Brendan Steele has played the weekend in his first two tournaments of this new 2014-15 PGA Tour season. The native Idyllwilder fired a 9-under-par 68-70-69-68 — 275 to garner a tie for 33rd place in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas last week. He added about $30,000 to his official earnings and…
Fundraising continues strongly in the final weeks of the campaign for the state Senate District 28 seat. Both candidates, Bonnie Garcia of the Coachella Valley and Jeff Stone of Temecula, are raising considerable sums directly for their campaign coffers, while supporters are independently supplying even more money. In the three weeks since the last campaign…
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…
Editor’s note: On Oct. 15, Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Jeff Stone, a candidate for the state Senate’s 28th District, spoke to the Town Crier on a variety of issues from the campaign. This is the first of a two-part article that will continue in next week’s edition. Education and the recent state court…
Editor’s note: On Sept. 30, former state Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia and current candidate for the state Senate’s 28th District spoke to the Town Crier on a variety of issues from the campaign. This is the second in a two-part interview. The first ran last week and is available here. Role of the Brown Act…
On Wednesday, Oct. 22, the California Department of Public Health established an Ebola hotline call center to respond to public inquiries related to Ebola. The hotline, 855-421-5921 will be in operation from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. In press release announcing the hotline, Dr. Ron Chapman, CDPH director and state health officer…
Early voting for the Nov. 4 General Election will be available at four locations in Riverside County. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24 through Sunday, Oct 26, voters may cast their ballots at the Galleria at Tyler in Riverside on the first floor in front of Forever 21, the Westfield Palm…
The Ebola virus has not been found in California, stressed the state’s highest public health officials last week. “There are no cases of Ebola or suspected cases in California,” said Dr. Ron Chapman, director of the California Department of Public Health, on Wednesday, Oct. 15. However, on Monday, Oct. 20, as concerns and some fears…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, Oct. 14, through Monday, Oct. 20. Idyllwild • Oct. 15 — Two medical aids. • Oct. 18 — Water problem. • Oct. 19 — Three medical aids. • Oct. 20 — Three medical aids. Mountain Center • Oct. 19 — Traffic…
