‘Idyllwild wasn’t burning:’ Shops, inns aim to bounce back after Cranston fire

Like many shop owners around Idyllwild, Bryan Tallent and John Stonitsch closed their unusual store that features dozens of varieties of jerky, jam and hot sauce while the Cranston fire raged recently near the artsy, rustic hamlet in the San Jacinto Mountains.
After reopening a few days later, foot traffic at Coyote Red’s remained uncharacteristically slow for the busy summer season.
“We just had our first sale this morning,” Tallent said Wednesday, Aug. 1. “And they were