By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian The San Bernardino Mountains have over the past 106 years been in the Rose Parade in Pasadena on New Year’s Day numerous times. The first mountain area Rose Parade entry was in 1920, promoting visiting Big Bear. The “float” was...
Once again, the rain gods have smiled down upon us and our mountaintop communities. Not since Lake Gregory was replenished by a single downpour in 1938 have we witnessed so much H2O in such a brief interval. Why, it was raining so hard last week, there were alligator...
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...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian The weather has always shaped the way Christmas has been celebrated here “on the heights,” as the area was referred to in the 1800s. Those earliest years do not have many Christmas events recorded, since the sawmills were closed...
Many people assume that estate planning is only necessary for those who own a home, multiple properties or substantial assets. If you live in California and your net worth consists of just a few bank accounts, retirement funds or investment accounts, you may be...
Merry Christmas everyone…Ho, Ho, Ho. Here it is Christmas on the mountain again, and it’s freezing cold…Brrrrrr. Sure do wish I was in Hawaii, where it’s sunny and bright on Christmas Day. Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say on a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day. That’s...
