Becky Clark
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,...
Out Loud: January 25, 2017
Other than the occasional wandering bear, lake-stocked fish and migrated bald eagle, our wildlife population primarily derives from their own local ancestry — generations...
Out Loud: January 18, 2018
I have to admire one local board member who, following my criticism of his board’s actions in last week’s column, actually came into my...
Out Loud: January 11, 2018
Now that we leave the holiday season behind with all the kind greetings and promises of a new year, I follow through with my...
Out Loud: The Town Crier
Back when newspaper advertising dropped in 2009 all over the country after the real-estate bubble burst, we put staff on furlough and slashed costs....
Out Loud: December 21, 2017
The last time I wrote this column was for the Aug. 10, 2017, issue. Last week, when JP was out and I ran the...
Small fire in Bee Canyon area
Friday afternoon, Oct. 27, the U.S. Forest Service contained a small near Bee Canyon.
The Highway Fire was 3.5 acres and contained within hours of...
Jo’An’s in the center of town to return to a park
Dave Butterfield, new owner of the Jo'An's Restaurant property in the center of Idyllwild, confirmed tonight that the building will be razed by the...
Out Loud: October 12, 2017
I want to comment after this column’s silence for many weeks now, about the responses we’ve received from you, our readers, as we continue...
Suspect in harpist’s tip theft arrested
Michael Darranger Kellner, 24, of Idyllwild, was arrested at 6:51 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, on Country Club Drive, on suspicion of a stealing a...