By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor Chief Chris Fogle of the U.S. Forest Service, who has been serving as incident commander with Team 11 for the Line Fire, gave comprehensive reports at both the Crest Forest and Lake Arrowhead Municipal Advisory Council meetings on Oct. 1...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor It is every parent’s worst nightmare. On May 25, 2024, 14-year-old Rosenda “Rose” Elizabeth Smiley was struck down in a crosswalk in Newport Beach by a 30-year-old Fontana man. She did not survive. That man, Joseph Alcazar, was arrested...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer Suspect Justin Halstenberg, who allegedly ignited the devastating 43,000-acre Line Fire in the foothills above Highland on Sept. 5, entered a not guilty plea at his initial court appearance, a video arraignment held on Sept. 28. That...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer Every spring and fall, the Crestline community gets together to have a community cleanup day. In the fall, it is cleaning up from all the visitors that have come to Lake Gregory and Crestline during the summer; in the spring is...
By Julianne Homokay Special to the Alpine Mountaineer We’ve all heard the adage: “It takes a village.” At Mountains Community Hospital’s Sept. 27 ribbon cutting ceremony for their new front entrance, speaker after speaker demonstrated how this concept became action to...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor SkyPark at Santa’s Village was a sea of pink on Sunday, Oct. 6 as women and men walked to help raise awareness about breast cancer. Members of Soroptimist International of Rim of the World sponsored A Walk in the Mountains, raising...
Whatever medium I use, I love the process of creating and being able to touch the hearts of others through my art. Sometimes they’ll actually cry when they first see the piece I’ve made for them. Then I know I’ve done my job! – Debbie Pekarcik By TIM WILCOX...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer The book Phantasm SurVIval- It’s Never Over was released last week, with a big upcoming book release/book signing party, locally, with the author, Gigi Bannister, and the star of the five Phantasm movies, Reggie Bannister, also in...
