Our readers’ responses continue to be overwhelming. We still have a way to go, but after less than five weeks of the new Membership model, we are more than 40 percent of the way to the minimum annual amount we estimate we will need from Memberships for the newspaper to be acquirable by younger publishers…
Brendan Steele posted a 6-under-par 68-66-72-72 — 278 last week in the BMW Championship, the third of the four PGA Tour post-season playoff tournaments. The Idyllwild native finished 33rd on the FedExCup points list, missing entry to this week’s Tour Championship by only three positions. Measured by multiple parameters, this 2017 season has been the…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the association’s regular monthly tourney in September and the semi-finals of its year-end playoffs. Idyllwild’s Palms to Pines Golf Association held its regular monthly tourney in conjunction with the second round of playoffs for club champion on Friday, Sept. 15, at the…
Alex Tardy to discuss weather forecasting Alex Tardy, meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s San Diego office, returns to Idyllwild this month. As part of National Preparedness Month, the Hill’s Mountain Disaster Preparedness group has invited Tardy to discuss recent NWS winter forecasts and expectations for this winter. “We’ve had a dry El Niño and…
Ron Singerton, a local resident, sets his well-researched novels in interesting historical periods — periods of systemic change and social upheaval. With “A Cherry Blossom in Winter” (Penmore Press LLC 2017), Singerton visits a time in history when two powers, one emerging and one declining, are at odds over influence in Asia. War looms as…
“… I leave this stage tonight even more optimistic about this country than I was when we started… This generation coming up – unselfish, altruistic, creative, patriotic – I’ve seen you in every corner of the country… You’ll soon outnumber any of us, and I believe as a result that the future is in good…
Theft is the reason the water loss has grown so large at Pine Cove Water District. After investing hundreds of staff hours and months of searching for pipeline leaks, General Manager Jerry Holldber reported that he and staff finally discovered that someone had tapped into a water hydrant. With the help of the Riverside County…
Following a discussion at the latest Mountain Community Patrol meeting, a group of local residents are contracting with Valley Forge Private Security of Hemet to patrol the Idyllwild business area at night. VFPS offers “para-policing protection,” according to its website.
U.S. Forest Service participation at the Sept. 13, Mountain Area Safety Taskforce was nonexistent. Forest Service members, who normally attend the local session, were all on fire assignments outside the district and many outside the state, reported Cal Fire Forestry Division Chief Gregg Bratcher, who chaired the meeting. But those in attendance discussed threats to…
Living Free, the local no-kill animal sanctuary that rescues cats and dogs, is holding its fourth-annual “Howl and Yowl” fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30. Lisa Haley and the Zydecats will highlight the afternoon. Also returning are Honey County and Jason Powers. Haley and the Zydecats are well-known and popular on…
