on public and staff feedback given in February and seek to enhance ground operations and law…
Hemet Unified School DistrictContributed On Jan. 23, students enrolled in cybersecurity at Hemet High School (HHS) finished in the gold and silver tiers at the Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot state competition. Over 3,000 students from across the nation competed in CyberPatriot, the National Youth Cyber Education Program created by the Air Force Association to inspire…
In November, the Fern Valley Water District Board of Directors unanimously approved an emergency pipeline replacement project on Rising Glen Road, Granite Springs, Shady View Drive and Sunset View Drive. The project is replacing about 2,000 feet of pipeline.As of Tuesday, the pipeline should be in service by the end of next week, March 12….
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls.Idyllwild• Feb. 22 — Walk-in medical aid, 9:17 a.m.• Feb. 23 — Gas leak, 1:15 a.m. Alderwood St.• Feb. 23 — Medical aid, 11:41 a.m. Dickenson Rd.• Feb. 24 — Medical aid, 11:27 a.m. Dickenson Rd.• Feb. 24 — Assist invalid, 7 p.m. Valley…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the cats learned that most of them have been adopted.Whiskers: Well, here we are.Pepper: Yep, here we are. It is so quiet!Whiskers: The quiet makes for good eavesdropping. I’ve been listening to the ARF humans.Pepper: So have I. They’ve talked quite a bit about safety for dogs…
