By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian The fall/winter/spring of 1908-1909 in the San Bernardino Mountains was an active one with more people becoming year-round residents. When the vacationers left, the locals began to party. With his concertina, Professor “Uncle Billy”...
Estate Planning: Why estate documents fail
Many people believe signing estate planning documents is the final step in protecting their loved ones. You might hire a lawyer, work with a financial advisor or even use an online template or AI. Once the papers are signed and filed, you think the work is done. But...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
As if we didn’t have enough to worry about already – war, pestilence, plague, drought and Ice agents waiting in the wings – a consortium of 100 scientists recently announced that California is overdue for what’s being called a “super-storm” of biblical proportions....
Upcoming Events
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 Corks & Hops Mardi Gras on the...
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. Deputies seize firearms, drugs in Crestline – Four arrested On Jan. 13, deputies from the Twin Peaks...
LAKE ARROWHEAD COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT — Water district weathers heavy rain
By Mary-Justine Lanyon The news was good at the Jan. 27 meeting of the Lake Arrowhead Community Services District board of directors. Despite getting what they called a “substantial” amount of rain over the Christmas holiday, “things went smoothly,” said Field...
Ensuring All Of Our Community ‘Counts’
By JULIANNE HOMOKAY Special to the Alpine Mountaineer On Thursday, Jan. 22, massive numbers of volunteers across the United States participated in the Point-In-Time Count, a formal method employed to get in touch with and survey the homeless members of our...
The hills were alive…
By Mary-Justine Lanyon …with the sound of music on Jan. 28 as the three Rim-area Rotary Clubs presented their annual music competition at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church. Two students participated in the piano category, three in other instrumental and seven in...











