The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office has a special Public Integrity Division whose “ultimate goal is to increase the public’s level of confidence in its elected and appointed officials,” according to its website. Its focus is public officials, school officials, election and campaign violations, and Brown Act violations. Yes, it’s true. It looks into…
A local man was convicted and sentenced in San Bernardino last week for an Oct. 13 robbery at a WalMart store in Ontario. Jonathan Lee Henderson, 32, of Mountain Center, pleaded nolo contendere (or no contest) to a San Bernardino County Superior Court judge and requested immediate sentencing. He was sentenced to 180 days in…
The cause of the late-morning Oct. 26 collision of a motorcycle crossing double-yellow lines on Highway 243 and crashing into a truck was the motorcycle rider speeding, California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer said. Cirilio Gonzalez, 54, of Perris, crossed the double-yellow lines on his Yamaha silver motorcycle traveling north on Highway 243…
Under the most recent prior TC ownership, policy prevented us from endorsing candidates for office. And, I won’t always endorse a candidate unless I’m strongly compelled to do so. And in this election, I am quite strongly compelled to endorse Jeff Stone for the state Senate race. He closely involves himself in our litte communities…
An Idyllwild man suffered injuries in a traffic collision in town on Highway 243 Friday night. Brandon Brown, 30, of Idyllwild, was driving a silver Ford F150 south on Highway 243 just north of the Riverside County Playground Road at about 9:40 p.m. when his truck collided with another vehicle, according to California Highway Patrol…
Last Friday was the quarterly meeting of the California Newspaper Publishers Association for which I served for nine years. Since the merging of the CNPA Foundation with the California Press Association last year, the new California Press Foundation is now under the umbrella of CNPA. During my retirement, I stayed connected to the industry through…
In late January 2000, the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation held Idyllwild Alive History II, a multiple-weekend event of long-time Hill residents reminiscing. I recorded the event and transcribed it for a series in the newspaper. The first panelist, and one of the most memorable to me, was Mary Sigworth whose family bought a vacation…
Three motorcycles and a pick-up truck were involved in a collision on Highway 243 1 mile north of Round Robin Drive on Saturday, Oct. 4, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Darren Meyer, resulting in major and minor injures. Three motorcycles were traveling southbound when the first crossed over the double-yellow line and collided head-on…
San Bernardino National Forest fire crews and aircraft held and extinguished a half-acre vegetation fire in the San Jacinto Wilderness Sunday and Monday, according to Public Information Officer Bob Poole. A hiker reported seeing white smoke rapidly building in the Tahquitz Valley area late morning Sunday. In the meantime, a wilderness team was extinguishing an…
The more time I spend on Facebook, the less I enjoy it any longer. It sufficiently keeps me up-to-date on distant relatives and friends but only if I’m willing to spend hours unearthing their individual posts. I’m becoming less interested in doing so. I would rather spend time on the NY Times website reading news…
