

PHOTO: MDP’s ‘boots on the ground’ exercise
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Mountain Disaster Preparedness conducted a four-hour “boots on the ground” exercise on Saturday. Here at the Town Hall Disaster Assistance Station, acting group commander Ian Schoenleber (standing center, back to camera) discusses the scenario with fellow team members. Photo by Cheryl Basye

Dear Spiritual Workout:How do I stop talking badly about people? It seems to have become a bad habit to talk negatively about people whenever they aren’t around. This isn’t who I want to be, but I don’t know how to stop. Dear Reader:The true definition of a habit is something we do that we are…
Next week, from Monday, Jan. 28 through Friday, Feb. 1, Highway 243, near Twin Pines, south of Banning and north of Lake Fulmor, will be one lane of traffic and traffic delays should be expected for those five days. . Cal Trans announced that maintenance crews will begin a rock scaling operation along Hwy….
A quick rustle in the leaves and this yellow-striped racer had a fence lizard meal in its stretchy jaws.
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Oct. 28 to Nov. 3. Idyllwild • Oct. 28 — Follow-up, 9:11 a.m., address withheld. Handled by deputy. • Oct. 28 — Trespassing, 2:15 p.m., address undefined. Handled by deputy. • Oct. 29 — Follow-up, 10:01 a.m., address…
By Ken LuberIdyllwild author Editor’s note: This is another of a series of installments of a short story local author Kenneth Luber has written. See prior week Town Criers for the other installments. “Fred, Fred?” “Yes?” He lowered the newspaper so we could see eye to eye. “It’s not easy for me to say this….