By Mary-Justine Lanyon The South Coast Air Quality Management District has been looking at changes to its rules governing hot water heaters and furnaces for more than a year. Last November, the Alpine Mountaineer published an article outlining the proposed...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Scott Boyer – who lays out the Alpine Mountaineer – recently got his FAA pilot’s license so he can fly his drone. An FAA pilot’s license? “Yes,” Boyer said, “the FAA is particularly fussy about where pilots are allowed to fly and how to...
Flying a drone can be fun and even informative BUT flying them in a zone where an active fire is burning is not only a bad idea – it’s illegal and is a federal offense. A drone flying over the recent fires in the Los Angeles area hit a plane dropping fire retardant,...
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is continuing Phase 2 of the emergency project on State Route 330 (SR-330) to culvert drainage caused by the Line Fire. Contractor crews will continue to conduct those repairs through Jan. 16. The repair project...
