BLUE JAY Craft Fair: Every Saturday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., weather permitting, in the US Bank parking lot on North Bay Road at Hwy 189, next to Grocery Outlet. Interested new vendors should talk with Chuck at the event. CRESTLINE Crestline Carolers: Dec. 20, 6 p.m....
Editor’s note: As the sheriff’s department is no longer providing their log of calls, the Alpine Mountaineer is compiling Nixle press releases for our readers. This week there are no new releases from the mountain area or Highland.
By Mary-Justine Lanyon When Catherine Cerri, who has served as the general manager of the Lake Arrowhead Community Services District (LACSD) for the past several years, announced her upcoming retirement, the district went into action, seeking a new GM. They...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer This year’s annual Blue Jay Christmas parade, now in its 46th year, proved true to its theme: “There’s Magic in the Mountains.” Its quarter-mile-long parade route along Highway 189, in the mountain hamlet of Blue Jay, is reputedly...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer The eighth annual house and business lighting contest for the Crestline area is underway. The purpose of the contest – known as Crestlights – is to encourage spreading holiday joy throughout the mountain by illuminating the...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer As we prepare to usher in 2026, the staff of the Alpine Mountaineer has carefully considered and then selected a handful of articles from the past year that we feel have had a significant impact on the lives and lifestyles of our...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Reporter Once a year the Lake Arrowhead and Crest Forest Municipal Advisory Councils (MAC) meet together to hear the issues that affect the other area. On Dec. 2, they met at the San Moritz Lodge in Crestline and heard from...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Some people who experience childhood trauma retreat into themselves. But not author Sara Lynne George, who has returned to her childhood community of Crestline. “I experienced a lot of childhood trauma,” George said. “That has led me to...
