Peterson and Douillard said they hiked out to the highway to catch  the 11 mile hitch into Julian on Monday morning as they were looking forward to free slice of pie at Mom’s Pie House - a PCT tradition. Meanwhile here at CCCNews headquarters we got a call from Victor Johnson who pointed out that Julian was the epicenter of a 5.2 magnitude earthquake at 10:08 a.m. that morning. 

Sense of Place continues its 15th anniversary season with Geology Alive: Understanding Geologic Hazards in the Gorge, a presentation with geologist Dr. Richard “Dick” Iverson, Scientist Emeritus at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cascades Volcano Observatory.

With the recent devastating earthquake striking Turkey and Syria, local Lora Helmer is calling out to anyone that can contribute to providing shelter food, and other necessities for people in those countries finding themselves houseless and lacking food and water.