When people think about estate planning, they often focus on wills, trusts and who inherits what. But planning is about far more than property. It also addresses medical decisions – those moments when you can’t speak for yourself and someone else must step in. A...
I don’t care if our state and county are both broke, they still need to clear all the dang weeds and brush lining our mountain roadways so we don’t have a repeat of the awful firestorms that have ravaged our communities in the past. Keeping in mind that the 2003 Old...
Homebuyers in the San Bernardino mountain communities of Crestline, Lake Arrowhead and Running Springs are experiencing a rare lift in purchasing power thanks to falling mortgage rates. After climbing as high as 6.9 percent in June, average 30-year mortgage rates have...
RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian The Little Bear Reservoir (Lake Arrowhead) dam project was restarted in 1902 after running out of money during the late 1890s. E.H. "Ted" Kellogg was hired by James Mooney as the new chief planning engineer. His ideas were...
So, I had just pulled out of Top Town, headed for the Rim, driving down the road minding my own business, just like I always do, when I heard a slight squealing sound as I rounded a curve. Thinking I might be going a tad too fast for the curve, I let up on the gas...
Portability is an important concept in estate planning that can help married couples maximize their federal estate tax exemptions. In simple terms, portability allows the unused portion of a deceased spouse’s federal estate tax exemption to pass to the surviving...
