Out Loud: Basic Peace Officer Training Academy graduation …

Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff and Capt. Ray Wood regard the rural Hill communities as important within the large territory they manage. By large, I...

Out Loud: Uncanny weather …

Three of us who braved last Thursday’s summer concert huddled through the entire event, watching chairs fold up and people leaving in swarms as...

Out Loud: October 3, 2019

At the last County Service Area (CSA) 38 meeting on Sept. 17, the board approved the reimbursement of funds ($854.53) to...

Out Loud: Facebook …

The more time I spend on Facebook, the less I enjoy it any longer. It sufficiently keeps me up-to-date on distant relatives and friends but...

Out Loud: Propane …

In early February, I take my annual trip to Sacramento for Government Affairs Day. This year I hope to meet with Sen. Jeff Stone...

Out Loud: So, whom do you believe?

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...

Out Loud: Propane bill …

Sunday afternoon bill-paying time involved categorizing stacks into utilities, medical bills, loans and miscellaneous. I slit open the envelopes and, a little cautiously, peering...

Out Loud: September 27, 2018

Time passed me by since I coined an opinion in this column, and I’m surprised I’ve evaded some readers’ pointed observations of that. Several “other”...

Out Loud: One of the good ones …

Regularly, a new person blows into town with ideas they almost always manage to bring to the newspaper office. Such was the case more than...

Out Loud: October 13, 2016

I was nearing the first anniversary of my small heart attack and, maybe because the date was looming, my blood pressure started zooming upward...
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