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Suspect arrested in 2013 Silver Fire

Cal Fire is reporting that on Thursday, March 8, 2018, Stephen Patrick Medlock, 53, was arrested in San Bernardino County on a warrant obtained...

Out Loud: April 12, 2018

I wrote this piece 10 years ago this week and it evokes wonderful memories of the desert stories of these authors and my...

Out Loud: Board vacancies

In the past few months, each of the four special fire districts on the Hill — Idyllwild Fire, and Fern Valley, Idyllwild and Pine...

What was that helicopter up to?

You may have noticed an unnamed black and gold helicopter flying for 30 to 45 minutes over Idyllwild last Friday afternoon. The helicopter is leased by WaveRider Helicopters of Oceanside from November Alpha LLC. Kurt Dawson, owner/pilot of WaveRider, said his company was contracted by a surveyor to survey the power grid in our area. “The surveyor was probably hired by SCE,” he said, and Dawson and an employee were given a map to survey problems in the grid such things as trees in the power lines.

Idyllwild students and staff participate in nationwide walkout over gun violence

At 10 a.m., students at both Idyllwild Arts and Idyllwild Middle School walked out of their classrooms for 17 minutes. This "protest"took place across...

Out Loud: March 8, 2018

In facing my 60th this year, along with other friends in Idyllwild who happen to share that distinction, and many of my Florida high-school...

Out Loud: Sacramento

I took my grandson Carter with me to Sacramento last week for the annual California News Publishers Association’s Government Affairs Day. While he stayed in...

Out Loud: February 15, 2018

This is an excerpt of a speech I’m giving at the Rotary Club Wednesday morning, as the papers get delivered. Pete Seeger said, “After visits...

Out Loud: New Year’s resolution

My New Year’s resolution for 2018 is to get healthier. Not that I’m ill, but just that I’m not as active as I could...

Out Loud: Feb. 1, 2018

For more than a decade John Hawkins has served Riverside County as our fire chief. He has done so with leadership, diplomacy, intelligence,...
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