About 12:45 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, a structure fire was reported in the 52900 block of Fern Land Drive in Pine Cove. Cal Fire reported that a 2 1/2-story home and about a half-acre of vegetation were involved. Cal Fire (Station 23), along with firefighters from the San Bernardino National Forest’s San Jacinto Ranger District…
David Mattson Potter of Mountain Center passed away at home Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. He was born in Pasadena Jan. 6, 1943. He graduated from Berkeley in 1965 with a degree in civil engineering and worked for Los Angeles County for 37 years. Dave and his wife Pam lived in Seal Beach for 30 years…
Mutual aid revenues increasing Through the end of its first quarter of the current fiscal year on Sept. 30, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District has a negative balance. However, that is usual for IFPD and many special districts that do not begin receiving property-tax revenue until December. The district’s finance committee reviewed the first-quarter data…
Only closed session topics,to be repeated this week The Idyllwild Water District directors held a special meeting Wednesday evening, Nov. 8. The two agenda items were both to be discussed in closed session. First, the directors were to evaluate Interim General Manager Jack Hoagland’s performance. Then they were going to consider a person for the…
Editor’s note: This is the second of two parts. The Salmon August Complex burned from July into October. The final U.S. Forest Service post about the complex fire was Oct. 6. From the middle of August until early September, Battalion Chief Mark LaMont of the Idyllwid Fire Department was a division group supervisor on the…
Idyllwild Arts Academy junior and musical theater major Geronimo Angel Gutierrez is the next speaker at Idy Talks. The speaker series, once done in conjunction with the Idyllwild Community Center, is now a solo series produced by the academy. Geronimo, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and now a resident in Medellin, Columbia, came to IAA…
70 years ago – 1947 “Hurricane Force Winds Leave Idyllwild in a Shamble,” screamed the Town Crier’s page-one headline. The George Thomas Cedar, oldest tree on the mountain, was uprooted. 65 years ago – 1952 Heavy rains in Hemet almost flooded the Armistice Day parade, which included a float entered by the Idyllwild PTA. James…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats and dogs celebrated Ranger going to a forever home. Little Girl: OK, my friends, time for our weekly meeting. Zorro: I think we’re all here, aren’t we? (Looking around) Hmmm, where’s George? Little Girl: That’s part of my news for today. George found his forever…
Iris Davison of Idyllwild choreographed a dance to her husband Peter Davison’s music. The dance is titled “Towards Forever.” They made a dance video on Inspiration Point, videography by Rebecca Frazier and John Drake. It also features Heather Netz, violin teacher at Idyllwild Arts Academy, playing the solo. The video was just selected for the…
