By JULIANNE HOMOKAY Special to the Alpine Mountaineer On Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, the tiny community of Cedar Glen was shaken to its core when prominent business owner Laura Ann Carleton, known as Lauri, was gunned down by a man who vandalized the Pride flag she...
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Volunteer steps up to hang Hometown Heroes banners
By Mary-Justine Lanyon Members of the Rim Blue Star Moms had reason to celebrate on Thursday, Aug. 1 The group is responsible for the Hometown Hero banners that hang across the mountain. These banners honor those men and women from the mountain who are on...
Classic Car and Motorcycle Show features 56 vehicles
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer The 12th annual Lake Arrowhead Classic Car and Motorcycle Show, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Lake Arrowhead, lured 56 classic vehicle owners, as well as hundreds of spectators, to Lake Arrowhead Village on Saturday, July 27....
Wes Abarca: Muralist extraordinaire
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer Commissioned by Crestline’s TM Camping Company, located adjacent to the Shell gas station on Lake Drive, mural artist Wes Abarca was hired to create a colorful mural on the south side of the company’s office building. The mural...
Mountain Top Days: Celebrating ‘Our Town’
By Derek Johnson Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Mountain Top Days – the annual summer festival in Running Springs – lived up to its theme, “Our Town.” It had every bit of small-town charm that one expects from this mountain community. The festivities began on...
LAKE ARROWHEAD COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT A primer on PFAS ‘Our #1 goal is public health’
By Mary-Justine Lanyon The Lake Arrowhead Community Services District was surprised, General Manager Catherine Cerri said, to find the presence of PFAS in Lake Arrowhead. “Our drinking water is so pristine,” she said. Cerri was addressing the Mountain Sunrise Rotary...









