By Dr. Ginger Gabriel - Special to The Alpine Mountaineer We knew it would be an important meeting when San Bernardino County and Burrtec both would be there. First came the letter: “This letter is to inform you… how it will impact your… starting July 1, 2023.” The...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West announced on May 10 that SBA has approved more than $10 million in federal disaster loans for California businesses and residents impacted...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY - Staff Writer The last Monday in May was set aside in 1971 as Memorial Day to honor those who never returned from the wars by giving up their lives to protect the freedoms of this country. This service to honor those men and women who died in...
What a beautiful blue-sky day it was when I stepped out onto the deck here at the stately Motley Manor the other morning and heard the blue jays (actually, they’re called Steller’s Jays) chirping their unique mating calls as they jumped from tree to tree in...
Dear Sidney, I have been diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration. My ophthalmologist is injecting shots into both my eyes for relief, although he says that the left eye will not be getting any better as I waited too long to seek treatment. I’m...
By Vietnam Veteran Michael Brewer - Special to The Alpine Mountaineer In these days of polarized, pugnacious pundits of doom and gloom, it strikes me that the most honorable tribute to our fallen warriors would be a month of silence commencing on Memorial Day and...
By Douglas W. Motley - Senior Writer Last Saturday’s Game of Skate held from 12-noon to 3 p.m. at the Crestline Skate Park was dedicated to the memory of then 16-year-old Daunte Symonette, who tragically passed away on May 7, 2021, from fentanyl poisoning. This event...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon According to the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, there is no better way to exercise your brain than to listen to music. As stated on the school’s website, “There are few things that stimulate the brain the way music does. If you want to keep...
