Communities
Mountain Top Days are upon us
The Running Springs Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present Mountain Top Days 2025 on Friday, Aug. 1 and Saturday, Aug. 2. This year’s theme, “Still the Gateway,” celebrates the fact that Running Springs, the “Gateway to the San Bernardino Mountains,” survived...
The changing of the guard at local Rotary clubs
The end of one Rotary year on June 30 and the beginning of the new year on July 1 means one thing for many clubs: the annual roasting and demoting of the president who has served the past year. At the same time, the new president is usually installed at the same...
Daryl Robert T. Carroll
Daryl Robert T. “Pappy” Carroll, born in Flint, Mich., in 1940 to Margaret and Joseph Carroll, passed away on June 6 gently in the night at Loma Linda VA hospital holding his wife Patty's hand. He died of multiple organ failure. He is survived by his wife, Patricia...
Bringing the zoo to the children
The Lake Arrowhead branch library in Blue Jay was full for a performance by the Mobile Zoo of Southern California – there were 173 children and adults in attendance. They got to see a chinchilla, a hedgehog and cockatiels. Upcoming shows on Tuesdays at the library...
Fire Safe Council offers free abatement assistance
By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer Mountain Rim Fire Safe Council (MRFSC) is offering mountain residents a number of free fire abatement programs this summer, including free curbside chipping of downed tree limbs and branches, monthly through September. Items...
BRUCE C. DANIELS: 1942–2025
Bruce Daniels, long-time mountain resident and community activist, passed away on May 5 after a month-long illness. Bruce spent his life dedicated to public service on and off the mountain. Bruce began his professional career in Washington, D.C., at the Department of...










