It's not your dad's camp Apr 6, 2008
International chess master Larry Evans, who leads a for-profit summer chess day camp in Balboa Park and a residential camp at Lake Arrowhead, has had several champions among his campers, including Fabiano Caruana, who became at 14 the youngest U.S. chess grandmaster in history. Most children won't garner such awards. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Santa in the Spring Mar 24, 2008
Over the winter, The Flower Fields installed a Santa's Play Area that once occupied the now-defunct Santa's Village play park in Lake Arrowhead. The three whimsical playhouses and 10 giant mushrooms were purchased at an auction in 1998 by Fields co-owner Paul Ecke. (North County Times)
Post a comment Mar 19, 2008
Posted by: Patricia, Lake Arrowhead, United States 18 March 2008. I am praying that Senator Obama is able to get those who do not understand some of the things that are said in black churches are often reactionary to things that have happened to black people as a whole. (International Herald Tribune)
Obituaries: Sara "Sally" Elizabeth Cunningham Mullen(1923-2008) Mar 15, 2008
She was born Nov. 18, 1923, in Riverside and as a young woman enjoyed sailing at Balboa and summering at Lake Arrowhead. She attended Glendale College, then went on to work for Sear's personnel department. (Daily Triplicate)
Lesson of defeat: Obama comes out punching Mar 6, 2008
Published: March 6, 2008. Senator Barack Obama woke up on Wednesday talking of his delegate lead and of taking the fight to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. (International Herald Tribune)
'Idol' To Camp In California Mar 2, 2008
Idol Camp, a performing arts youth program operated by the TV show's producers, is moving from Massachusetts to Pali Mountain near Lake Arrowhead (San Bernardino County) for the 2008 season. Beginning June 15, the camp will offer five two-week sessions for up to 150 participants at a time. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Weathering a FireStorm Feb 21, 2008
Time Warner Cable Los Angeles also lent a helping hand to Charter, allowing the operator to tap into Time Warner s San Bernardino plant a move that temporarily allowed Charter to deliver basic and expanded video signals to its customers in the Lake Arrowhead area ... Charter executives figure about 400 homes owned or rented by Charter customers were lost in the mountainous Lake Arrowhead area ... That s exactly what happened last October when wildfires burned Charter Communications trunk line... (Multichannel News)
Woodforest hires Coverdell to manage construction Feb 13, 2008
The Johnson Development Corporation is an award-winning residential and commercial land development company involved in premier projects including master-planned communities such as Sienna Plantation, Fall Creek, Riverstone, Woodforest, Tuscan Lakes, Edgewater, Sweetwater Cove, Berkshire and Silverlake in Houston, Texas, and Towne Lake, BridgeMill and Lake Arrowhead in Atlanta, Ga. Established in 1975, known for innovative master planning and today one of the largest and most successful land... (Woodlands Villager, TX)
FULL STORY-> Feb 11, 2008
Market Conditions: Lake Arrowhead Mountain Area, California by Realty Times Staff. Realtor Carol Banner has seen a drop in home sales in the Lake Arrowhead Mountain Area ... But with four distinct seasons, lots of outdoor activities, Lake Arrowhead Golf Club and Lake Arrowhead Yacht Club, this Mountain Living community is very attractive to buyers. (RealtyTimes)
Question of timing on Bush's push on earmarks Jan 29, 2008
Question of timing on Bush's push on earmarks - International Herald Tribune. Question of timing on Bush's push on earmarks. (International Herald Tribune)
Rain Moves East; Storms Might Return Wednesday Jan 29, 2008
Affected areas included Lake Arrowhead, Carson, Stevenson Ranch, Monrovia, Mira Loma, Torrance and San Bernardino. Also at 9 a.m., about 900 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers were without electricity, many in the West Hills, Porter Ranch and Panorama City areas. (NBC4.tv, CA)
3 Skiers Killed In Avalanches Near LA Jan 27, 2008
In the mountain resort town of Lake Arrowhead, crews struggled to restore power to more than 2,000 customers who had been in the dark for two days after an earlier storm knocked down power lines. In Orange County, residents of five canyons that were denuded by wildfires last year were urged to follow a voluntary evacuation order because of the risk of mudslides. (CBS News -- US)
Voters showing a darker mood than in 2000 race Jan 24, 2008
In Lake Arrowhead, California, residents have made the choice to live with the constant threat of fire. Despite NATO's efforts, Taliban fighters have returned to a strategic area they occupied in southern Afghanist. (International Herald Tribune)
Lake Gregory Trail, Crestline CA Jan 20, 2008
In spite of the relatively high level of use, there is a nice, small-town ambience that can't be found at trails nearer the larger, more well-known Lake Arrowhead. Hungry Lake Gregory hikers can access cafes in town on the North Shore, The trail heads up onto the road across from the Goodwin's Market grocery store and under the La Casita Mexican Restaurant with balcony lakeview. (Suite101.com)
Richardson drops out of Democratic race Jan 10, 2008
In Lake Arrowhead, California, residents have made the choice to live with the constant threat of fire. Witnesses shed new light on the killing of 17 Iraqis by American contractors in Baghdad. (International Herald Tribune)
Storms bear down on California, could trigger slides, flooding Jan 4, 2008
"The last rain we had, it all went under my foundation and I don't like that. It was flowing under my house," said Cindy Darling, a receptionist at the Lake Arrowhead Chamber of Commerce who got sandbags from the local fire department to put above her house. "Everything up here's on a hill, so you have to do something."The storm system, which began dumping rain and snow Thursday in parts of Northern California, brought high wind warnings along the coast and gusts of up to 50 mph at Sacramento... (Fresno Bee -- Local)
2007 was a newsworthy year in Yuma County Dec 31, 2007
The fire captain, an engineer and two firefighters spent a week near the community of Running Springs in an area south of Lake Arrowhead. --- Thought it was a bomb An employee at Food City, 16th Street and Avenue B, found a strange object left in a shopping cart and contacted the Yuma County Sheriff's Office, which sent a bomb expert to check it out. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Connolly named Pismo Coast Realtor of the Year Dec 8, 2007
Connolly was born and raised in Lake Arrowhead, where he ran both a music studio and a firewood business, all the while competing as an extreme snow boarder ... Connolly and wife Jessica, daughter Kairah and dog Kobe moved to the Central Coast following the loss of their home in the 2003 wildfire in the Lake Arrowhead area. (Santa Maria Times)
Feds Warn Of Post-Firestorm Health Risk Dec 5, 2007
The U.S. Geological Survey says it found caustic alkali materials and elevated levels of arsenic, lead and other metals in ash collected from two wildfire-afflicted neighborhoods -- one in San Diego, one in the Lake Arrowhead area. The study's lead author says the agency found that rainwater runoff from burned areas may hurt ecosystems, aquatic wildfire habitat and surface water quality. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
Explainer: How to protect your home Nov 4, 2007
Firefighters were paying particular attention to populated canyon and hillside areas that have not burned in recent years, such as Topanga Canyon, Simi Valley, parts of Santa Clarita, the Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear areas, and portions of northern San Diego ... The U.S. Forest Service was keeping more than 1,000 firefighters stationed from Lake Arrowhead to just west of Big Bear Lake, where they have been stamping out the remaining hot spots from the Slide and Grass Valley fires and watching for... (Los Angeles Times)
California burnin’: Are we building in harm’s way? Nov 2, 2007
Brandi Aurelio in the remains of her home in Lake Arrowhead, Calif. Oct. 28, 2007. (Why Files)
Firefighters suffer stress, fatigue, burns Nov 2, 2007
e didn't even have time to refuel and we were reassigned to the Grass Valley Fire near Lake Arrowhead, Camacho said. Once there, they were immediately redeployed to the Slide Fire. (Santa Maria Times)
Boy playing with matches started huge California fire Nov 1, 2007
A man was held last week near Lake Arrowhead after being seen acting suspiciously near a fire site, while in Orange county a $285,000 (137,000) reward is being offered to anyone with information leading to arrest and conviction in connection with a fire that burned 11,500 hectares and destroyed 16 homes. Police are seeking the driver of a white pick-up truck seen in the area around the time the fire broke out. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Fires contained Nov 1, 2007
The Slide fire was reported at 8:02 a.m. Three hours earlier, firefighters were called to battle the Grass Valley fire west of Lake Arrowhead ... In comparing Big Bear to the communities on the west side of the mountain, Van Leuven said there are many densely populated areas in Big Bear similar to those in Lake Arrowhead and Running Springs. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
More of this story Nov 1, 2007
The DC-10 saved zero Malibu homes this week, as California fire officials reserved its massive 12,000 gallons for Victorville on Sunday and Lake Arrowhead on Monday. The types, sizes and levels of aircraft used throughout Southern California vary widely, from a Grumman S-2T, an air tanker that holds 1,200 gallons of fire retardant, to an Erickson S2, a helicopter holding 2,400 gallons. (Malibu Times, CA)
Residents who bucked wildfire orders describe life behind lines Oct 31, 2007
LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif ... In the blackened hills west of Lake Arrowhead, a handful of men who stayed behind to defend their property against a wildfire were getting anxious to leave their homes Tuesday inside the cordoned-off Brentwood area, where utility trucks cleared away fried power lines. (North County Times)
Officials: Boy with matches started fire Oct 31, 2007
Cheryl and Robert Ristow search through the remains of their home in Lake Arrowhead, Calif. Monday, Oct. 29, 2007. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Fire Survivors Go To Church, Give Thanks Oct 30, 2007
At Crestline, in the Lake Arrowhead region of the fire-ravaged San Bernardino Mountains, about 25 members of the Community Presbyterian Church had to piece together their own worship service because their interim pastor couldn't get a resident's card, the crucial piece of identification needed to drive past roadblocks. A sign outside the church said, "Life is Fragile Handle with Prayer.". (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
More Than 500,000 Acres Burned In Southland Fires Oct 30, 2007
"I made it very clear that if anyone uses this time when people are the most vulnerable to commit fraud, they will regret it for the rest of their life. We will find those people. We will do everything that we can. The state will do everything it can to prosecute those people and put them away.Schwarzenegger also had a message for the arsonist suspected of starting the Santiago Canyon fire in Orange County. He said, Turn yourself in.The fires were widespread across the Southland. The Canyon... (KERO 23, CA)
From Katrina To Fires Oct 30, 2007
Her house by Lake Arrowhead is in the line of fire. The flames were five stories high. (CBS News -- US)
It's time to recognize wildfire risks Oct 30, 2007
The truth is that while houses near Lake Arrowhead and in certain canyons that burned this year are marked by real isolation, most Southern California residents who move into fire-threatened hillside neighborhoods are not adventurous souls hoping to thumb their noses at convention and urban mores and carve out a life surrounded by nature. They are merely looking for spacious single-family residences that feel attractively adjacent to, rather than in the heart of, the hills and mountain ranges... (Los Angeles Times)
Cost of fire damage to crest $2 billion, institute estimates Oct 30, 2007
The Insurance Information Network of California estimates that the Southern California wildfires from the Mexican border through Lake Arrowhead to Malibu caused $1. 5 billion in insurable damage, which does not include items such as lost productivity. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Residents, Firefighters Brace For Santa Ana Winds Oct 30, 2007
In the hard-hit resort mountain communities of Lake Arrowhead and Running Springs, many wanting to return were frustrated by roadblocks outside their neighborhoods. Brian Babauta, 31, drove up Sunday from a San Bernardino hotel to try to get to his parents' house at Lake Arrowhead, but was turned away at a checkpoint. (CBS2.com, CA)
Firefighters hope to continue making gains fighting Southern California wildfires Oct 29, 2007
LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif ... Although fire continued to burn in the Lake Arrowhead region 100 miles east of Los Angeles, an evacuation order for much of the area was lifted Sunday. (North County Times)
Report: Quarter Of Those Fighting Blaze Are Prisoners Oct 29, 2007
LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif ... Of the 4,400 inmates trained to battle fires in the state, 3,091 were on the front lines Friday from Lake Arrowhead south to San Diego ... Jose Robert Rosales, 23, an inmate at the Fenner Canyon prison camp in Valyermo, was one of more than 220 inmates dressed in orange jumpsuits marked "CDC PRISONER" helping fight a wildfire near Lake Arrowhead, said Lt. William Mock, who runs the Fenner Canyon camp. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
Image Gallery Oct 29, 2007
Crews Fight Lake Arrowhead Fire: Crews respond to a wildfire in the area of Lake Arrowhead. Images. (NBC 11, CA)
The Autumn Winds: A Trilogy Of Perspectives Oct 29, 2007
Two fires that began just that day in the mountain vacation haven of Lake Arrowhead would destroy 300 more. Elsewhere across California, more than a dozen fires were now burning, incinerating 374 square miles in seven counties. (NBC4.tv, CA)
Gaining ground Oct 29, 2007
The Grass Valley fire in the Lake Arrowhead area is 75 percent contained. Hand and dozer lines are complete in the Miller Canyon drainage area. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
Wildfire Survivors Give Thanks At Church Services Oct 29, 2007
In the Lake Arrowhead region of the fire-ravaged San Bernardino Mountains, about 25 members of the Community Presbyterian Church pieced together their own worship service because their interim pastor couldn't get a resident's card. Members hugged and rejoiced over the congregation's fortune: The fire had spared all local members' homes and a woman had given birth to a healthy boy while evacuated. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Cooler Weather Aids Calif. Fire Crews Oct 29, 2007
LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif ... Blazes continued to burn in the Lake Arrowhead resort region of the towering San Bernardino Mountains, 100 miles east of Los Angeles. (Newsmax)
Crews Fight Remaining Wildfires Oct 29, 2007
(Lake Arrowhead, Calif ... Although fire continued to burn in the Lake Arrowhead region 100 miles east of Los Angeles, an evacuation order for much of the area was lifted Sunday. (Time.com)
Reconciling population growth, fire protection in wake of Calif. wildfires Oct 28, 2007
"We're on all year round," said Brett Chapman, a firefighter with the US Forest Service who worked 15-hour shifts last week in the Lake Arrowhead area east of Los Angeles. The main problem is that many in California are ruggedly obstinate about the choice they have made to live with the constant threat of fire. (Boston Globe)
Rethinking Fire Policy in the Tinderbox Zone Oct 28, 2007
Inspirational verse at a house burned in the Lake Arrowhead fire in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles ... Were on all year round, said Brett Chapman, a firefighter with the who worked 15-hour shifts this week in the Lake Arrowhead area east of Los Angeles. (New York Times)
Californians endure 7 days of wildfires Oct 28, 2007
Two fires that began just that day in the mountain vacation haven of Lake Arrowhead would destroy 300 more. Elsewhere across California, more than a dozen fires were now burning, incinerating 374 square miles in seven counties. (Anchorage Daily News)
A Journey Through The California Fire Trail Oct 28, 2007
Five thousand feet up and in the middle of the fire zone is the resort of Lake Arrowhead. Like Julian, the place was deserted. (Sky News)
Officials advise fire knowledge Oct 28, 2007
"You can have a lush landscape, but you have to know where to place the plants in the yard and what type of plants may be less flammable than others." Jones, who just returned from fighting fires at Lake Arrowhead in California, said wildfires are a bigger problem in Montgomery County than most people realize. Within the past eight years, firefighters have battled about 10,000 blazes in both open fields and forested areas. (Conroe Courier, TX)
Calif. Firestorm Image Gallery Oct 28, 2007
Crews Fight Lake Arrowhead Fire: Crews respond to a wildfire in the area of Lake Arrowhead. Images. (NBC 11, CA)
Weather improves conditions as California wildfires burn on Oct 28, 2007
THE LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif ... Active fires burned in the Lake Arrowhead resort region of the towering San Bernardino Mountains 160 kilometres east of Los Angeles, and in rugged wilderness above isolated canyon communities of Orange County, southeast of Los Angeles ... One home burned Saturday morning in Arrowbear, east of Lake Arrowhead, when a spot fire broke out. (Globe and Mail)
Gaining ground Oct 28, 2007
The Grass Valley fire in the Lake Arrowhead area is 75 percent contained. Hand and dozer lines are complete in the Miller Canyon drainage area. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
Plan cuts fuel for a Sierra fire Oct 28, 2007
Those fuels, coupled with extremely fast and hot winds in the southern part of the state, helped some fires rage out of control, especially around Lake Arrowhead where the terrain and vegetation are similar to that in the Sierra Nevada. Though the western slope of the Sierra Nevada does not experience the Santa Ana winds that drove the fires in Southern California, it does have strong winds of its own -- and an abundant supply of fuel to keep a wildfire burning. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Weather's improving, but wildfires burn on Oct 28, 2007
LAKE ARROWHEAD -- Cooler weather helped firefighters make strong gains on many of the wildfires burning across Southern California on Saturday, but officials remained guarded about what the rest of the weekend might bring ... Active fires burned in the Lake Arrowhead resort region of the San Bernardino Mountains, 100 miles east of Los Angeles, and in rugged wilderness above isolated canyon communities of Orange County, southeast of Los Angeles. (Modesto Bee, CA)
A timeline of events in the California wildfires disaster Oct 28, 2007
- 5:08 a.m. Grass Valley fire starts near Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino Mountains and destroys 113 homes. - 8:02 a.m. The Slide fire is reported in the San Bernardino Mountains near Lake Arrowhead and consumes more than 1,500 acres and 20 structures by the end of the day. (Fresno Bee -- State)
San Bernardino Officials List Destroyed Homes Oct 28, 2007
Here is an overview of the first report:Community of Lake Arrowhead: Properties deemed Total Losses (51 -100% damage): 173 propertiesProperties identified as "partial losses" (up to 50% damage): 19 properties ... This Lake Arrowhead home was one of the many casualties of the California wildfires. (CBS2.com, CA)
Fire Protection For The Rich Oct 27, 2007
(Firebreak claims to have sprayed retardant on 160 homes in Malibu, Lake Arrowhead and the hardest-hit areas of Orange and San Diego counties last week, saving at least a dozen homes. . (CBS News)
Dangerous, Polluted Air Caused by Calif. Wildfires Oct 27, 2007
Hospital staff at Mountains Community Hospital in the resort town of Lake Arrowhead helped several travelers refill their oxygen tanks "to give them a peace of mind," said Susan Lowell, the hospital's director of patient care services. The hospital also decided to open its kitchen and offer food to travelers who needed a break just like it did in 2003 when the area was besieged by the devastating Old Fire. (FOX News)
Officials advise fire knowledge Oct 27, 2007
"You can have a lush landscape, but you have to know where to place the plants in the yard and what type of plants may be less flammable than others." Jones, who just returned from fighting fires at Lake Arrowhead in California, said wildfires are a bigger problem in Montgomery County than most people realize. Within the past eight years, firefighters have battled about 10,000 blazes in both open fields and forested areas. (Conroe Courier, TX)
Real Estate Community Grapples With Wildfires Oct 27, 2007
Roughly 300 of those structures were in the Lake Arrowhead area. I know 10 people who have lost homes, and I ll know even more because it s not over yet. (Realtor Magazine Online)
From the fireline Oct 27, 2007
Reports from two Central Coast firefighters battling the Southern California blazes offered a contrast in conditions, with one helping direct the fight on the Harris Fire east of San Diego, the other doing mop-up in the wake of the Slide Fire near Lake Arrowhead. Both blazes were still raging Friday night, with populated areas being evacuated by the continued threat of the Harris Fire, while the Slide Fire burned away from populated areas toward land already charred by a wildfire a few weeks... (Santa Maria Times)
Wildfire Roundup: Fire Crews On Offensive Oct 27, 2007
Slide Fire: More than 13,300 acres in Green Valley Lake area of the San Bernardino Mountains, east of Lake Arrowhead ... Grass Valley Fire: About 1,100 acres (about 2 square miles) in Grass Valley area northwest of Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino Mountains. (NBC4.tv, CA)
Firestorm Gallery Oct 27, 2007
Crews Fight Lake Arrowhead Fire: Crews respond to a wildfire in the area of Lake Arrowhead. Images. (NBC4.tv, CA)
Burroughs gets smoked on road and at home Oct 27, 2007
The fires stretching from Lake Arrowhead down to the greater San Diego area has forced the cancellation of many games in Southern California, has started affecting the High Desert valleys. According to the Victorville Daily Press, all sporting events were canceled in that area because of the thick smoke, including in door matches. (Ridgecrest Daily Independent, CA)
One of the worst disasters in California's history, says governor Oct 27, 2007
Although weaker winds allowed firefighters to make significant inroads into several blazes on Wednesday, the two biggest fires raging in the region - near Lake Arrowhead in San Bernardino county and along the ridgelines of the Santa Ana Mountains in Orange county - were still only partially contained. "The situation is improving, with the Santa Ana winds easing," Mark Beighley, of the National Interagency Fire Centre, told CNN. "I think we'll see a lot of progress over the next few days.... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Playing with fire, now nature hits back Oct 27, 2007
Another man was being held on bail of $US750,000 after he was allegedly seen trying to start a fire near Lake Arrowhead, where 113 homes had already turned to ash. The common element to the flames that drove out the celebrity residents of the Serra Retreat estate in Malibu's Sweetwater Canyon, home to Mel Gibson and Olivia Newton John, on Sunday morning and confronted Mr Weirich and Ms Wolvelaere less than 24 hours later was the Santa Ana wind. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Inmates brought in to help fight Southern California wildfires Oct 27, 2007
Of the 4,400 inmates trained to battle fires in the state, 3,091 were on the front lines Friday from Lake Arrowhead south to San Diego ... In Lake Arrowhead, where the stubborn Slide Fire scorched has burned more than 13,700 acres and destroyed at least 200 homes, more than 220 inmate firefighters were on the lines, said Lt. William Mock, who runs Fenner Canyon, a prison inmate camp in Valyermo. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Vignettes from the firefront Oct 27, 2007
As the moon lifted above the National Orange Show fairgrounds, Garcia and hundreds of other evacuees from some of the small mountain towns near Lake Arrowhead rejoiced at the news that they could return home. Part of the line forming for breakfast in the hangar-like structure rushed out to get in a different line. (Fresno Bee -- State)
