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Week of Mar. 27th – April 2nd, 2025
Photo by Frank Colosi Weather: Highs of 51 – 59 Lows of 34 – 38 Spotted Towhee One of the prettier birds in Idyllwild is the Spotted Towhee. It’s pronounced like the word “toe” + eeee. They are just beautiful and you will probably hear them before you see them. Their calls are very distinctive….a…
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Week of Mar. 20th – Mar. 26th, 2025
Photo by Kenny Gioeli Weather: Highs of 59 – 76 Lows of 39 – 49 Snowflakes When you think of snowflakes, you think of the picture below. But did you know that only about 1 in 100,000 snowflakes ends up looking like the idyllic snowflake? Snowflakes form WAY up in the cloudy cold atmosphere with…
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Week of Mar. 13th – Mar. 19th, 2025
Photo by Brad Queen Weather: Highs of 34 – 57 Lows of 22 – 37 St. Patrick’s Day: The history of St. Patrick’s Day is fascinating. St. Patrick was not Irish, he was English. Born in Britian in 390 when England was under Roman rule, he was kidnapped by Irish pirates at age 16, and…
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Week of Mar. 6th – Mar. 12th, 2025
Photo by Miro Dudas Weather: Highs of 34 – 61 Lows of 25 – 36 Day-Light-Savings: Twice a year we go back and forth about the benefits and challenges of changing our clocks. Why can’t we decide? In 1916, Germany enacted Daylight Savings Time during WWI in order to have more daylight at the end…
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Week of Feb. 27th – Mar. 5th, 2025
Photo by Frank Colosi Weather: Highs of 43 – 64 Lows of 30 – 40 Pacific Crest Trail: The Trail: In anticipation of the town filling with hikers, here’s a mini-course on everything you wondered about the Pacific Crest Trail. First of all, everyone refers to it as the PCT. It was conceived in the…
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Week of Feb. 20th – Feb. 26th, 2025
Photo by Al Matta Weather: Highs of 64 – 75 Lows of 39 – 52 What Restaurants are open or closed today? Where can I get a quick snack? Live Music Around Town This WeekClick Below Stars: I thought the moon was fascinating and complex? It doesn’t even come close to being as complex as…
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Week of Feb. 13th – Feb. 19th, 2025
Photo by Kenny Geoli Weather: Highs of 38 – 59 Lows of 27 – 37 President’s Day: Washington’s birthday was celebrated starting in 1800 (the year after Washington died) but it was not made an official federal holiday until 1879. In1968 Congress passed the “Uniform Monday Holiday Act” and the celebration of Washington’s birthday was…
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Week of Feb. 6th – Feb. 12th, 2025
Photo by Sue Rose Weather: Highs of 40 – 55 Lows of 25 – 35 The Moon: We all know there are thousands of man-made satellites in space, but the Moon is our only natural satellite. Before Galileo in 1610, we didn’t know any other moons existed so we just called it “the moon”. But…
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Week of Jan. 30th – Feb. 5th, 2025
Photo by Kenny Gioeli Weather: Highs of 47 – 64 Lows of 28 – 42 Where did Groundhog Day come from? If you didn’t notice, the halfway point of winter is coming up tomorrow (Monday Feb. 3rd). That’s basically why Groundhog Day was invented…to give people something fun to think about while they’re trying to…