A Russian brown bear in a cage at Snow White Laundy in the 1960s. Laundry owner Bill Neuhoff owned the bear. Clarence Bischof, owner of the Lumber C...
Open government 101
By Peter Scheer, Executive Director First Amendment Coalition Prop 42, on the ballot for California’s June 4 election, will amend the Constitut...
Science and reality today: Do we have free will? (Continued) …
In November 2012, I wrote a column titled, “How truly free are we? A scientific point of view …” where I argued that free will is an illusion, but a p...
Readers write: IFPD looking out for taxpayers
Editor: In a recent editorial column, Becky Clark wrote that if Idyllwild Fire Protection District replaced the Riverside County Fire Department emerg...
Creature corner: May 22, 2014
Ethel is ready to move on as long as she has a very active family or a young canine playmate to grow up with. This young girl is under 1, and loves to...
Out Loud: Kudos to Mr. Buchanan …
Kudos to Jerry Buchanan, Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission president, for speaking up at last week’s IFPD meeting to say that the board in...
At the Idyllwild Library this week: May 22, 2014
As usual on Wednesdays, on May 21 and again on May 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Maria Reyes continues her Spanish language class for homeschooler...
Off the Leash: Up the river without water …
This week I’m heading up to the Kings River to do some kayaking. We had to go up to the Kings because the Kern River, our closest river for paddling, ...
Out Loud: Emergency dispatch
The Brown Act issues revolving around Idyllwild Fire’s March 18 visit to the Emergency Command Center in Perris remain critical to your health on the ...
Readers write: Get Brown Act training
Editor: When I read the letter regarding “No Brown Act violation” from Calvin Gogerty, the only thing that came to mind was that they obviously didn’t...