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Town Crier reaches new heights! Plus more photos from this week
Leslea Meyerhoff and her son Josh just returned from an epic adventureto Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal where they carried the Town Crierwith them. She said her family had a cabin in Idyllwild for 35 years andare still very connected to the mountain. They are still frequentvisitors with a family member attending Idyllwild Arts, too. Meyerhoffsaid...
Hilltop Music Lab, new business in the Collective
The Crier sat down with Julia Graham at her new teaching studio, HilltopMusic Lab, in the Collective. Graham moved into the space just a fewweeks ago, but tells us that already, 45 students are taking lessons andlearning about music at Hilltop.
Julia Graham in her new shop, Hilltop Music Lab. Photo courtesy of...
Water fountain honors Charlie Kretsinger
Six members of the Kretsinger family met Thursday, April 25 to posebehind the fountain in front of the Fort honoring Idyllwild plumbingpatriarch Charlie Kretsinger. Brian, Stacy, Griffin, Kinsey, Chuck andJackie were joined by Charlie Clayton, the expert mason who constructedthe fountain’s stone base, and members of the Idyllwild Water District(IWD), including Interim General Manager Curt Sauer, OfficeAdministrator...
Ten years later, voters to reconsider Prop 47
Nearly 10 years ago, in November 2014, California voters easily approvedProposition 47, which reduced certain nonserious and nonviolent propertyand drug offenses from felonies to misdemeanors. The measure alsoallowed certain offenders who have been previously convicted of suchcrimes to apply for reduced sentences.
In general, offenders convicted of misdemeanor crimes were to bepunished less severely...
Girl Scouts ranch to expand opportunities
The Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council were beneficiaries of a grant tohelp renovate their 190-acre Skyland Ranch Camp, north of Pine Covealong Highway 243.
Congressman Peter Aguilar with Girl Scouts from Skyland Ranch. Photocourtesy of Aguilar
California Congressman Peter Aguilar (D-33) secured the $875,424 federalgrant this year.
Opposition to CPUC electric bill changes mounts
Thursday, March 28, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)issued a proposed decision on how large investor-owned utilities maybill for electricity in California. A hearing for this proposed decisionis scheduled for the CPUC’s May 9 business meeting. If approved, the newrate structure will go into effect in late 2025 and early 2026.
But in the...
Christmas film crew using Idyllwild as a backdrop
Locals noticed a film crew at work the week of April 22 at severaldowntown localtions. The Gastrognome was taken over Tuesday andWednesday, with small “drifts” of fake snow scattered around the deck,and FERRO was next on the schedule.
Jake Hilgren, coproducer and director of an upcoming film shot inIdyllwild. Photo by David Jerome
Steele wins at Adelaide
Idyllwild native Brendan Steele put together under-par rounds of66-64-68 to post an 18-under par 198 and win the LIV golf tournament atAdelaide, Australia, by a single stroke.
The 41-year-old pocketed a winner’s check of $4 million, plus anotherquarter million he won in the team competition at the same Adelaidetournament.
It was...
Sauer continues rehab of IWD
The April 17 meeting of the directors of Idyllwild Water District (IWD)included a detailed update on progress on the lower administrativeoffice project, a number of legacy issues uncovered by Interim GeneralManager (GM) Curt Sauer and staff, and a review of board procedure anddecorum, including stipends for directors.
In public comments David Hunt wished to...
Idyll-Awhile’s new kitchen expands offerings
The Crier sat down last week with Leanna Lee, proprietor of Leanna’sIdyll-Awhile Bistro. She noted that Thursday, April 18, marked fiveyears from the day she closed escrow, in 2019. Idyll-Awhile was servingfor many years before that, but Lee is excited about her recent kitchenexpansion and the roll-out of a full dinner menu.
Leanna...