Dear Sydney, I’m in a panic. I dread the fact – and it truly is a fact – that I have traded one vice for another! For health and weight reasons, I have quit the sin of alcohol. I live alone with my dog and we do enjoy our three martini lunches. They are sadly missed....
Line Fire grows to 27,974 acres – Running Springs, Arrowbear under mandatory evacuation
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer A small wildfire in the hills above the city of Highland, first reported at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5, had grown to 7,200 acres with no containment by Saturday afternoon, Sept. 7. The blaze, which had its start in the vicinity of...
‘Our mission is saving lives first’
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Cal Fire hosted an online media advisory on Sept. 9, bringing together the agencies in charge of overseeing the Line Fire. Cal Fire’s Operations Section Chief noted they had created bulldozer lines from Highway 18 to the City Creek Fire Station....
Brewfest sets new record
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer Organizers of this year’s 14th annual Lake Arrowhead Brewfest said the event drew over 1,000 beer and wine aficionados to its new setting, under a white marquee tent at Waterfront Park at the end of the Lake Arrowhead Village...
Mission: Possible – Rim Family Services to hold first ever gala
Rim Family Services provides mental health and substance use prevention programs on the mountain, supporting more than 8.500 families, youth and individuals. To help support those programs, they will be holding their first ever fundraising galas on Saturday, Sept. 28...
Reaching out to the unhoused
Following a recent meeting of the Mountain Sunrise Rotary Club, members filled nearly 100 bags with a variety of toiletries – shampoo, conditioner, soap, lotion, toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss – which President Elizabeth O’Neil (right) then delivered to Sue...
Rim students helped encourage New York kids after 9/11
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer Today’s students were not alive 23 years ago when the World Trade Center’s twin towers were struck by highjacked airliners in New York on September 11, 2001. The attacks were carried out by an Islamist terrorist organization,...
A discussion with Insurance Commissioner Lara
By Rhea-Frances Tetley Staff Writer Beginning in January 2025, companies wishing to write insurance in California will be required to issue 85 percent of their policies in areas designated as fire risk areas. That was some encouraging news shared by Insurance...










