Line Fire Community Meeting attracts large crowd
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer A community meeting to inform mountain residents of progress being made on quelling the acrid smoke and flames of the Line Fire in the hills above Highland was held on Wednesday, Sept. 12 at Crestline’s San Moritz Lodge. The meeting,...
Accomplishing her dream and taking on a new challenge
By Mary-Justine Lanyon On April 9, 2016, Kim Starr – who at the time split her time between Twin Peaks and Ohio – set out to accomplish her dream: to walk the entire length of the Appalachian Trail. Over the next seven years, Starr whittled away at what she calls the...
Line Fire winding down
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer The devastating Line Fire, so named for its starting point at Baseline Road and Aplin Street in the hills above Highland, appears to be winding down its path of fiery destruction. As of Sunday, Sept. 15 some 4,100 firefighters had...
Surviving the Line Fire: A story of loss, love and community
By Elise Gray Special to the Alpine Mountaineer I’ve lost a home before. It was in the early 2000s. After the 2008 recession, many people couldn’t afford their mortgages due to the crash. Unfortunately, my mother was one of them. Eighty percent of our belongings were...
Line Fire suspect accused of setting more fires
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer A Norco resident arrested for igniting the Line Fire on Thursday, Sept. 5 was due in court on Friday, Sept. 13. Justin Wayne Halstenberg, 34, was charged with nine felony crimes on Thursday, Sept. 12. If convicted on all nine counts,...
CREST FOREST MUNICIPAL ADVISORY COUNCIL – Crest Forest MAC foreshadowed the Line Fire
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer At the Sept. 3 meeting of the Crest Forest Municipal Advisory Council, representatives of various government agencies – the sheriff’s department, County Fire and CHP – addressed the audience and warned them to always be prepared in...
Girls wrestling: The nation’s fastest-growing high school sport
It’s no longer a secret – girls can wrestle! It’s also not a secret that, in many cases, prior to the early teen years, girls are even better wrestlers than boys because they are capable of better body control and, in general, focus on executing technique more...
