By Mary-Justine Lanyon Editor As a young girl, Hilda Valenzuela Wendtland grew up in Cuba, where she was born, under communism and Fidel Castro. “Our voices were silenced, people were sent to prison and shot by a firing squad. The world knew nothing about it,” Hilda...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer A community meeting to inform mountain residents of progress being made on quelling the acrid smoke and flames of the Line Fire in the hills above Highland was held on Wednesday, Sept. 12 at Crestline’s San Moritz Lodge. The meeting,...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon On April 9, 2016, Kim Starr – who at the time split her time between Twin Peaks and Ohio – set out to accomplish her dream: to walk the entire length of the Appalachian Trail. Over the next seven years, Starr whittled away at what she calls the...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer The devastating Line Fire, so named for its starting point at Baseline Road and Aplin Street in the hills above Highland, appears to be winding down its path of fiery destruction. As of Sunday, Sept. 15 some 4,100 firefighters had...
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer A small wildfire in the hills above the city of Highland, first reported at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5, had grown to 7,200 acres with no containment by Saturday afternoon, Sept. 7. The blaze, which had its start in the vicinity of...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Cal Fire hosted an online media advisory on Sept. 9, bringing together the agencies in charge of overseeing the Line Fire. Cal Fire’s Operations Section Chief noted they had created bulldozer lines from Highway 18 to the City Creek Fire Station....
