Idyllwild also has some homeless Last week, Riverside County’s Department of Public Social Services released the results of its 2018 winter homeless survey. In January 2018, the survey identified 2,310 homeless county residents, 96 fewer individuals, or about 4 percent less, than identified in January 2017. The count identifies both individuals seen on the street…
Air quality in Riverside County is abysmal, and nearly the same for the rest of Southern California, according to the latest “State of The Air” from the American Lung Association in California. Riverside County, along with most of its neighbors, earned an “F” for both ozone days and particle days. Orange County was the exception…
Longtime residents and owners of Idyllwild Garage since the early 1960s, John and Teresa Friemoth, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Thursday, April 19, 2018. Married in Ohio, the two moved to California to join John’s father in the auto-repair business, where he later ended up taking it over. They have three children, seven grandchildren,…
Jeffrey Hubbs Turner, 70, died Saturday, April 14, 2018, at home in Idyllwild of natural causes. He was born to Robert and Marion Skip Turner on Sept. 18, 1947, in Hutchinson, Kansas. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps’ 3rd Marine Division in Vietnam from 1965 to 1969, receiving the Navy/Marine Presidential Citation. Jeff graduated…
About 5:30 a.m. Friday, a 2.9-magnitude earthquake occurred about 4 miles south of Idyllwild. The original estimate was a 3.4-magnitude quake. The quake rumbled for several seconds before ending in a boom. No major damage has been reported. The tremor was felt from Murrieta and Temecula in the west and east to Indio based on…
Joy Sliver, the major Democratic candidate for the 28th State Senate seat, came to Idyllwild last week. Attending the Idyllwild Indivisibles’ April 19 meeting at Town Hall, Silver described her path to candidacy challenging incumbent Sen. Jeff Stone, and several of her positions and goals if elected. “I’ve evolved from an advocate to an activist…
The main organizer of the Soroptimist’s Idyllwild Christmas Tree Lighting, Phyllis Mueller, announced her retirement last week in a letter to the whole community. “I don’t think I have ever done anything in my life that was so outwardly greatly appreciated by so many,” she wrote. “So thank you, I appreciate that so much.” As…
Editor: I, for one, would find the removal of the ATM at the BofA branch quite inconvenient. I use it at least once a week and often more than twice. While I do most of my banking online, the need to deposit checks and cash is frequent, and lack of a transaction point such as…
Editor: I live off the Hill in Riverside. My subscription runs out at the end of April, and, unfortunately, the cost to renew is simply not worth it. I could actually drive up the Hill once a week, buy a paper in town and have a bite to eat, and it would be cheaper than…
Editor: Whenever I read comments about the nominal cost of the paper being high, it’s indicative of a writer who hasn’t grasped the full reality of conducting a business. I’ve effectively been an entrepreneur since I was 17, but, had I not, I’d have to hope that I’d still understand that making ends meet in…
