Creating a living trust is a powerful estate planning tool – but its value depends entirely on whether it’s properly funded. Funding a trust means transferring ownership of your assets into the trust’s name. Without this crucial step, the trust may not serve its...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor The Lake Arrowhead branch library in Blue Jay was the place to be for folks who are curious about the history behind a number of mountain spots. This was Russ Keller’s monthly historical presentation, sponsored by the Lake...
One of the most valuable yet often overlooked tax benefits in estate planning is the "step-up in basis." In California, where property values are often high and many residents use living trusts to manage and transfer their assets, understanding how the step-up in...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025, may go down in history as the Day the World Stopped Spinning. For me, it was the day my turntable began spinning out of control, in memory of Beach Boy Brian Wilson, who is likely rockin’ and rollin’ in heaven with his brothers, Carl and...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY Historian The Highland Mill was built in the early 1890s by the Danaher brothers. They had to build a road with a trestle bridge over a deep gorge to get to the previously inaccessible virgin timber area near current day Running Springs. They...
At a recent meeting of the Mountain Resort Communities Association of Realtors, I was asked point blank why, as the local real estate columnist, I wasn't reporting on the ongoing fracas between the Arrowhead Woods Architectural Committee (AWAC) and a vocal group of...
