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...
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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...
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...
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...
Arts & Entertainment Guide
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...









