Lake Arrowhead . Town

The Arboretum just past SkyPark on Hwy 18 has its trail decorated for Halloween — worth a stop if you're heading toward Running Springs.

Crestline Elks hosts a Halloween Birthday Bash on Friday, Oct 30 — costume contest, raffle prizes, and classic rock from Jamco starting at 7:30pm, open to the public.

Big Bear Lake's haunted maze at Meadow Park runs Oct 29–30 — another Halloween option on the mountain this week.

Big Bear Lake adds another Halloween option: a trunk or treat at Meadow Park (swim beach) on Friday, Oct 30 at 5pm, plus the park district's Pirate maze.

A neighbor's question about when the Village is doing trick-or-treating — and what else is on for kids this week and weekend — drew 21 comments with local answers.

Twin Peaks gets wild this Thursday, Oct 29, 2pm–dusk: a live animal exhibit with snakes, spiders and scorpions at the Rim of the World Masonic Lodge, plus trick-or-treating ($5 per person, $10 per family).

Another Halloween option: a trunk or treat at Meadow Park's swim beach this Friday, starting at 5pm, with a Pirate maze from about 6pm.

Tonight, Friday Oct 30, Bizzyland in Crestline hosts an all-ages Halloween + Día de Muertos night, 6–11pm, $10 entry, with a $100 cash prize for the best Catrina/Catrín look (arrive before 8pm).

A first-hand review of the Wraith House off Hwy 18 gives it high marks: scare actors on point, decorations great, and a recommendation to check it out.

With storms possibly starting Saturday night, residents are discussing heading out for trick-or-treating earlier — around 4 or 5pm, before rain forecast from 7pm.

A newcomer to Lake Arrowhead asks where to take little kids trick-or-treating on the mountain, drawing replies from locals.

Final night tonight, Halloween: The Cat and the Canary at Tudor House Entertainment, doors 5:30pm, showtime 7:00pm, with El Jeffe's food truck on site.

A poster pushes back on the budget debate, arguing the April 28 LACSD draft budget — including its proposed $14.7M recycled-water production upgrade — was a draft plan, not a final commitment.

Meanwhile, posters note the LACSD board has cancelled its October meeting days before the Nov 3 election, calling the lost chance for public questions a transparency failure.

A longer letter to Arrowhead Woods owners recaps the 2022 SB 1405 fight and the 2020 state directive on PFAS in the lake, arguing ratepayers were kept in the dark until 2023.

The debate continues: a poster argues that owning property and paying LACSD bills shouldn't disqualify residents from questioning how ratepayer money is spent, and challenges Country Club president Maria Hardin-Carter and former LACSD board member Steve Keefe for attacking questioners instead of addressing the documented agreements.

A separate post urges neighbors to vote in this important election.

The LACSD election is underway, and a cross-posted endorsement urges ratepayers to vote for Ben Naraghi and Paul Burney.

A former LACSD president recounts the 2007 contract history behind the recycled-water fight: the deal required the Lake Arrowhead Country Club to take recycled water instead of lake water at a discount, and set up a mechanism for wells on club property.

A poster answers LACSD board member Eric Chappell directly, defending the Burney, Harrison and Naraghi candidacies and pressing for answers on the Supplemental Water Supply Fee, a $5M interfund loan for pension liabilities, and free recycled water for the Country Club.

A new post presses the LACSD board-spending case and urges votes for Rob Harrison, Paul Burney and Ben Naraghi, citing deferred infrastructure repairs and 65% asbestos-cement drinking-water pipes per the district general manager's report.

In the same LACSD debate, a poster ran the numbers on board member Eric Chappell's claim of 10,544 feet of water and sewer line repaired in two years at $4,128,644 — about $391.56 per foot — and argued that at one mile a year, replacing the remaining 198 miles would take 198 years.

The LACSD debate widened: a ratepayer post now calls for a full independent forensic audit of the district going back at least 20 years, citing the roughly $42 million collected through the Supplemental Water Supply Fee between 2004 and 2019 and questioning what it delivered.

On the eve of the election, a candidate for the Lake Arrowhead Community Services District Board of Directors posted a reflection on why they are running — safe drinking water, a healthy lake, responsible spending, and a district that operates openly — drawing 19 reactions and 11 comments.

On Election Day, a candidate pressed sitting board member Eric Chappell on the district's infrastructure problems — what has been proactively repaired, what was done to prevent a recurrence of the 300-gallon sewage spill, and what the board has done to assess the wastewater system — calling crumbling infrastructure a more urgent issue than funding a solar farm.

In the same debate, another post challenged Chappell directly to name the three most serious infrastructure problems facing LACSD and to spell out specific actions, costs, funding, and a realistic timeline for each.

Rob Harrison says that if the unofficial results hold, he'll represent Division 3 on the LACSD Board, thanking supporters and outgoing board member Michelle Ambrozic and pledging greater transparency and accountability.

A follow-up post declares the LACSD ratepayers 'now have a seat at the table' following the election.

Update: the owner thanked the mountain community after the grand opening and ribbon cutting, saying the day was special and the welcome has been warm.

A follow-up on the 'Surviving the Holidays' seminar: Dr. Ginger Gabriel will offer the session for those dealing with the emotional struggle of loss over the holidays.