By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer Some 200 individuals, at the behest of the Mountain Bears Democratic Club, gathered at the intersection of Lake and Lake Gregory Drives in Crestline at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 14 to loudly protest the practice of government...
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. This week there are no new releases from the mountain area or Highland.
Corks & Hops returns to Crestline
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer According to sponsors, the summer season’s first Corks & Hops craft beer and wine walk lured about 400 ticketholder participants, not bad for the first event of its type this summer season. A Crestline Chamber of Commerce...
‘Find the exceptional in every moment’
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor As the 243 members of the Class of 2025 of Rim of the World High School and Rim Virtual Academy processed onto Townsend Memorial Field, parents and friends couldn’t help but notice the variety of stoles the students were sporting....
‘Thank you for your resilience’
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor As Jeremy Montiel, the administrator and alternative education specialist at Mountain High School, looked at the assembled Class of 2025, he commented that he was “reminded of how Mountain High School stands out as a remarkable...
Honor Flight results in late ‘Welcome home’
By Michael Brewer Special to the Alpine Mountaineer “Everything that is old is new again.” Except this time, the newness was a total reset from the days of old when Vietnam veterans were not only dismissed but disparaged and degraded in the minds of some of our...
Craft beer expo fun at Jamboree Days beer garden
By: RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer Crestline’s 47th annual Jamboree Days on Saturday, July 5, 2025, promises a vibrant celebration of the “Crestline Vibe” spirit with the beer garden at the Arrowhead Credit Union’s parking lot set to be a highlight from 11...
Celebrating the art of the pivot
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor “Everyone is the star of their own life,” writes Norma Saken in her memoir May I Have Seconds Please? In the memoir, Saken combines highlights of her life journey with recipes that are part of those stages of her life. Her interest...










