When someone dies, families often have the same urgent questions: What happens to the house? Who gets the bank accounts? Do we have to pay debts first? In California, the answers often depend on understanding a basic but important distinction: Assets are not the same...
When buyers start looking in Lake Arrowhead but find themselves priced out of Arrowhead Woods, they often turn to nearby communities like Twin Peaks, Arrowhead Villas and Cedar Glen. While these areas are geographically close, the data shows they behave very...
In California, the words “separate property” have a very specific legal meaning and understanding it matters, especially when planning what happens at death. Many families assume everything automatically goes to a spouse or that “the trust will handle it,” but...
According to astronomers, Asteroid Apophis, a ~340-meter (1,115 ft) near-Earth object will make an exceptionally close, safe flyby on April 13, 2029, passing within 32,000 km (20,000 miles) of Earth, closer than many geo-stationary satellites, only a short three years...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian This year is the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Rim of the World Historical Society, which began in 1986. Their first outreach to share local history was the creation of the 1987 calendar. Last week the cover photo of...
Over the past 90 days, just over half of all homes sold in Running Springs closed between $300,000 and $400,000. That single price band accounted for 20 of the community’s 39 sales, clearly defining where the center of the local housing market currently sits. That...
