The 19th annual Blue Jay Jazz Festival will open on Thursday, Aug. 27 with two great bands. The Blue Jay Jazz Foundation’s mission is to pay tribute to this uniquely American art form and all its relatives: blues, R&B, traditional big bands, rock, funk, Latin jazz...
Getting care close to home
By Mary-Justine Lanyon So, you’ve just had surgery – perhaps a knee replacement. You no longer need acute hospitalization but you’re not ready to go home. What do you do? Enter the swing bed program at Mountains Community Health. Hov Yeghiyan, the case manager...
Celebrating a new restaurant
By Mary-Justine Lanyon John and Heather Hockney celebrated the opening of their second restaurant in Lake Arrowhead Village with a ribbon cutting at Cask & Cure on July 27. “We wanted to bring something new, something fresher to Lake Arrowhead Village,”...
It’s rattlesnake season — Hikers urged to stay alert
As temperatures rise across the San Bernardino Mountains, residents and visitors are being reminded to stay alert for rattlesnakes while enjoying our beautiful hiking trails and outdoor spaces. Rattlesnake activity has increased across Southern California this year,...
Arts & Entertainment Guide
Estate Planning: Don’t overlook personal property in your estate plan
When people think about estate planning, they usually focus on major assets such as their home, investment accounts or retirement savings. Ironically, those assets are often the easiest to divide. The greatest source of family conflict is personal property: jewelry,...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: ‘Survivors’ (John Stewart – 1975)
Before we get started today, I would like to apologize to my dear friend Dr. Paul. Doc is a permanent fixture in the Lake Arrowhead communities who enjoys reading our paper, especially my wacky-doodle musings. I apparently rattled the good doctor’s cage by not having...
Those Were The Days: The 1923 survey was wrong — Skyland burns again & again
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian Skyland Campground – first established in the 1890s on the cliff overlooking San Bernardino – was surveyed and subdivided into vacation cabin sites by developers Ramsay and Charles S. Mann in 1923. The Skyland forest theme they...











