Like most local homes, ours only cools down during the night when we have these serious hot spells. Otherwise, we start melting inside about noon. I k...
Out Loud: Races & the zoo
I only participated in the 5k/10k race once and that was years ago. I did the 5k walk and actually managed not to come in last. I still keep my number...
Out Loud: In Memory of James Larkin …
Editor’s note: Staff Reporter Marshall Smith writes on his personal relationship with former TC staffer James Larkin, who died last week at the young ...
Out Loud: Holiday paper …
I wrote a bit about the hectic time we are experiencing, and I’m guessing that this summer isn’t shaping up to be a good one for my container garden o...
Out Loud: Snippets …
The last couple of weeks, including this week, are more hectic than usual. When two people out of seven are out, scrambling occurs as each of the rema...
Out Loud: Our Idyllwild School coverage
More and more, we in the newsroom at the TC have experienced an impediment to covering local students at Idyllwild School: parents or guardians. Last ...
Out Loud: Technology and the newspaper …
Technology certainly changed the way we operate here at the newspaper now from how we operated when I started here in 1984. For one thing, the number ...
Out Loud: A nice weekend …
A couple of Saturdays ago, Jack drove to Menifee to buy a trailer for hauling newspapers up from the desert. The newspapers put too much strain on his...
Out Loud: TC circulation WAY up!
Editor’s note: Jack is taking a turn this week. First of all, what does “circulation” really mean? We order 5,600 newspapers printed every week. (We u...
Out Loud: April 6, 2017
We have a decades-long issue in the U.S. regarding search and rescues in outdoor areas. Who pays if you need to be rescued? You or the public? Take th...