Pinyon Pines, California

Pinyon Pines was founded by Art Nightingale in the 1930s, around the time that the Pines to Palms Highway was being constructed. A mechanic by trade, he invested in the Pinyon Flats area. He built accommodations for the workers of the highway, and also built the Sugarloaf Cafe, now since closed.^[2][3]

Pinyon Pines was the site of a 2006 triple homicide that made national attention. Residents 53-year-old Vicki Friedli and her 55-year-old boyfriend, Jon Hayward, were found shot, and Friedl's 18-year-old daughter, Becky, was found outside in a wheelbarrow, burned so badly investigators were unable to determine cause of death. Two men were indicted in March 2014, but the charges were later dismissed.^[4] The two men have since been arrested again. On August 10, 2018, a jury found Robert Pape, 30, and Cristin Smith, 29, guilty and sentenced both to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pinyon Pines

33°35′22″N 116°27′10″W / 33.58944°N 116.45278°W / 33.58944; -116.45278

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