While revenues are increasing for Riverside County, future expenses seem to be growing even faster than revenues. This is one conclusion Riverside County Executive Officer George Johnson said in his report to the Board of Supervisors on the results of the first quarter of fiscal year 2018-19. Johnson said the current estimate for full-year revenue…
Last month, the California Department of Education released the spring 2018 test results for the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress in English Language arts and mathematics. Idyllwild School students exceeded both the statewide and Hemet Unified School District results in both English and mathematics. Statewide, in all tested grades, 49.9 percent of students…
Parks Exhibition Center manager Cristie Scott is the next speaker at the Association of Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s ongoing series Spotlight on Leadership. She is the new manager of the campus gallery, the Parks Exhibition Center. Scott will speak about the gallery’s many-faceted roles in enriching the artistic lives of the Summer Program and Arts Academy…
Denver native and Idyllwild Arts filmmaker Nikki Tarro is the next speaker at the Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Art in Society series, Idy Talks. “The series was designed to connect the school to the community of Idyllwild,” said Eduardo Santiago, IAA faculty member and Art in Society coordinator. Nikki is a third-year senior at the academy…
If the 7 a.m. voters at Town Hall are an indicator, the turnout in Idyllwild will be quite high this year. By 7:15 a.m., more than 15 people were in line to get their ballots, another four were already casting votes, and at least eight people had brought in completed mail ballots. Rebecca Spencer, Riverside…
Apparently a large oak branch fell on power lines in the Saunders Meadow Road neighborhood. Southern California Edison is already there repairing the outage, which occurred about 2 p.m.
For those looking for a weekend adventure, or those who have to leave the Hill early and don’t return until late, or just work off the Hill, or forgot to request a mail ballot, Riverside County is offering you a chance to cast a ballot in the November 2018 Election this weekend. Early voting will…
James Mettler, born Nov. 30, 1961, died Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. Jim was an extraordinary man: an avid learner of everything, and a member of the Palomar Observatory docents, Mountain Disaster Preparedness, Mile High Radio Club and Pinzgauer truck group. He was active with outreach programs using astronomy through California schools and Positive Adventures. Jim…
Christina C. Farman, Pine Cove resident since 2002, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. Christina was born in Washington, D.C. in 1943, the second daughter of Carl H. Farman, a senior United States government official, and Elsa Farman. She spent her high school years at the Sacred Heart boarding school in Montreal. She…
Financial topics dominated the latest Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commission meeting. At the Oct. 23 meeting, the commission received and accepted its 2017-18 audit and Assistant Chief Mark LaMont presented the first-quarter results for 2018-19, the current fiscal year. Chris Brown, senior partner in Fedak and Brown LLP of Riverside, presented the audit’s results. He…
