For Mayor Max, serving a lifetime appointment as the leader of Idyllwild is a full-time job. “The mayor’s out in the public every day and on weekends,” says his chief of staff, Phyllis Mueller. “We ...

Mayor Max, the beloved canine leader of the town of Idyllwild, California, has passed away at age 9. Known for his friendly golden retriever face around town and beyond, Mayor Max rose to stardom ...

IDYLLWILDIDYLLWILD — In this mountain community with the dreamy self-image, politics once focused on things like excessive flyovers by commercial airliners, the proliferation of stray pets and the ...

Tucked high in the San Jacinto Mountains sits a quirky little jewel called Idyllwild. I'm talking about a place where the air feels fresher, the pace slows down, and a golden retriever actually serves ...

The mountain community of Idyllwild had been spared a devastating fire for more than a century. Now residents of this small town high in the San Jacinto Mountains await word of whether they've escaped ...

The mayor of this town, duly elected for life, is a total mouth-breather. Barely monosyllabic, too, and given to fits of slobbering all over himself and his constituents, which townsfolk don’t seem to ...

The number of miles separating Idyllwild from the Southern California wildfires is about 150. But for those who live in the small, unincorporated community of Riverside County, the danger – and ...

Four years after purchasing the Idyllwild Town Crier newspaper, co-publishers Jack and Becky Clark found themselves at a crossroads. When they bought the paper in 2013, it didn't have enough ...

Two of six hikers who have gone missing in the Idyllwild area of Riverside County in recent months have connections to La Jolla. La Jolla resident Kendra Johnson’s father, Pine Cove resident Roy ...

As summer tourism ramps up, a scenic highway into Idyllwild will remain shut down. Highway 243, which leads into the popular Southern California vacation spot in the San Jacinto Mountains, is closed ...