By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer The long-awaited grand opening of Osorio Brother’s Restaurant (formerly the Original Cottage) located at 26545 Highway 18 in the heart of Rimforest lured some 50 persons on Monday, March 27. “Pretty good for a new business that no...
Dear Sidney,
Dear Sidney, As we all watch the berms and drifts melt ever so slowly, I hope that you are well and that Cabin Sidney has come out OK after the weight of so much snow. Here in Crestline, the plowed main street looks like a war zone – the piles of snow now blackened by...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Operator
I keep getting annoying phone calls every day from someone with a foreign accent that asks to speak to Dooglas and wants to buy my house. I have to tell them it’s not for sale, but I do have some craters on the Dark Side of the Moon that I’d be willing to sell. I get...
Calling all ‘angels’
By Ginger Gabriel - Special to The Alpine Mountaineer (Photos by Ginger Gabriel) The “angels” who came to the rescue of the community after this year’s Snowmageddon are being invited to some very special lunches. The Crest Forest Senior Citizens Club board of...
Recognize those volunteers who go above and beyond
Are you a community organization with a volunteer who has really stepped up over the past year, going above and beyond to accomplish your group’s goals? Or are you a member of the community who can think of a Mountain Hero, someone who has given unselfishly of their...
Festival teaches the ins and outs of being a thespian
Submitted by S. Nicholas - Rim of the World High School Drama Department The California State Thespian Festival is a three-day event for California thespian troupes. Rim High Theatre Department is Troupe 145, one of the oldest still active troupes in California. The...
Author John Giarelli calls Green Valley Lake home – for now?
By Julianne Homokay - Special to The Alpine Mountaineer Hermann Hesse’s 1922 novel Siddhartha became quite influential during the 1960s, a time to “drop out, tune in and turn on,” as many Baby Boomers were overthrowing societal conventions and pursuing their own...
Dancing their way to a trophy
By Mary-Justine Lanyon (Photos: Yulia Hidajat) Eleven dancers from the Lake Arrowhead School of Dance participated in the annual convention and competition sponsored by Dance Masters Pacific Coast at the Camarillo Academy of Performing Arts from March 24 to 26. “Dance...









