In addition to the ongoing Big Bear bridge project at the dam and the roadwork on Highway 38, at the base of the mountain and into Mentone, CalTrans has additional highway projects scheduled for next week. On Monday through Wednesday, August 3-5, just one lane will be open on Highway 38, between Two Lakes Road and Heart Bar above Angelus Oaks, to accommodate an asphalt project. … [Read more...] about Road Work Ahead: Additional Flagging on Highways 38 and 18 Next Week, Thursday Closure of Highway 330
Five-Year-Old Big Bear Lake Boy Killed in Hit-and-Run Collision After Family Outing to the Lake; Sheriff’s Investigators Seeking Information on SUV
A walk home from the lake yesterday evening turned deadly for the 5-year-old son of the Bhandari family of Big Bear Lake, due to a hit-and-run collision on Lakeview Drive. Per the press release issued by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department: “The three victims, a mother and her two children, were crossing Lakeview Drive at the intersection of Bartlett Road, near Pine … [Read more...] about Five-Year-Old Big Bear Lake Boy Killed in Hit-and-Run Collision After Family Outing to the Lake; Sheriff’s Investigators Seeking Information on SUV
Community Invited to National Night Out Event on August 4
The annual community event hosted by the Big Bear Sheriff’s Station, National Night Out, returns on Tuesday, August 4 and will once again be held at the Big Bear Convention Center, on Big Bear Boulevard at Division. The National Night Out program is designed to strengthen neighborhood spirit and foster relationships between the community and law enforcement, while sending the … [Read more...] about Community Invited to National Night Out Event on August 4
Blasting for Big Bear Bridge Project to Take Place on Friday
CalTrans has just alerted us that blasting will be taking place for the Big Bear bridge project tomorrow, July 31. Two blasting times are scheduled for Friday: 9am to 11am and again from 1 to 3pm. Signage will be posted in advance, and motorists can expect additional delays in the vicinity of the dam on Highway 18. Ongoing, midweek flagging, to accommodate this project, takes … [Read more...] about Blasting for Big Bear Bridge Project to Take Place on Friday
England’s Royal Air Force Training to Include Stops in Big Bear Through November
If you have seen a giant green helicopter flying over Big Bear Lake this week, that craft is a Merlin, one of 30 in England’s Royal Air Force. The crew of the Merlin has spent the last five years in Iraq and, this month, is stationed in El Centro, California for flight training in preparation of a tour in Afghanistan at year’s end. As FL Lieutenant Sam Fletcher tells KBHR, “It … [Read more...] about England’s Royal Air Force Training to Include Stops in Big Bear Through November