By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Staff Writer On Oct. 25, 2003, with the temperature in the 100s in the San Bernardino Valley, during hot Santa Ana winds, the Old Fire was intentionally started in Old Waterman Canyon, causing the evacuation of every mountain resident from...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott Talking World War Three Blues Ever since Putin started waving his nuclear sword, threatening to unleash the Genie in the bottle and use tactical nuclear (or “nucular,” as George W. Bush would say) weapons in Ukraine, I’ve been having...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott Mother Nature’s Son Now that the summertime visitors have mostly left the mountain and the weather is still wonderful, I decided to mosey over to Lake Gregory to sit and relax on its tree-lined shore. Since I neglected to bring a...
Jeff Gumpertz has made music his career. Jeff Gumpertz playing French horn with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Jeff Gumpertz (middle) with other French horn players from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Jeff Gumpertz and fellow French horn players at the...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott Roll Out the Barrel It’s that time of the year again when we get to roll out the barrel and, what do you know, it’s Oktoberfest time. Well, we already had the Lake Arrowhead Brewfest a couple of weeks ago to usher in the beer-swilling...
By Douglas W. Motley Senior Writer Oktoberfest, a Lake Arrowhead tradition since 1982, found a new home this year in Waterfront Park – formerly Lollypop Park – at the end of the peninsula in Lake Arrowhead Village. This year’s Oktoberfest kicked off on Saturday, Sept....
