By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian Summertime on the mountain is the best time to experience the great outdoors and go fishing and hiking. The difficulty in the early days was getting up the mountains but it was well rewarded by pleasant temperatures and cool...
If you’re ever awake at 4 o’clock in the morning – and I am almost every morning – do yourself a favor and tune into KCBS Channel 2 a few minutes before 4 a.m. and give a listen to an amazing, 12-year-old songstress, Reina Ozby, perform an ear-shattering version of...
Mortgage rates made a brief dip into the mid-6 percent range last week, and it was just enough to send some hopeful buyers back into search mode. The change was small – about half a percent – but, for some, it was a tipping point that finally made the math work. The...
Last week, we discussed the most common ways to leave assets to beneficiaries through a living trust – including outright distributions, ages and stages, and ongoing discretionary trusts. Each approach offers different levels of protection, control and complexity,...
Nothing is more irritating to me than ants invading my kitchen pantry and getting into my Honey Smacks and Frosted Flakes. Although, the song “Who Let The Dogs Out” comes pretty close, as does “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.” It happens like clockwork following a...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian The Squirrel Inn was a private resort owned by members of the Arrowhead Mountain Club, which opened in 1893 and had yearly dues of $500, which kept it exclusive. The members were the powerful and rich of that Gilded Age, including...
