Crest News

Even Hollywood has heard of Fred Jensen's Christmas trees. The 78-year-old owner of Crest Ranch drove to Los Angeles last month in heavy rain and storms, hauling 60 pines, white firs and Douglas firs in a trailer.

By KATIE HARRIS This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT There are just not enough school hours in a day for students at Ridge Crest Elementary.

A look at who's being honored during the 2009 Economic Development Conference and Business Awards Luncheon on Dec.

B. Maya Kato, M.D., fellowship-trained, board-certified physician, has joined the ear, nose and throat practice of Michael R. Gatto, M.D., & Associates in Palm Springs as a specialist in otology, neurotology and skull base surgery.

Howard Rayon, whose 35-year career in fire service included a spot as second-in-command of the Santee Fire Department and roles in emergency response across the state and nation, has died.

Most of us walk a few miles every day without even knowing it. Students at Ridge Crest Elementary are going to start keeping track to see if they can walk across the country.

By LESLIE MIELKE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it BLACKFOOT - Thursday, Oct.

John Cardiel dashed down Ninth Street on his fixed-gear bike, tearing southward in the right-hand lane, when he heard yelling, which grew louder and closer.

Novelist A.S. Byatt speaks at the Crest Theatre on Wednesday. Prize-winning novelist A.S. Byatt will be onstage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Crest Theatre as part of the California Lectures subscription series.

Two neglected horses found abandoned earlier this month in the East County will be adopted by a nonprofit equine shelter on Saturday, the San Diego County Department of Animals Services announced.

Kalidas will be playing chants from his new album 'Crest Jewel of Devotion', a selection of songs rooted in the Bhakti tradition of India.

Just read that Jean-Charles Boisset, scion of France's third-largest wine company, and Gina Gallo, granddaughter of Julio Gallo, and the very public face of E&J Gallo, America's largest winery, married Sept.

"Movies, to me, seemed like the perfect medium to tell stories," says Grass Valley teen Jeff Dunant, whose "Maya" will be shown at the Tower of Youth event.

CATHEDRAL CITY -- The Cathedral City Chamber of Commerce will present Mayor Kathy DeRosa and her State of the City address at a luncheon on Oct.

TODAY: California is looking for a few good citizens: State Auditor Elaine Howle conducts a public hearing today on the proposed regulations governing the application process for the Citizens Redistricting Commission, which voters approved last year via Proposition 11.

California vineyards are practicing sustainable winegrowing Produced for the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance - California has the most widely adopted green winemaking program in the world, one that has earned the state's top environmental award.

For theater groups, 2009 has become the year of living cautiously - with "living" being the key word.

The Station fire grew to 157,220 acres overnight, making it the 10th-largest fire in California's modern history, fire officials said today.

Fire was all we spoke of last week. I was camped near Silverwood Lake area in the northern San Bernardino Mountains as news of various fires trickled in.

Eagle Crest Energy Company, a pumped storage hydroelectric energy company based in Palm Desert, has named J. Douglas Divine as chief executive officer.