Craig Richards:  

Though I began high school at 29 Palms High School, some time in my sophomore year, my Dad retired from the U.S.M.C. and we returned to Banning (where I went to Susan B. Coombs Jr. High School) and I graduated with a great bunch of friends (and others I never knew) June 1973. After living in southern California since 1969 (and L.A. since 1980), I moved to central Oregon in July 2002 where I lived for ten years. I have three great children: Nicholas Shea (April 1993), Connor Matthew (August 2004) and Alexandra Renée (November 2006). For nearly 40 years, I have worked in film and television as an executive producer, screenwriter, director and am now also considered a web pioneer. (Thank you Mr. Crutcher [29 Palms High] and Mr. Teague [Banning High] who helped nurture my creative spark!) Since a heart attack Novembe...Expand for more