Out Loud: More about the Brown Act …
I start by wishing you a Happy New Year and diving right into a favorite subject, as all of you who have read this...
Out Loud: Mountain Fire’s Investigation Report …
If you read the front-page story about the Mountain Fire two weeks ago, you must have seen where you can access Cal Fire’s Investigation...
Out Loud: July 27, 2017
Last week, I received an email from a woman who lives here full-time but soon will be part-time. The letter is well-written and thoughtful....
Out Loud: January 26, 2017: Snow Days
I didn’t get any farther than the wood shed all weekend and spent much of it in my pajamas. Being certain that a power...
Out Loud: Feb. 1, 2018
For more than a decade John Hawkins has served Riverside County as our fire chief. He has done so with leadership, diplomacy, intelligence,...
Out Loud: In the community …
Each week, certain subjects are the talk of the town — sometimes the conversations go on for more than a week or even continue...
Out Loud: Sacramento
I took my grandson Carter with me to Sacramento last week for the annual California News Publishers Association’s Government Affairs Day.
While he stayed in...
Out Loud: Summer Concert sponsorship …
As of Monday, we were informed that the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series does not want our involvement this year.
Since shortly after its inception, when...
Out Loud: Snippets …
The last couple of weeks, including this week, are more hectic than usual. When two people out of seven are out, scrambling occurs as...
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...