From the March 13, 2026 Edition
On the morning of her sixteenth birthday, Claudia decided to stop smiling so much. She wanted people to take her more seriously. If she felt the urge to smile, she would suck it up and …
From the August 1, 2025 Edition
Back in 2004, I had my shop on Lake View Terrace. It was on a boarding ranch with about a hundred horses. A friend asked me to give her rider lawnmower a good “once over,” …
From the August 1, 2025 Edition
By Hugo Maldonado Garcia
On July 26, The Frazier Park Public Library said goodbye to its 2025 Summer Reading Challenge with a free finale event for the community. The local library hosted magician and entertainer …
From the January 31, 2025 Edition
By D.V. Barrett, Lake of the Woods
News that the sun was worshipped by our ancestors thousands of years ago brings incredulity to the minds of modern men. After all, to them the sun …
From the January 17, 2025 Edition
Like most Americans, I could only sit and watch on television news broadcasts the horror and devastation of the L.A. fires. As a resident of the Los Angeles area for over 40 years, I am …
From the December 6, 2024 Edition
By Izumi Tanaka, NAR Green Realtor, LEED Green Associate, LFA
Edited by Patric Hedlund
Did you know that right now there are more than 300 financial incentive programs in California designed to help homeowners upgrade …
From the November 29, 2024 Edition
I was moved and inspired to read about the Pastor Collaborative. All that was missing from the article was notice of when the next Collaborative would occur. Maybe that hasn’t been determined yet! Great idea …
From the November 22, 2024 Edition
My family and I have lived in Pinon Pines for more than 10 years. On numerous occasions, my wife and I have come really close to getting into car accidents in our neighborhood because some …
From the November 22, 2024 Edition
Bonnie Kane, Frazier Park
Once again the Ridge Route Communities Museum is planning to decorate the museum grounds for our annual “Holiday Lights,” the biggest lighting event in our mountains. The all-volunteer staff at the …
From the November 22, 2024 Edition
By Dawn Jenkins, Pinon Pines
Many of us moved to these Mountain Communities to partake in the vast natural wonders that surround us here. When a friend told me that she watches SpaceX rockets rise …