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....
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer Detectives from the Sheriff’s Highland Station, in collaboration with Cal Fire investigators, identified Justin Wayne Halstenberg, 34 of Norco, as the suspect who started the Line Fire in the area of Baseline Road and Alpin Street in...
By Mike Harris Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Without fanfare or comment, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 20 approved the Lake Gregory Regional Park’s sitewide sediment management project and authorized the director of Public Works - Special...
