Communities

MacKay Fire Threatened Structures

By Mary-Justine Lanyon At 2:46 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5, a fire broke out in a pile of split wood across from MacKay Park, in the area behind Mountains Community Health. The fire spread into adjacent vegetation with what was called a “rapid rate of spread,”...

CHiPs 4 Kids collects kids’ toys at Walmart

Dec 21, 2023 | Communities, Crestline, Government, Lake Arrowhead, Local, Running Springs

By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer California Highway Patrol (CHP) Public Affairs Officer Ubaldo Gonzalez, along with two senior volunteers from the Running Springs CHP Office, stationed themselves inside the front entrance foyer of the Highland Avenue Walmart store...

Celebrating Christmas with friends

Dec 20, 2023 | Communities, Running Springs, Upcoming Events

By Mary-Justine Lanyon For many years, Holland Lowe, executive director of Operation Provider, has put on a truly magnificent dinner on Christmas Day with the help of a flock of elf volunteers. On Dec. 25, folks are invited to come to the Elks Lodge in Rimforest and...

Children go shopping with cops

Dec 20, 2023 | Communities, Government, Lake Arrowhead, Local

By Douglas W. Motley Senior Writer Twenty mountain area children who might otherwise be deprived of a Merry Christmas got to go shopping at Walmart in Redlands with sheriff’s deputies on Saturday, Dec. 9, as participants in the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s...

Directors sought for new foundation

Dec 14, 2023 | Communities, Running Springs

Do you care about your community’s parks, public facilities, and recreational opportunities? Do you want to be involved? The Rim of the World Recreation and Park District is currently taking applications for those interested in serving on the board of directors for...

Let no child be forgotten

Dec 14, 2023 | Communities

It is Spark of Love time at Lake Arrowhead Village, with Captain Steve Walczak, Firefighter/Paramedic Rios Warren, Ambulance Operator Mathew Zamora and Paramedic Ryan Arizona holding out the boot to those shopping at Stater Bros. They will also be at the Lake...

Looking ahead to Christmas Day

Dec 14, 2023 | Communities, Lake Arrowhead

For the ninth year, Elf Debbie is ringing her bell outside Stater Bros Market, collecting funds for Operation Provider. The largest and longest operating food bank in the San Bernardino Mountain communities will again this year be providing a Christmas Day dinner and...