Last week, Jack and I visited Monterey for the California Newspaper Publishers Association’s quarterly meeting. He and I serve on a committee and I serve on two boards, chairing one. After Friday’s meetings, we spent the weekend exploring, whale watching from our inn and eating incredible meals of fresh and luscious seafood, such as sand…
On Friday, Aug. 7, the Superior Court in Sacramento will begin proceedings on the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association’s lawsuit opposing the State Responsibility Area Fire Fee. The initial filing in October 2012 was a class-action motion to which the state objected. Nearly three years later, this hearing will determine whether the litigation can continue as…
Editor: One more thing for the flying public to worry about: drones. It’s bad enough that we, the flying public, get to worry about terrorism, tired crews, weather and mechanical malfunctions, now we get to worry about drones. Many years ago, when I was a flight instructor and an air-taxi operator, kids would fly their…
Editor: Why should Pine Cove homeowners and water-rate payers continue to subsidize the activities of Mile High Radio Club, a private club not generally accessible to Pine Cove homeowners (speaking as a former MHRC board member), and MDP/IFPD? It’s time MHRC paid their fair share. Repeater/antenna access, building infrastructure, security, surveillance, electrics and communications fees…
The American Red Cross, with the help of several local agencies, including the Idyllwild Fire Department, offered free installation of smoke alarms and tested the batteries of installed fire alarms throughout Idyllwild and Fern Valley this week. American Red Cross has been offering this program across the country. The goal is to reduce fire deaths…
On Friday, with numerous wildfires burning thousands of acres in Northern California, Gov. Jerry Brown proclaimed “… a state of emergency in California due the wildfires burning throughout the state.” The declaration mobilizes the California National Guard for disaster response and relief efforts. Also, all state agencies will be available, if necessary, to support the…
In a series of odd coincidences, the intersection of highways 74 and 243 was a magnet for collisions last week, with three in close proximity in two days. At 11:25 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, Richard Komorosky, 75, of Poway, was driving north on Highway 243, just north of the intersection with Highway 74 in Mountain…
After I mentioned the George Thomas Cedar last month, a reader asked about another local landmark, the A.C. Lovekin Cedar. Though not so old and massive as the Thomas tree, it stood beside Tahquitz Drive near the Strawberry Creek bridge until 2007. Then Southern California Edison deemed its dead carcass a hazard and decapitated it,…
The Riverside County Department of Public Health convened more than 150 representatives of local organizations and officials from various governmental agencies Wednesday, July 22, to discuss the state of the county’s health and prescriptions for existing problems. The gathering was part of a Strategic Health Alliance Pursuing Equity campaign that began earlier this year. The…
Scott Condon, 42, of Mountain Center, who was arrested on July 16, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of accessory to the crime of burglary. He was originally charged with a felony for receiving stolen property, allegedly a generator. However, at the July 31 preliminary hearing, the District Attorney’s Office filed the amended charge and…
