Lifestyle
LET’S GO HIKING — Arrowbear Lake
By TIM WILCOX Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Where: East of Running Springs Length: 1.8 miles (double loop) Elevation gain: 291 feet Challenge: easy to moderate You may be surprised to learn that, strictly speaking, Arrowbear Lake isn’t a lake. Instead,...
Three strategies to help support your health as we “spring” forward
By Dr. Archana Dubey Chief Medical Officer, UnitedHealthcare of California With spring nearly here, people in California and across the country will contend with an annual tradition many would rather skip: The shift to daylight saving time. The process of...
Fostering a love of words in students
Each year Soroptimist International of Rim of the World presents dictionaries to third-grade students and thesauruses to fifth-grade students at Charles Hoffman Elementary (CHE) School in Running Springs. On Feb. 20, four members of the Soroptimist Club went to CHE to...
LET’S GO HIKING — Tunnel II Trail
By TIM WILCOX Special to the Alpine Mountaineer Where: Lake Arrowhead Length: 2.2 miles (round trip) Elevation gain: 287 feet Challenge: easy to moderate It’s almost more likely that you’ll get lost driving to this destination’s entry point than actually...
Two more graduates from Mountain High
Two more Mountain High students have completed the requirements for graduation. On Feb. 13, Ethan Snyder graduated. He plans to join the workforce and will go to school next spring to work toward a degree in nursing. Diego Gaona-Romero graduated on Feb. 18. He is...
Making healthcare more accessible to his patients
By Mary-Justine Lanyon From the age of 12, Lloyd Costello knew what he wanted to be – a doctor. He and his mother had gone to Mexico on vacation; he brought home a most unwelcome souvenir – Montezuma’s revenge. “I had not had serious illnesses so it was...








