Wrightwood News

It's a dream-come-true for businesses at Big Bear and Wrightwood. Good snow for the long, holiday weekend means a strong start to their season, and while it wasn't looking all that good for the first half of the 4-day holiday, it completely turned around on Saturday.

Snow was affecting the stretch of Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles known as the Grapevine, but the fluffy stuff was not sticking to the roadway.

The new faces coming to the sheriff's Adelanto station aren't new to law enforcement.

The town of Apple Valley's second annual Winter Wonderland event will be held from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Dec.

This Oct. 4, 2009 file photo shows Daniel Fawcett of the U.S. Forest Service setting a back-fire to combat a wildfire in Wrightwood, Calif.

The High Desert Tri Community Art Association will host the annual Wrightwood Shop-at-Home arts and crafts sale from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov.

WRIGHTWOOD A taskforce created to resolve winter traffic problems in the mountain community has proposed several strategies to curb congestion problems during the snowy season.

Cold weather brought great snowmaking conditions to Mountain High. Photo: Courtsey Mountain High Mountain High resort in Wrightwood, California, is kicking off the 2009/10 winter season at 9am tomorrow, October 29, 2009.

From the sound of hoof beats as a ghost cowboy rides through Wrightwood to paranormal encounters at the High Desert Center for the Arts, the High Desert has its share of spooky legends and lore.

Storms that hit the Sheep Fire burn area this winter could cause flooding that would force the closure of roads and a segment of a national hiking trail and prompt the U.S. Forest Service to curtail off-roading in the area.

Armstrong outsprints some wrestlers in the 2009 edition. Photo: Casey B.Gibson The 2010 Amgen Tour of California will venture high up into the Sierra Nevada Mountains, dispense with the traditional prologue, include a time trial in Los Angeles and feature the first mountaintop finish in the race's history at Big Bear.

Skiers and snowboarders lined up at chairlifts, sipped hot chocolate and rode down runs Friday on opening day at Mammoth Mountain.

Ontario Host Lions Club sponsored its ninth annual pasta dinner fundraiser recently collecting a record amount of donations.

Marshall and Lily hope that Robin and Barney will be their new double-date friends, but they are a little too enthusiastic, prompting Robin and Barney to break up with them.

The next great menace to the Hill and its environment is the Goldenspotted Oak Borer.

WRIGHTWOOD Some fire crews have started to head home after spending several days on the front lines of the Sheep Fire, which originated in Lytle Creek.

Firefighters contain the blaze burning near the mountain community of Wrightwood.

A wildfire that blackened more than 11 square miles of brush and timber and destroyed at least five structures is now under control.

Regina Ray lifted her eyes to the chattering overhead. "I love the sound of helicopters!" she yelled.

WRIGHTWOOD As crews battled a wildfire that burned up to the edge of town, staff at Mountain High have started blanketing the mountain in snow.