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It Never Rains in California

By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor   At least it never rains here according to the 1972 song by Albert Hammond. But those of us who have been on the mountain over the past few weeks have experienced an unusually wet holiday season. Visitors who were hoping for snow...
Crestline Café under new ownership

Crestline Café under new ownership

By Douglas W. MotleySenior Writer Amber Crubaugh, the new owner of the Crestline Café, began her eight-year-long career at the restaurant in June 2014. “I had been a manager at McDonald’s in Blue Jay for five years,” she told The Alpine Mountaineer, “before an opening...

Eroding slope to be repaired next year

Eroding slope to be repaired next year

By Mary-Justine LanyonEditor The area of Highway 189 as it approaches Lake Gregory Drive is well known – and somewhat terrifying – to local motorists as it narrows in to barely allow two vehicles to pass safely. Caltrans Public Information Officer Emily Leinen and...

National Vietnam Veterans Day celebrated during senior luncheon

National Vietnam Veterans Day celebrated during senior luncheon

Two Quilts of Valor presented By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEYStaff Writer    The senior luncheon held at the San Moritz Lodge in Crestline on National Vietnam War Veterans Day – March 29 – was used as an opportunity to honor those who served during a very unpopular military...

Theresa Horsfield celebrates 103 years

Theresa Horsfield celebrates 103 years

By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEYStaff Writer Theresa Horsfield, a longtime member of the Crest Forest Senior Citizens Club, celebrated her 103rd birthday at the seniors’ nutrition luncheon on March 31. Theresa had not attended the luncheon for several years due to the COVID...

Repairs on Highway 18 to continue through summer

Repairs on Highway 18 to continue through summer

By Douglas W. MotleySenior Writer Highway 18 between San Bernardino and Crestline is still in the midst of being repaired following the washout that occurred last Christmas Eve. Caltrans was able to get the road repaired enough to reopen on January 20 after almost a...

Legislators address mountain residents

Legislators address mountain residents

By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEYStaff Writer Last Friday, March 25, local residents gathered in the conference room at the Lake Arrowhead Community Services District to meet and greet Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh and Assemblyman Thurston “Smitty” Smith. Ochoa Bogh said the two...

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