Zach Behrens is the new public information officer for the San Bernardino National Forest, replacing John Miller who retired at the end of July. Behrens left the National Park Service’s Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to join the U.S. Forest Service. He also previously served as the acting public information officer at Sequoia and…

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles regarding the U.S. Forest Service’s Adventure Pass and where and when it is required to be purchased and displayed. The U.S. Forest Service says it still requires cars parked at Humber Park to display an Adventure Pass or equivalent pass. This, despite a February…

It’s January and, of course, the influenza season has begun. While headlines and breaking news stories are not calling attention to the annual illness, it is here and spreading. In its weekly “California Influenza Surveillance Report,” the state’s Department of Public Health announced at the end of December that the flu bug is “widely circulating…