Idyllwild’s Ghost Town has haunted several sites, unlike ghosts who usually manifest at the same place. This is the 15th year for Ghost Town, said Kat Wilson, the originator, and it will be located in a faux fort on the Camp Emerson Boy Scout Camp grounds in Idyllwild, its fifth location. Parking will be available…
With the changing of ownership of the Christmas tree property — now Idypark — to Dave and Loie Butterfield, and the resignation of Phyllis Mueller from organizing the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, this year’s event also brings changes. Chris Perrault, owner of Silver Pines Lodge and Creekstone Inn, is organizing the event this year…
While Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act legalized adult recreational use of marijuana for adults over age 21, it still left the final decisions to city and county governments. Although the Board of Supervisors may address a new ordinance to legalize much of this business later this fall, distribution and sales of cannabis…
In August 2017, the Lake Hemet Municipal Water District, which provides water to much of Garner Valley, proposed to raise its water rates in Garner Valley. Those customers objected. The board held a special meeting at the Garner Valley Common and decided to table the rate increase until its staff could review the issue further….
The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation will present the theatrical performance of “The Guys,” a play by Anne Nelson. “The Guys” stars Wendie Malick and Dan Lauria, both leading actors of television, stage and film. The play tells the story of a NYFD fire captain who lost eight men in the collapse of the…
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is updating its online reporting process and replacing it with the LexisNexis® Desk Officer Reporting System. The system provides a fast and efficient way for the public to report a variety of past incidents such as petty theft, lost property, vandalism, etc., via the internet using a computer, tablet or…
Last of seven Beaumont officials to plead guilty Joseph Aklufi, 71, former Beaumont city attorney, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor (Gov. Code sec. 1222) in the case charging him with embezzlement of funds from the city of Beaumont. Aklufi, the former legal counsel for Idyllwild Water District, was arrested in May 2016, along with six…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Sept. 9 to 15. Idyllwild • Sept. 9 — Vehicle burglary, 5:15 p.m., North Circle Dr. Report taken. • Sept. 11 — Alarm call, 7:44 a.m., 53000 block of Marian View Dr. Handled by deputy. • Sept. 11…
California’s fourth Climate Change Assessment was released at the end of August. The assessment is based on a series of 44 technical reports. Besides an overall summary of the consequences of climate change on the California environment — natural and structural — there are separate reports for nine different regions of the state. The Hill…
A ‘do over’ of 2008’s Proposition 2 Proposition 12, backed by the Humane Society of the United States, proposes to revise commercial animal-confinement standards previously passed by voters in 2008’s Proposition 2. As in Proposition 2, new standards would apply to the same groups as in Prop 2 — veal calves, breeding pigs and egg-laying…
