Q. Sometimes I get my shirt buttons in the wrong button holes so that I end up with one side of my shirt front hanging down below the other. What can I do about this? – Ralph, Pine Cove A. There’s nothing much you can do except wear it that way; otherwise, you’d have to…
65 years ago – 1950 Plans for state riding and hiking trails received a boost when Hector Switzer inspected portions of the local trail system and reported them favorable. 60 years ago – 1955 Village Market was selling Thanksgiving turkeys for 47 cents a pound and fresh cranberries for 19 cents a pound. 55 years…
Introducing Charlotte and Webster, brother in the front, sister in the back. They are looking for a home, not necessarily together, but they would love to have each other as playmates for life. They are about 3 months old, great with humans but a little fearful of the canine group. Come in to ARF to…
Gov. Jerry Brown issued his second executive order last Friday regarding water conservation this year. Last April, the governor’s first order mandated a 25-percent reduction in water use throughout the state. The Nov. 13 order authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board to extend the water reductions through October 2016 if drought conditions persist through…
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild has established three sites to enable locals to commemorate the horrific events that occurred in Paris last week. Tri-color boards will be set up at the Idyllwild Post Office, Town Monument and Town Baker where the community and visitors may express their feelings, sorrows and hopes for a better future….
Your own body follows a clock. All of its processes flow in a sweeping daily rhythm, merging into a larger seasonal cycle. Our daily clock is set by our interaction with the natural world around us, especially the movement of the Sun. Exposure to bright-morning light sends a cascade of wakefulness chemicals through our bloodstream….
Editor: Gov. Brown signed SB 350 (De León) into law, a bill that mandates that half of California’s electricity come from renewable sources in 15 years. This law will dramatically increase energy cost for Californians, who are already living with one of the highest electricity rates in the nation. Currently, the average Californian residential electricity…
Editor: Congrats on sharing “Bobbie Rants” with us. Reading her is like getting in the ring with a champion: She dances around you, eyes gleaming with irrepressible energy, and after a few quick jabs, head spinning, you’re on the ropes, a bit dizzy and a bit punch-drunk from the dazzling left-rights of her lightning thoughts….
Riverside County will participate in a hazardous-material response drill this week, along with numerous state and federal agencies. The drill involves a simulated response by hazardous-materials teams after anthrax is detected in multiple locations. The drill, from Monday to Friday, Nov. 16 to 20, will include the California Department of Public Health, the California Emergency…
At 7:10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13, a school bus carrying 45 students was traveling westbound on Highway 74, 1.1 miles west of McGaugh Road, when an eastbound big rig crossed into the westbound lane. The bus driver swerved to miss the big rig, avoiding what could have been a catastrophic outcome. The big rig continued…
