Brendan Steele chalked up his eighth top-25 finish in 23 entries so far this season at the Barracuda Championship in Reno last week. He found more than 80 percent of the fairways with drives averaging 321 yards. Steele also hit more than 77 percent of the greens in regulation and gained 0.292 strokes putting against…
Last week at Hoylake, England, Brendan Steele made his first appearance in The Open Championship, sometimes known in the U.S. as the British Open. After a very rocky double-double start Thursday morning, the Idyllwild native played the back nine in a sizzling 3-under-par 34. However, he was not able to carry that over into Friday’s…
BC: I’m taking a break this week to let Jack Clark comment. You’ve read the grand jury’s account of sworn testimonies it received from present and former IFPD firefighters and EMTs. (TC, July 10, p. 5.) IFPD commissioners read it, too, then unanimously ratified promoting Admin. Capt. Mark LaMont. (TC, July 17, p. 6.)…
So you’re called to testify before the grand jury about something you witnessed — saw or heard — regarding an investigation before them. While you’re there, they admonish you that you may not reveal anything that took place while you were at the grand jury, which questions were asked or what responses were given, or…
Geri Peterson came to be a pool player when her father bought her sister a pool table for her birthday. It was set up in such a small room, she remembers, they had to use short cues and open all the doors and windows in order to play. In the beginning, her dad won regularly….
Two previous explanations offered by Cal Fire public information officers as to why the Cal Fire investigation reports of last year’s Mountain Fire (“potential future litigation under Government Code section 6254, subdivision (b)” and “one more step left in the investigation”) did not answer the Town Crier’s questions regarding the extent of the agency’s redactions…
The Idyllwild Historic Preservation District Review Board met briefly last week and apart from the approving the minutes, the board acknowledged that its review of the plans for the new Cedar Street restaurant, Ferro, is complete, and the project is now in the hands of the county. Board members present included Chair Warren Monroe and…
Chair Nancy Layton called the meeting of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Finance Committee to order last week, with committee members Chief Patrick Reitz and Calvin Gogerty also present, and apart from approving minutes from the June 6 meeting, the only action item on the agenda was work on the 2014-15 preliminary budget. But Layton…
Within eight days, Brendan Steele scored top-five finishes in two PGA Tour events, the most recent being his tie for fifth at last week’s Quicken Loans National on the Congressional Country Club course in Bethesda, Maryland. The Idyllwild native posted a 2-under-par 74-66-71-71 — 282, which earned him 100 FedExCup points, brought his season subtotal…
After missing two straight cuts and a U.S. Open qualifying playoff by a single stroke, Brendan Steele broke out of a short, mid-season slump big time last week at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut. The Idyllwild native opened on Thursday with a blistering 62, his second 62 of the season and the lowest round…
