Zero-policy immigration issue is the motivator “Galvanized by the images and voices of immigrant children separated from their parents by President Trump’s immigration policies, hundreds of thousands took to the streets Saturday in major cities and small towns across America to expressed outrage that they hope will carry over into the fall election,” reported the…
At about 6:25 p.m. Monday, June 25, on Highway 243 near mile marker 19.7 in Poppet Flats, a motorist stopped his vehicle at a dirt shoulder to take photos of the panoramic San Gorgonio Pass below, according to the California Highway Patrol. As the driver walked to the edge of the road, he saw an…
Mark DeAntonio, 52, of Pine Cove has a felony settlement conference set for Monday, July 9. DeAntonio was arrested on June 25 for suspicion of negligently discharging a fire arm, manufacturing a zip gun and being under the influence while in possession of a loaded and operable firearm. The first two charges are felonies. He…
I just finished the annual budget for Idyllwild House Publishing Co. Ltd. last Friday, Jack and I had our shareholders’ and directors’ meetings Saturday, and I feel a tremendous pressure off my back so I can relax tomorrow, the Fourth of July. Because of our readers and those who see the benefit of advertising in…
Editor: Last Sunday, while having lunch at the Gastrognome, a group of motorcyclists came roaring into downtown Idyllwild and distributed (not parked) themselves in front of the Idyllwild carved wooden statue. I don’t know if they were planning to have lunch at “Jo’An’s Restaurant” and were disappointed/mad when they found a lovely park there instead or…
Editor’s note: Alice Alveraz is volunteering at the Port Isabel Detention Center in Los Fresnos, Texas. Today (Saturday) I worked as an attorney. As many of you know, I’m here in Texas working as a volunteer medic at a clinic for families who have just been released from ICE. Happenstance and fate connected me yesterday…
Only six more weeks until the one-year anniversary of our Town Crier Membership model. That’s when the moment of truth will begin, i.e., when it’s time to begin renewing the earliest Charter Memberships. If the Town Crier is to be ongoing, the Membership model has to be ongoing, too. It is crucial that prospective new…
At the June 26, Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting, 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington recommended his colleagues concur with a $2,500 grant to the Idyllwild Arts Foundation. The funds are for sponsorship of the 2018 Jazz in the Pines, the 25th festival. For the fourth-consecutive year, Washington is making this donation to support “student…
They also approve fiscal year 2018-19 budget The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a budget, with amendments, for fiscal year 2018-19, which started this week. The board added $5.3 million to its initial budget. All of the new funds will be for public-safety agencies. The Probation Department received $1.8 million. In response to District Attorney…
Twelve is how many propositions will be on the November ballot and three other possibilities were withdrawn Thursday. Besides U.S. senator, offices such as governor, lieutenant governor, state senator, assembly member, sheriff, school district and perhaps local offices, 12 measures, which range from bond approval to eliminating California in favor of three states, will lengthen…
