Welcome back, Jackie and Shadow
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,...
Ensuring a Merry Christmas for mountain kids
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...
Ask the realtor: I believe — Why the dream of homeownership still feels like christmas
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...
Artist finds her signature style
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...
