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A beloved store owner in Lake Arrowhead was shot and killed during a dispute over a Pride flag, officials say. The shooting happened around 5 p.m. Friday at the Mag Pi clothing store on Hook Creek Road in Cedar Glen. When deputies arrived, they found 66-year-old Laura Ann Carleton with a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead on the scene. According to the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department, the suspect, who has not been identified, "made several disparaging remarks about a rainbow flag that stood outside the store before shooting Carleton." Deputies found the suspect near Torrey and Rause Rancho Roads,...

sculpture in honor of San Bernardino Sheriff’s Detective Jeremiah MacKay, who was slain by former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner, will be revealed in Lake Arrowhead Sunday, Sept. 1. A resident of Lake Arrowhead, MacKay died February 12. He left behind a wife and two young children. Part-time resident and sculptor Khachik Khachatouryan decided to create something that would honor MacKay after meeting several sheriff deputies at a party in April. ... Khachatouryan said he didn’t want to make a sculpture just about a law enforcement officer, but also of a person, father, husband and hero. ... The bronze sculpture shows...

The two fires burning in the San Bernardino mountains have burned more than 125 homes as of 3 p.m., authorities said. The Grass Valley fire west of Lake Arrowhead near Grass Valley Lake has charred 300 acres to 400 acres and destroyed an estimated 113 homes, said John Miller, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman. The Slide Fire burning near Green Valley Lake has burned 1,500 acres and destroyed 15 homes, Miller said. Both fires are moving southwest.

Wildfire Turns California Resort Into Tinderbox ReutersThursday, October 30, 2003; 1:14 AM By Gina Keating and Arthur Spiegelman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Southern California wildfires turned into an "Apocalypse Now" as a firestorm raced through the mountain resort of Lake Arrowhead destroying an estimated 250 homes in minutes and leaving officials fearing that the fiery rage would not abate on Thursday. Fire officials said the only hope they had for preventing a repeat of Wednesday's disaster on Lake Arrowhead was incoming fog that was expected to creep in from the ocean and envelop the mountains by the week's end. "The...

Current Fires Active list for California, 6:19pm 10/27/03 (Updates welcome. Freepmail me or post 'em. I need all the help maintaining this list that I can get! Please, let's not discuss theories of how the fires started, or political debates of who should or should not be there... let's keep this thread as a fire-news only thread. Thank you!) Most recent total update: 1,100 homes lost in the southland. 325,000 acres burned. 30,000 homes still threatened by the fire. The list: Hemet fire, Riverside county. As of last heard report, 6500 acres burned. May have joined with the Mountain fire...