The second annual Holiday Wine Walk was held on Nov. 10 in the Montrose Shopping Park. Thirty-five retailers along the avenue welcomed guests into their shops for an after-hours wine tasting event showcasing their favorite wines. Each shop made their own selection, providing a variety for guests to sip while strolling through the event. Many […]
By Charly SHELTON This is the second article in a three-part series on fire and fuel management in the local area. Last week, we learned about the restorative necessity of wildland fires and the management techniques of native Californians for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans. In the modern day, the U.S. Forest […]
By Charly SHELTON Fire is part of California life. Fire is destructive, but makes rebirth possible. A consequence of not allowing anything to burn as part of a natural cycle is having large fires, like the ones we see now ravaging the state. But despite the President’s view expressed on Twitter that it is due […]
»On a personal note By Charly SHELTON We all knew this was coming, but it doesn’t make it any easier. Comic book writer, editor, and publisher Stan Lee was 95 when he died on Monday. In recent interviews he sounded less like our old Generalissimo and more like a doddering old guy. According to his […]
The local American Legion and VFW posts need a helping hand. By Charly SHELTON The Great War World War I was supposed to be the end, the “war to end all wars.” And when it came to a close and the armistice was signed on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the […]
By Charly SHELTON Clue name: Our First Library. And the clue is: If a student proved contrary/send him to our first (stand-alone) library/Soon, with practice, reading score/among the City we did soar. Hint 1: Look on the south side of a street called * * * Kilmer plus Pied* * * *. Hint 2: Flockhart […]
Holiday shoppers unite! Plans are being finalized for the Prom Plus Holiday Boutique! By Charly SHELTON Yesterday was Halloween, which means the holiday season officially starts now! Time for delicious sweets, gift shopping and goodwill toward all. What better way to kick off the season than by doing all three at once at the annual […]
By Charly SHELTON Hunger is an ever-present issue for many around the world. Approximately 795 million people worldwide struggle with getting enough to eat – 12.9% of the population of the world, or one in nine people. In America, the numbers are similar – 41 million Americans, or 12.5% of the population, are undernourished. And […]
By Charly SHELTON The attack last weekend at a synagogue in Pittsburgh has left the nationwide Jewish community shaken. Robert Bowers, a long-haul trucker, entered the Tree of Life synagogue in the affluent Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Saturday and opened fire during a service. He killed 11 worshipers, injured two more and then […]
By Charly SHELTON After years of on-again, off-again budget appropriations, media campaigns, touting of importance and presentation of the science, the earthquake early warning system ShakeAlert is finally live. The project has been in development since 2006 and has been through three Administrations of budget cuts and eventual partial funding, getting closer to going live. […]