By Douglas W. Motley Senior Writer The Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Station’s Feast for Families program, now in its 10th year, provided 30 mountain area families in need of help with pre-packaged to-go meals consisting of a traditional turkey dinner with all the...
Mountain Events
Mountain Events
‘Wurtz Winter Wonderland’ wins Crestlights honor
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer The annual free Crestlights lighting contest for the Crest Forest area was started seven years ago by Grayson Lopez and was continued this year by his brother, Tim. This lighting and decorating competition is done in a festive...
New officers for Crest Forest Seniors
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer The Crest Forest Senior Citizens Club (CFSCC) in Crestline installed their new officers for 2026 at their membership luncheon on Wednesday, Dec. 10 at the San Moritz Lodge. The club has about 500 members who get to be...
‘A Colonial Christmas’ Brings History Alive
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...
Looking Back at 2025 – Part 2
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...
Chamber holiday mixer celebrates the ski season
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...









