Past Tense: April 21, 2016
65 years ago - 1951
The last troop of Marines left Dark Canyon after completing several months of cold weather training to prepare for combat...
Creature Corner: April 21, 2016
Last week in “The Days of Our Nine Lives,” the feline crowd was wondering how long they’d have the three new canine companions. The...
Journal from the James: El Niño, El Niño …
By James Reserve Assistant Director John Laundré
We have heard a lot this past several months about El Niño — about how it is or...
Readers Write: Make sure you’re registered to vote …
Editor:
Last week’s article on voter registration didn’t list the website where you can confirm your Riverside County voter registration status: www.voteinfo.net/AmIRegistered/.
I wasn’t listed,...
Out Loud: Brown Act …
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors developed an ingenious idea recently to deal with that pesky state open-meeting law, the Brown Act.
In its straining...
Bobbie Rants: “Riff”…
Reading from the Book of Common Prayer, I came across the word “riff.”
I wondered, did they mean to write ripp or riff-raff? I did...
Past Tense: April 14, 2016
65 years ago - 1951
The Department of Fish and Game released a flock of 28 Mexican Bronze wild turkeys. The intent was to establish...
Creature Corner: April 14, 2014
Last week in “The Days of Our Nine Lives,” Rocky the Maltepoo introduced himself to the ARF felines.
Bill: Geez, Rocky didn’t stay around long....
How wildfire spreads and threatens homes …
Last month, I talked about fire behavior and how its travel and spread can be reduced around your home. We, the fire community,...
Readers Write: In response …
Editor:
Because ARF is not a shelter, we cannot take in dogs unless we have available foster families.
When we were approached about taking Lefty Lou,...