
Photo by Doris Lombard

Photo by Doris Lombard
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One of the criteria for identifying the presence of Goldspotted oak borers is the shape of the exit hole, which is very small. “A thinning black oak crown led us to examine this bark of a black oak trunk more closely for the D-shaped exit holes the adult beetles create as they emerge,” Doris Lombard wrote. Photo by Doris Lombard


Mieko Ouchi’s “The Red Priest (Eight Ways to Say Goodbye)” is “so beautiful a period piece with lush beautiful layers, it’s a stylizing of the 18th century” …
No new actions were taken at the Feb. 8 meeting of the County Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) Advisory Committee. The committee did review the status of several proposed acquisitions and projects — purchase of a wood chipper and masticator, the Type 6 engine, and constructing the shade cover and deck for Station 23. Michael…
The County Service Area 38 Advisory Committee was advised last week to begin thinking about its parcel tax for the ambulance contract with Riverside County. Since the committee’s January meeting, the county Board of Supervisors has agreed to renegotiate its ambulance contract with American Medical Response. As part of the negotiations, 3rd District Supervisor Jeff…
The squabbles between the Riverside County supervisors and the elected sheriff continued during the board’s Feb. 6 meeting. Although County Executive Officer George Johnson reported that Sheriff Stan Sniff had eliminated the projected $30 million deficit in his department’s budget for the current fiscal year, he noted that the staff attrition necessary to accomplish this…
By Robin RobertsContributed Prior to 1900, there was a Christmas tradition to hunt as many birds as possible. Fortunately, an ornithologist named Frank Chapman offered a new tradition — count and identify all the birds you can find in a 24-hour period.This new tradition, the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count, has continued for 120 years.Not…
Except for the facial hair, the differences between the four candidates for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission were subtle and often difficult to detect. At the Aug. 6 forum, candidates Commission President Jeannine Charles-Stigall, Rhonda Andrewson (former administrative assistant), Steve Kunkle (former fire chief from 2005 to 2010) and Nancy Layton (former financial consultant),…