By Zev BlumenfeldStaff Writer The first month of the Rim of the World Unified School District’s fall semester has concluded. For teachers, families and students, it’s been a beginning marked by change, adaptation and sometimes frustration. Webcam lessons and app-based...
By Mary-Justine LanyonEditor It was an event unlike others held in the past. East year the members of Soroptimist International of Rim of the World (SIROW) present awards to a girl and two women who have had an impact on their families and the community at large. The...
By Mary-Justine LanyonEditor “It looked like the apocalypse. It crushed my heart.” That was Royal Ramey’s reaction to the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. He was on that fire with Cal Fire. “It was devastating,” Ramey said. He told members of both the Mountain...
By Zev BlumenfeldStaff Writer They are tiny, cluster in groups and hang out on oak trees…and, no, they aren’t acorns. The goldspotted oak borer (GSOB, Agrilus auroguttatus) – a six-legged, oblong-shaped invasive beetle – appeared in Big Bear in August 2019. While no...
CRESTLINE-LAKE GREGORY ROTARY CLUB By Mary-Justine LanyonEditor There was a lot of concern about the Black Lives Matter protests held on the mountain. That’s what Captain Don Lupear of the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Station told members of the Crestline-Lake Gregory Rotary...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEYStaff Writer Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, people from all over Southern California are still seeking a reprieve from city life and are visiting the mountains to get closer to trees, water and nature. Without much new advertising, residual...
