“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...
BLUE JAY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26 ---------------------------------- Friday Night Live with Hillside Rocks! 8pm Dogwood Tavern (dogwoodtavern.net) CRESTLINE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25 --------------------------------------- Karaoke with Kimberly Drum 8pm-late Rim of the...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian The weather has always shaped the way Christmas has been celebrated here “on the heights,” as the area was referred to in the 1800s. Those earliest years do not have many Christmas events recorded, since the sawmills were closed...
