Mountain Emergency Updates

Don’t let the new year go up in smoke

By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer After the holidays, it’s time to take down the Christmas tree, pack up the lights and decorations and return your home’s decor back to the way it was. Unless you bought a potted live tree that you can plant in your yard, a cut,...

Working to lessen the fire danger

Jul 9, 2024 | Mountain Emergency Update

By Mary-Justine Lanyon When Shane Massoud, the government relations manager for Southern California Edison, spoke to the Inland Empire Fire Safe Alliance, he brought with him a vital message. “The company has been dedicated,” Massoud said, “particularly in the last...

Deputies track down ‘unwanted subject’ 

Jun 26, 2024 | Mountain Emergency Update

On June 20, 2024, at approximately 10:30 a.m., deputies were dispatched on a call of an unwanted subject outside of a residence located on the 22700 block of Ponderosa Drive in Crestline. The male left from the residence prior to deputy arrival. Deputies...

Head-on collision results in major injuries

Jun 26, 2024 | Mountain Emergency Update

By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer A head-on collision on Highway 330 at Live Oak Road around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18 resulted in major injuries to two motorists, one of whom, according to authorities, is an unidentified male in his 20s, who was subsequently...

Brush fire briefly threatens mountain communities

Jun 19, 2024 | Mountain Emergency Update

By DOUGLAS W. MOTLEY Senior Writer Firefighters had their hands full on Sunday, June 16 when a five-acre brush fire was reported near Cajon Boulevard and Keenbrook Road in the Cajon Pass at the same time as a swift-moving brushfire that broke out near Hesperia on...