By Mary-Justine Lanyon The deputies at the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Station were second in the county for calls for service per deputy. That was the word from Capt. Craig Harris when he spoke to the Mountain Sunrise Rotary Club, of which he is a member, on Jan. 8....
Jumpers, anxious to jump into the freezing cold waters of Lake Arrowhead on Feb. 1, are already signing up to take part in the 16th annual PolaRotary Bear Plunge. More than 120 jumpers are expected to take the annual plunge with hundreds of observers cheering them on....
Southern California Edison’s Community Resource Team was set up at the Robert Hootman Center in Running Springs during and following the power outage created by wind damage to transmission equipment. Team member Josh (pictured) was handing out firewood to mountain...
Dr. Fillmore Smiley and Lori Thomas – with some of Rosenda “Rose” Smiley’s friends – at the Crestline Café. Owner Amber Crubaugh donated a portion of the proceeds from dinners on Sunday, Jan. 12 to benefit Rose’s memorial legacy fund. The then-14-year-old girl was...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Scott Boyer – who lays out the Alpine Mountaineer – recently got his FAA pilot’s license so he can fly his drone. An FAA pilot’s license? “Yes,” Boyer said, “the FAA is particularly fussy about where pilots are allowed to fly and how to...
Flying a drone can be fun and even informative BUT flying them in a zone where an active fire is burning is not only a bad idea – it’s illegal and is a federal offense. A drone flying over the recent fires in the Los Angeles area hit a plane dropping fire retardant,...
By Elise Gray Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Rural mountain living comes with an even share of natural beauty and challenges, especially when it comes to extreme weather and power outages. Between frequent Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) or the recent...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer It may seem as if winter has just begun and that baseball season just ended with the Dodgers winning the World Series, but Mountains Little League is having their final baseball and softball signups on their website,...
