Estate Planning: Anne Heche’s estate is still open years later — What California families should know
When someone passes away, families expect a time of grieving, not years of legal complications. But without a clear estate plan, that’s often what happens. A well-known case shows how quickly things can become overwhelming. When actress Anne Heche died in 2022, she...
Those Were The Days: Early day camping in the mountains
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian When the first sawmills were established in the mountains, in the 1850-80s, they were only operated during the good weather months (after the last snow) and closed around harvest time in the valley or at the first snow. Some...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: California Bloodlines
California Bloodlines is the second album by folk singer John Stewart, a former member of The Kingston Trio. That record, which was considered by many to be Stewart’s signature album, was recorded in Nashville, using some of the same musicians who performed on Bob...
Upcoming Events
BIG BEAR Big Bear Theatre Project: On Golden Pond, June 18-28. Creating Worlds Playwright Festival, Aug. 13-16. tick,tick…BOOM!, Oct. 15-25. A Ghost Story, Dec. 17-20. Big Bear Performing Arts Center. Tickets and more information, bigbeartheatreproject.org. BLUE JAY...
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. Adult human bone found during site survey On Wednesday, May 27, at 10:16 a.m., deputies from the Highland...
The fish were biting
The 36th annual Arrowhead Lake Association fishing derby took place on Saturday, May 23 at the ALA marina. There were 111 anglers who participated in the adult trout, adult bass and youth trout categories. “The weather was great and the marina was packed,” said Sharon...
Last week to nominate a Citizen of the Year
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer This is the last week to nominate those outstanding Crestline residents who have shown themselves to be a positive contribution to the community and deserve to be the Citizen of the Year for 2026. Anyone can nominate a...
