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Girls in kindergarten through 12th grade wearing distinctive vests, sashes and tunics are fanning out to supermarkets, big-box stores, bistros and boutiques all across Riverside and San Bernardino counties. They’re carrying boxes of Thin Mints, Samoas, Peanut Butter Patties — clearly a sign that it’s Girl Scout cookie season. But there isn’t a troop on…
Chris Johnston laid down his hammer to say, “This patio was part of our plan since day one, but we needed to settle into the business and let expansion happen organically. On our first anniversary, we opened the upstairs loft, increasing our gallery space to 35 artists. Building the Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery patio…
The third bald eagle count of 2017-18 was very popular. More than 200 volunteers, twice the number of participants for the December count, helped the count on Saturday. Locally, 14 participants observed the Lake Hemet nesting pair. For the six Southern California sites, a total of 11 bald eagles — seven adults and four juveniles…
His technique is shared by no others What would it be like to be internationally known as a painter who paints in total darkness? Whose work is invisible during the day but only visible at night? Whose detailed depictions of the cosmos are unique one-of-a-kind creations, numbering over 1,200 projects found in 13 countries? Fourteen…
Janet Fitch’s mega-bestselling 1999 debut novel “White Oleander” makes her well qualified to lead the April 5 to 7 Spring Writers Retreat (idyllwildarts.org/spring-writers-retreat/) on the Idyllwild Arts campus. The course description promises an attempt to “reinforce participants’ connection with their creative sources, and explore aspects of craft,” and the craft that Fitch lavished on “White…