Le Grand Picnic nets more than $190,000 By Mary-Justine Lanyon Managing Editor It was a perfect day for a picnic – lots of sunshine (in keeping with the theme of this year’s Le Grand Picnic) and no wind. At the end of the 60s-themed event – which featured lots of...

By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY, Staff Writer and MIKE HARRIS, Publisher Efforts to bring cityhood to the greater Crestline community have been put on hold for now after the Incorporate Lake Gregory (ILG) committee learned the tax revenues would be insufficient to pay for an...

By CAT ROBERTSON Staff Writer Hot dog, it’s that time of year again! The Mountain Community Alliance is sponsoring its Strut Your Mutt pet parade at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 20 at the community garden in Green Valley Lake. This pooch parade is going to be a howling...

By Douglas W. Motley Senior Writer Free curbside chipping, in which unwanted tree limbs and branches are reduced to wood chips, began in May and will continue through Sept. 15, courtesy of the San Bernardino County Fire Department and Mountain Rim Fire Safe Council....

By Douglas W. Motley Senior Writer Sycamore Ranch Vineyard and Winery, owned and operated by Crestline residents Richard and Elizabeth Krumwiede, was recently awarded top honors in three separate winemaking competitions, including Sunset Magazine’s prestigious Best of...

By Douglas W. Motley Senior Writer July’s Corks & Hops wine and beer walk, which is slightly delayed due to last week’s Jamboree Days festivities, will take place this coming Saturday, July 13, along its usual route through the Lake Gregory Village business...

Dig out your bell bottoms and strings of beads for this year’s Le Grand Picnic, set for July 21 at the MCH Rose Garden, which raises funds to support Mountains Community Hospital. The theme of the 28th annual event is “Let the Sunshine In.” This flower-powered picnic...