Co-publisher and Editor Becky Clark is recovering well from a small heart attack suffered last month and is expected to return within weeks. Thank you all for your concern.
Jack Clark, Co-Publisher/General Counsel
Out Loud: October 22, 2015
By Jack Clark

Co-publisher and Editor Becky Clark is recovering well from a small heart attack suffered last month and is expected to return within weeks. Thank you all for your concern.
Jack Clark, Co-Publisher/General Counsel
The Ye family immigrated from mainland China, Shanghai, specifically, and took up residence in Idyllwild. In 1988, Freeman Ye took over the iconic Chinese restaurant on Cedar Street, Hidden Village. The award-winning chef created his own style of Chinese cooking — adapted for American tastes but more exceptional than most Chinese restaurants. Our children grew…
“People are my bag,” summed up a Desert Sun School counsellor’s lifestyle in a 1972 Town Crier. He is shown sporting longish hair and talking with a long-haired student petting an equally long-haired dog. And throughout the 1970s, the youth of that era and the older generation are in stark contrast to each other as…
Editor’s note: In light of the recent closed dealings at both Idyllwild Fire Protection and Idyllwild Water districts, I’m taking a break again this week to let my newspaper colleague, Brian Hunhoff, speak his mind on open government. Ten Commandments for open meetings By Brian J. Hunhoff “I think heroic deeds were all conceived in…
Time passed me by since I coined an opinion in this column, and I’m surprised I’ve evaded some readers’ pointed observations of that. Several “other” newspaper business deadlines involving press association, management and other print products overfilled my plate like a Paul Bunyan burger at the Lumber Mill. But those deadlines are memories for another…
Editor’s note: Jack is taking over the column this week. The state attorney general’s office writes pamphlets for the benefit of public officials “and those who monitor the performance of local legislative bodies.” That’s us, the press. The only medium that regularly monitors the performance of Hill legislative bodies is the TC. By our count,…
Now that we leave the holiday season behind with all the kind greetings and promises of a new year, I follow through with my promise to readers to address inadequacies among our local government agencies. Those of you new to Idyllwild, or those who neglected in the past to follow the goings on of your…