By Ben Metcalf More than 500,000 California families find their path to affordable homeownership through the purchase of a mobilehome or manufactured home, but an estimated one third lack proper title and registration — putting each of those homeowners at risk. In an effort to encourage all mobile and manufactured homeowners to secure proper title,…
Editor: What has happened to right and wrong? Sunday, as I was coming out of Fairway Market, two teenage boys casually each picked up packages of the prepared meats by the front door and walked out. Having confronted several hostile snow tourists in my yard earlier this year, I wasn’t going to approach these two….
A Banning motorcyclist lost his life last week on Highway 243. At about 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, Thai Yang, 40, of Banning, was riding a 2009 Yamaha motorcycle southbound on Highway 243. He was about 1 mile north of Mountain Center. Vincent Brooks, 26, of Mountain Center, was driving a blue Ford F-150 northbound…
James Elia of El Cajon is a Democrat running for California’s 71st Assembly seat. Republican incumbent Randy Voepel of Santee is just finishing his first term. Elia was in Idyllwild last Thursday night to introduce himself to Riverside County voters at an Idyllwild Indivisible meeting at Town Hall. About 90 percent of the district is…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats and dogs were listening to their caretakers make plans for the weekend. Little Girl: Thanksgiving is here! Mr. Gray: Will we get turkey? Little Girl: You never know. After spending a great day with their family and friends, our ARF humans will spend all day…
70 years ago – 1947 Mr. and Mrs. L.A. Carmen reminisced about the good old days in Idyllwild. They remembered Fern Valley as a fern-filled meadow without many trees, with cattle grazing in Round and Tahquitz valleys. 65 years ago – 1952 During a major snowstorm, Ada Morlan, Chamber secretary, left an evening committee meeting….
In August, the sale of the Mountain Center and Pine Cove markets was announced. Earlier this month, the sale of the Mountain Center Market business was completed. Although the same buyer is purchasing both markets, closure on the Pine Cove Market was delayed, according to owner/seller Shane Stewart. This sale will be completed by early…
Retired Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Commander John Metroka Jr. has always been a writer. As a child, he and his older sister Martha created fantasy stories. Later, even while serving in RCSD, he wrote short stories for his own pleasure. And professionally, he wrote many training documents and protocols for the sheriff’s department and for…
Idyllwild Library Branch Manager and Librarian Shannon Houlihan Ng and staff drafted a proclamation declaring Sunday, Nov. 26, through Saturday, Dec. 2, Friends of Libraries Appreciation Week in Idyllwild. The proclamation, with three pages outlining the many functions and gifts of the Friends of the Idyllwild Library, acknowledges the critical roles the Friends play in…
