Association seeks backers for $15 billion tax on the wealthy By John Fensterwald EdSource The California School Boards Association is exploring whether to place a $15 billion tax for K-12 schools, early education and community colleges before voters, creating the possibility of dueling tax initiatives on the statewide ballot in November 2020. Together with the…
Pamela Jordan has just completed her fifth year as president of the Idyllwild Arts (IA) Foundation. She is also the head of Idyllwild Arts Academy and summer program. She is responsible for hundreds of students, from Idyllwild to Los Angeles and the rest of the continent and the world. Staff and faculty are in the…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats were saddened by the passing of George. Daisy: Why weren’t all of you at last Saturday’s mini adoption-fair? Sadie: Aw Daisy, it’s just too stressful for us adult cats, but the kittens really have fun at them. Mr. Gray: Those funny kittens love the attention….
Grants available to help remove dead and dying trees The Sept. 11, Mountain Area Safety Taskforce (MAST) meeting was sparsely attended. No law enforcement officials and only a few fire managers were present. Those in attendance discussed current and prospective fire protection projects and forest health. Grants Kat Wilson, executive director of the Mountain Communities…
While Rose Venard and her husband, Rocky, only moved to Pine Cove as full-time residents in August 2018, they have owned a cabin in Pine Cove since 2013. Venard has been coming to Idyllwild since the early 1980s. For years, she visited a high school friend who lived up here. She says she fell in…
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has already announced it is taking applications for temporary jobs in 2020. Applications for more than 1,500 temporary spring and summer jobs in California should be submitted between Sept. 16 and Sept. 30. Positions are available across the state in many fields including fire, recreation, wildlife and fisheries, botany, timber,…
It is important to remember the positive things that happen every day on the mountain. Jennifer Miller, Anza Electric Cooperative government relations liaison, reached out to Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D., D-Palm Desert, to see if he’d be interested in participating in the first food distribution event for the community of Anza. Ruiz told the crowd…
Fundraiser features 20 Southern California wineries The Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI), on Oct. 12, welcomes 20 of Southern California’s premier wineries and hundreds of wine lovers from near and far. The 22nd-annual Art Walk and Wine Tasting features galleries and artist booths throughout the entire length of the village. Organizers hope this event brings…
The Idyllwild Haunted Ghost Town Halloween event has been going on for over 16 years and is a great family activity. For participants, it is a wonderful opportunity for adults to mentor and teach younger ones basic theatrical techniques, special effects makeup, audio and lighting, costuming, set design, animatronics, and special effects. The themes of…
Shortly before 8 p.m. Friday night, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department released the following information on the missing female hiker the Town Crier reported on earlier in the day: “On Wednesday, Sept. 11, six hikers reported seeing a female hiker in distress in the area of the Pacific Crest Trail and South Ridge Trail. The…
