By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer One of the exciting high points of the Mountain Fifes & Drums Corps annual presentation of “A Colonial Christmas and Mount Vernon Homecoming” was the corps members dancing the 18th century Virginia Reel with the audience. This...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer July 3 – A stubborn brush fire of unknown origin, first reported at 3:52 p.m. on Saturday, June 28, consumed some 478 acres of tinder-dry brush and chaparral east of the Cajon Pass, near Silverwood Lake. The blaze, propelled by...
“What a great way to spend a Saturday!” That’s what four members of the Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead said after helping to decorate the Rotary International float for the Rose Parade on Dec. 13. Suzy Garrett (1) brought a tiger cub to life, while Kristin Countryman...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer The Lake Arrowhead Communities Chamber of Commerce held its last mixer for 2025 in the Iris Room of the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Lodge. Many of its members came dressed for the Vintage Apres Ski theme, wearing vintage style ski...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Jackie and Shadow – the Big Bear eagles we have all come to love – are back on their nest. Thanks to the camera the Friends of Big Bear Valley installed at the nest, folks across the U.S. are able to keep tabs on the couple. Sandy Steers,...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Happy elves were busy wrapping gifts in the social hall at the Lake Arrowhead Community Presbyterian Church on Friday, Dec. 19. Those gifts – 468 of them – were going to 156 mountain kids in 60 families to help make their Christmases...
Every Christmas, there’s a collective pause where we let ourselves feel something a little softer, a little more hopeful. It’s the season when traditions matter, stories linger, and the idea of “home” carries more weight than usual. For many of us, that feeling is...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon The mountain is fortunate that artist Mahan Asghari’s family made the decision in 2012 to emigrate to the U.S. from Iran. They settled in Glendora, where Asghari had to adapt to a new language and a new culture. “It was difficult at...
