Opinion: Relative tax values
We hear it everyday. Taxes are too high in California. I believe it, too.
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Past Tense: Dec. 13, 2012
65 years ago – 1947
November had been a cold month with a low of 14 degrees. Joe McGaugh reported 10 degrees in his cow barn, but people thought he was just trying to get ice cream the easy way. -
Creature corner: Dec. 13, 2012
Santa is checking his list of animal shelter babies, and he knows who is nice. They all are! Freya, now known as Freda went on a sleepover and never returned. Well, just to visit. She now sports her Christmas harness, and is the love of her human’s life. Guido is now Alfie, and quickly learned the way to melt his human’s hearts. Paws up Alfie. Merry Christmas from ARF to both.
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Idyllwild— Winter Weather Advisory — Wednesday, Dec. 12
The National Weather Service issued this advisory early Wednesday morning. Urgent – Winter Weather Message National Weather Service San Diego CA 3:25 am p.s.t. Wed Dec 12 2012 …cold pacific storm to produce wintry weather in the mountains late Wednesday afternoon through most of Thursday… A cold pacific system will dig south along the California…
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ICRC speakers focus on Africa
‘I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills,” wrote Danish author Karen Blixen in her most famous book “Out of Africa,” her account of her love affair with Africa and its people. Blixen lived in Kenya, not far from Nairobi, from 1917 until 1931, running a coffee plantation that her…
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Riverside County looks at recreation expansion
Terri Bowen, senior recreation program manager for county service areas, wears many hats. She oversees recreation programs in seven locations from Blythe to Corona for the Economic Development Agency. And she is currently Acting Recreation Manager for the Idyllwild Recreation Program at Town Hall. “I’m a fixer,” Bowen said. “I’m asked to see what can…
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Forest Service, CAL FIRE adjust protection area
On Tuesday, Dec. 4, the U.S. Forest Service and CAL FIRE announced that they had adjusted their fire protection responsibilities on the Hill …
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A parade honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe
On Dec. 12, the Queen of Angels Catholic Church will honor Our Lady of Guadalupe with a celebration and parade. It begins at 4:15 p.m. at the Harmony monument. From there, people will process up North Circle Drive to Queen of Angels Church. Besides singers and dancers, six white-gloved young men will carry a statue…
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Fire restrictions lowered on San Bernardino National Forest
With recent rain across the southland, the San Bernardino National Forest officials reduced fire restrictions effective Wednesday, Dec. 5. As a result of lowering the fire restrictions, visitors may have wood and charcoal fires in agency-provided campfire rings at campgrounds, picnic areas and yellow post sites. Recreational target shooting is permitted within designated sites in…
