California’s home insurance of last resort, the FAIR Plan, is raising rates 29.1% for certain homeowners starting Oct. 15. Rates will be highest for those in high-risk, fire-prone areas. With many homeowners and businesses across the state unable to find coverage in...
By JULIANNE HOMOKAY Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Concert pianist John Reith, who for years has been accompanying Sunday services at St. Richard’s Episcopal Church in Skyforest, will perform a concert at his church this Saturday, May 30, at 2 p.m. The...
BY RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian J. Putnam Henck spoke to the Rim of the World Historical Society in 1994, sharing his memories of his family and especially his mother, Mary Putman Henck. Despite living in the mountains, and being an older mother, Mary Henck...
Most parents assume that if something happens to them, their child will automatically be cared for by the other parent. Often that’s true, but not always. A recent case out of Michigan highlights how complicated things can become when family dynamics are strained. In...
Let me tell ya, this was the Mayest May in many years, ya know. Ya know why they call it May? It’s becuz it may rain, it may snow and it may be 80 degrees. It did all of that this year. Now that May is leaving and we are drifting into June, school will soon be out for...
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...
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.
