By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor The Friends of Big Bear Valley are counting down. Pip watch will begin on March 1. That’s when the eggs bald eagles Jackie and Shadow have been incubating may begin to hatch. Sandy Steers, the executive director of Friends of Big Bear...
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Welcoming Noah back to VOE – EarlyAct students to help after his heart transplant
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor Each year the members of the fifth-grade EarlyAct Club at Valley of Enchantment Elementary School vote on their service project in the community. The club – sponsored by the Crestline-Lake Gregory Rotary Club – is run by the students, who...
RIM OF THE WORLD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT – District seeks members of Measure E oversight committee
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor The Rim of the World Unified School district trustees unanimously approved a resolution establishing a citizens’ oversight committee for Measure E at their Feb. 20 meeting. The committee will be made up of seven individuals appointed by...
Motorists trapped in Hwy 330 mudslide
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer The largest in a series of rainstorms that drenched Southern California with steady rainfall on Thursday, Feb. 13 left dozens of motorists stranded on Highway 330 between Running Springs and the city of Highland late in the day. A...
Insurance assessments are coming your way
By Mary-Justine Lanyon California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara took action on Feb. 11 to make sure the FAIR Plan can pay claims made by those policyholders who lost their homes or suffered damage in the recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area. What...
Sycamore Ranch Winery named Best of the Best
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer Sycamore Ranch Vineyard & Winery, located on Dart Canyon Road in Crestline, was named the best Inland Empire winery in January’s “Best of the Best 2025” issue of Inland Empire Magazine. That comes as no surprise to the dozens...









