Former Fire Chief Dave Driscoll made a presentation about the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy to the Mountain Area Safety Taskforce last week. When the U.S. Congress passed the Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement (FLAME) Act of 2009, a provision in the law mandated the development of a national, cohesive, wildland fire management…

At 10:40 a.m. Saturday, July 16, Ryan Lasan Smith, 24, of Oceanside, was riding his black 2006 Yamaha motorcycle eastbound on Highway 74, 3.7 miles west of McCall Park Road, when he lost control while rounding a curve. He laid the bike down and suffered moderate injuries — visible abrasions to elbow and pain in…

Skips court hearing Alexander Michael Macias, 27, of Idyllwild, was arrested on suspicion of trying to impersonate and unlawfully obtain personal identifying information of Darryl Siegel. With this information, apparently Macias planned to obtain credit, goods or services in Siegel’s name. He also was charged with burglary. The effort was made at the US Bank…

Veterans from the Boots to Books program at Pasadena City College work on the construction of an outdoor cattery at ARF Saturday morning, Sept. 15. This ws the veterans second visit to help ARF with its construction, outdoor cleanup, walking dogs and playing with kitties. ARF provided breakfast that morning and a barbecue that afternoon.