Halloween Highlights
Maurice Sendak’s “Wild Things” showed up for Idyllwild’s Halloween, along with Superman, Poison Ivy, Donald Trump, a few witches, fairies, bumble bees, dogs in hot dog costumes …… Peter Szabadi and...
View ArticleIdyllwild Snow Just Before Mother’s Day Weekend
By Julie Pendray IDYLLWILD, Calif. — Among residents of the San Jacinto Mountains, it’s common knowledge that it’s a risk to plant a garden before Mother’s Day because it could snow at any time....
View ArticlePalm Springs is Alive With ‘The Sound of Music’
By Julie Pendray When 5-year-old Kym Karath sat on stairs of a movie set and sang, “The sun has gone to bed and so must I …” she etched herself into the world’s heart, as the tiniest member of the von...
View ArticleSommCon in Washington, D.C. in July
A leading conference for wine and beverage professionals, SommCon invites qualified individuals to submit applications to present for the 2018 educational programs. At the three-day annual conferences,...
View ArticleSan Diego Zoo Global Researchers to Search Australian Wildfire Zone for Koalas
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Researchers supported by San Diego Zoo Global are getting ready to go into the Blue Mountains region of Australia to look for koalas, in the wake of the wildfires that recently...
View Article‘Great Plates’ Will Deliver Free Meals to Some San Diego Seniors
Qualified older adults in the San Diego region can now sign up to get three free and healthy meals a day delivered to their home for a limited time through the “Great Plates Delivered” program, the...
View Article14 Gluten-Free Flours
Amy Goodson, MS, RD, CSSD, LD writing for Healthline, offers these popular alternatives to the regular flour most of us grew up with, which is based on wheat. Goodson gives each flour’s source, its...
View ArticleMatching SNAP Vouchers at Farmers’ Markets
Are you avoiding your local farmers’ market because you’re worried you can’t use your EBT card to spend SNAP benefits (food stamps) there or the prices of organic foods are too high? Think again. In...
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