By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY - Senior Writer Last weekend’s 16th anniversary of the Blue Jay Jazz Festival was a trifecta of three sold-out jazz concerts, beginning on Thursday, Aug. 24t at the exclusive Tavern Bay Beach Club and wrapping up on Saturday, Aug. 26 at the Lake...
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Malone family in a bind due to fire
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY - Staff Writer The Malone family lost their home when the house next door exploded and caught their home on fire in the middle of the night on Aug. 18. The family had to flee their Lake Arrowhead home immediately. They called 911 for the fire...
Working toward a quick response to disaster
Story and photos by Cat Robertson - Staff Writer There was a great turnout on Aug. 26 at the Green Valley Lake disaster planning community meeting. After a series of storms last winter that many locals refer to as “Snowmageddon,” and a hurricane that threatened...
Hate crime suspected in shooting of Cedar Glen Woman
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY - Senior Writer At about 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 18, deputies from the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Station responded to a report of a shooting at the Mag Pi clothing boutique at 28939 Hook Creek Road in Cedar Glen. Upon arrival, they located the victim,...
Hurricane unleashes its fury on mountain communities
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY - Senior Writer After leaving its devastating footprint on Mexican soil last week, Hurricane Hilary – the first such tropical storm to set foot in California in 84 years – wound its way up the Pacific Coast and paid a brief visit to the...
Changing of the guard at the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Station ‘I always wanted to help my own’
By Mary-Justine Lanyon As a boy, Craig Harris came up to the family cabin in Blue Jay on weekends. They would go out in their boat in the summer, ski in the winter. When he graduated from high school down the hill, he moved up to the mountain full time with his...









