65 years ago – 1950 Because of the increasing mountain population and the heavier downstream needs, it was estimated that the community would soon need an another 7 billion gallons of water. 60 years ago – 1955 After receiving a $4,000 appropriation for campground improvement, District Ranger John Gilman, U.S. Forest Service, began planning an…
What a great weekend for our four-legged friends. Atticus and Boo, the little kittens, found the best-ever home together. Dusty, one of our newest kittens in the cattery, is spoken for. And in the canine world, the little Lab-mix puppy Penny wiggled and kissed her way right into a forever home with the best human….
Editor’s note: throughout the year, we will cover events and write articles celebrating IAF’s 70th anniversary. Idyllwild Arts began in the early 1940s with one man’s dream of a peaceful mountain idyll where people could experience the civilizing influences of art and music in extended summer sessions. The Idyllwild Arts Foundation will celebrate its 70th…
The Desert Art Center, a nonprofit cooperative art gallery, has 138 juried artists displaying numerous works of art in a spacious 2,000-square-foot gallery. Located in Palm Springs, the DAC is closed in summer but recently reopened to a redecorated gallery and a colorful new show. It’s one hour to Palm Springs from Idyllwild. From…
When Max Krone, a University of Southern California professor, dreamed of an Idyllwild campus to educate artists, it was a vision inspired by Idyllwild itself — its mountains, meadows, creeks and creatures. As Pamela Jordan, Idyllwild Arts Foundation president, looks forward to a yearlong celebration of the realization of Krone’s dream, what was true for…
The Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians invites the community and public to the 19th-annual Payomkawichum Soboba Inter-Tribal Pow Wow set to take place from Thursday to Sunday, Sept. 17 to 20, at the Soboba Event Center next to Soboba Casino. This will be a family friendly event with free admission and parking. Everyone is welcome….
Hours after thieves broke into the Mountain Center Market and took the ATM machine, two men were arrested on Highway 74, just west of the Forest Service’s Cranston Ranger Station. The break-in occurred during the early morning hours of Monday, Sept. 14, and the security cameras, which owner Shane Stewart has in all of his…
The Idyllwild Shuttle Bus has arrived. Funded from a Riverside County Transportation grant and Supervisor Chuck Washington, the local shuttle makes three round-trip runs between Pine Cove and Mountain Center four days a week. Beginning Sept. 29, the bus will operate five days a week, Monday through Friday, for six weeks, then the usage and…
At the Sept. 9 Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting, the two major subjects were the process to take wood waste to the local transfer station and trees dead or dying from insect attacks. Waste Management is now charging residents $60 to take waste “… they deem to be construction,” said Edwina Scott, Mountain Communities Fire…
