Get Christmas crafty with homemade ornaments

Handmade gifts, trinkets and treats help make the holiday season special. Although cook­ies and other baked goods are some of the most popular home­made...

Take a walk through the garden

More than just a nursery, Alpine Garden and Gifts offers vintage gifts, classes, home decorat­ing and floral designs on nearly an acre of land....

Baby boutique swaddled in hope

Julia Velasco laughed wryly and said the funny thing about launching Cradled Boutique is this was actually her third at­tempt to open a shop...

Power alternative generates need to plan

It took almost 20 days to completely extinguish the Sep­tember Valley Fire that burned 16,390 acres, plenty of time for East County residents to...

Alpine adjusted for 40 years of growth

Representatives from San Diego County Planning and Development Services hosted a Tuesday online meeting that was open to the community to explain how far...

Alpine Community Center delivers Thanksgiving meals in challenging times

The Alpine Community Cen­ter will once again be delivering Thanksgiving dinners to seniors and families in need this year. Director of Operations Shane Greer said...

Kiwanis donates check for ‘miracles’ from a distance

“Well,” Kiwanian Ray Sopfe said with a sigh, “our Miracle Mile of Quarters fundraiser usually happens in May but we just couldn’t do it...

Flower sellers hopeful despite few fundraisers

The Alpine Soroptimists are now taking poinsettia pre-orders at Alpine Postal Annex and through the Soroptimist Interna­tional of Alpine FaceBook page for their annual...

Pandemic won’t stop Operation Christmas Child

Volunteers with Operation Christmas Child will be col­lecting donations from Nov. 16 to 23 this year with a curb­side-dropoff system in place so donors...

New store offers a weigh in for Alpine shoppers wanting to...

There is a new healthy food option in Alpine with the recent opening of Mel’s Naturals at the Alpine Creek Shopping Center. Owner Melanie “Mel”...