Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh will hold a town hall in Crestline on Wednesday, Oct. 28 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the San Moritz Lodge. The senator plans to provide a legislative update on important state issues that affect the residents of Crestline and the surrounding...
Letter To The Editor
To Whom It May Concern: I am writing this letter to express my distress and concern about the damage committed on the Manitoba Drive parcels adjacent to Willow Creek, a vital tributary of Deep Creek/Mojave River. There has been a complete clearing of at least 30 acres...
Sheriff’s Log
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. Update on Erik Eduardo Navarro At the Oct. 6 meeting of the combined Crest Forest and Lake Arrowhead...
Financial Focus: Dividends — Reinvest or not?
If you own dividend-paying stocks or mutual funds, you generally have a choice: Should you take the dividends as cash or reinvest them? Long-term investors can benefit from reinvested dividends, which, along with price appreciation, make up part of a stock’s total...
Arts & Entertainment Guide
Upcoming Events
BIG BEAR Big Bear Theatre Project: tick,tick…BOOM!, Oct. 15-25. A Ghost Story, Dec. 17-20. Big Bear Performing Arts Center. Tickets and more information, bigbeartheatreproject.org. BLUE JAY Blue Jay Autumn Festival: Nov. 14, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Food, music, carnival...
Those Were The Days: Green Valley Lake has long glorious story
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian Green Valley Lake is a deeply significant historical area beginning back in 1894 when the original horse-drawn Bear Valley Wagon Toll Road to Big Bear was built following an old burro trail. It took two days by stage to reach Big Bear...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: What’s New Pussycat
Early this morning, Albert the Kat (He’s the good cat) was being chased, back-and-forth, across my bed at 3 a.m. by Cousin Rusty the Kat, the latest addition to the Katz family, yet another orange and white cat that thinks it should be treated like royalty. To tell...











