70 years ago – 1950 The director of ISOMATA (now Idyllwild Arts Academy) announced that a four-week workshop session was canceled because a number of the male students notified the school they could not attend due to the “unsettled world condition.” 65 years ago – 1955 Ladies of the Guild were hard at work getting…
UPDATE (1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7): As of Friday afternoon, two of the six people officially reported missing in our mountain area to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) have been located. According to RCSD Correctional Sergeant Deanna Pecoraro, “Venessa Vlasek has been located safely and removed from the missing persons database.” No further details…
Riverside County announced Monday that there is a delay in reporting case numbers, giving the impression that the spread of COVID-19 is slowing. Public Health Director Kim Saruwatari said “electronic laboratory reporting is not being submitted to CalREDIE’s system in a real-time manner. Riverside County’s positive cases in recent days may appear that the numbers…
The culvert work projects on highways 243 and 74 have a tentative completion date of mid-October 2020. If you experience delays beyond 30 minutes, contact Caltrans public affairs at 909-383-4631.
Barnaby Finch is a well-known name in Idyllwild. A talented musician, Finch can be heard playing at Ferro with Paul Carman and Marshall Hawkins, or past Jazz in the Pines festivals. While Finch is known here for mostly playing jazz, his talents stretch well beyond that. Finch grew up in the…
Brendan Steele earned 17 Modified Stableford points at the Barracuda Championship in Northern California last week to tie for 53rd place. Statistics were somewhat limited at this tournament, but over the four days the Idyllwild native’s drives found 78.57% of the fairways, allowing him to hit 69.44% of the greens in regulation. His putter was…
According to Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) Board President Stephanie Yost, an Agricultural and Standards Investigator with the County of Riverside was in town this past Sunday and stopped by the Farmers Market after seeing the sign advertising the market. He offered some information to Yost that ICC was unaware of and is now working to…
The U.S. Forest Service – San Bernardino National Forest (SBNF) received a call for a vegetation fire about 9:40 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22. The fire was located off the Webster Trail in Pine Cove, according to the SBNF. “The fire is a quarter acre in light to medium fuels with moderate rate of spread,”…
By Riverside CountyContributed In preparation for candidate filing under COVID-19 restrictions, the Riverside County Registrar of Voters is encouraging contact-less filing options for candidates who wish to run for local office in the Nov. 3, 2020 Presidential General Election. Candidate filing concludes on Aug. 7, 2020 at 5 p.m. Candidates can request to receive their…
Travel along highways 74 and 243 has increased since stay-at-home restrictions have loosened up. However, expect delays traveling both highways, up to 20-30 minutes. “Culvert work continues on State Route 74 and State Route 243,” wrote Philip Havins, Caltrans public information officer for maintenance, in an email last week. “The tentative completion date is mid-October 2020. Although, that timeframe…
