Mike Milligan had poor reception in the Holy Jim canyons and foothills when his phone buzzed with a confusing text message: “911 call sheriff.” The sender was a longtime Trabuco Canyon resident named Forrest Gordon Clark, an eccentric figure well-known in the tight-knit community as a troublemaker…
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As firefighters begin to slowly gain the upper hand on the Holy fire that has burned in the Cleveland National Forest for a week, some students near the burn area are going back to school. Menifee Union School District schools will be in session on Monday, Aug. 13, five days after their school year was supposed…
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As the smoke began to clear above Lake Elsinore, firefighters took heart Sunday as they appeared to gain control of the Holy fire, with containment at 51 percent and 22,714 acres consumed. “I’m just thinking we turned the bend here,” U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Vickie Wright said of the wildfire that had burned out of…
