One of the four Oakland Police Department officers who was shot and killed in the line of duty on Saturday, March 21 was a Big Bear High School graduate. Thirty-five-year-old Daniel Sakai, son of Tom and Mikki Sakai of Big Bear City, was fatally shot during a standoff in an Oakland apartment on Saturday afternoon, which stemmed from a routine traffic stop two hours earlier in … [Read more...] about BBHS Graduate Daniel Sakai Is One of Four Oakland Police Officers Killed in the Line of Duty on March 21
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ACLU Presentations to Big Bear High School Students on the First Amendment Have Been Postponed
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Bear Valley Unified School District have an agreement, prompted by an incident on November 3 (the day before Election Day) in which a student wore a t-shirt that read “Prop 8 Equals Hate”; a shirt that was deemed inappropriate by Big Bear High School staff. Since that time, BVUSD Superintendent Carole Ferraud issued an apology to the … [Read more...] about ACLU Presentations to Big Bear High School Students on the First Amendment Have Been Postponed
Bears Football Players Kelsey, LaBate, Sharp and Soules Take to the Field in Saturday’s High Desert All-Star Football Game
Four members of the Big Bear High School football team will have one more opportunity to play on behalf of the Bears, as Willy Kelsey, Brandon LaBate, Brennen Sharp and Josh Soules will take to the field in the 2nd annual High Desert All-Star football game. The Saturday, March 14 game takes place at Apple Valley High School’s Newton T. Bass Stadium at 7pm. Ticket prices range … [Read more...] about Bears Football Players Kelsey, LaBate, Sharp and Soules Take to the Field in Saturday’s High Desert All-Star Football Game
BVUSD’s Board of Trustees Agrees Upon $130,000 in Budget Cuts for 2009/2010 School Year
Though negotiations with the school district’s certificated and classified staff unions continue, the Board of Trustees of the Bear Valley Unified School District still moved forward with budget cuts this week, as roughly $130,000 in expenditures will need to be eliminated from the district’s $23.5 million budget for school year 2009-2010. A number of suggestions had been … [Read more...] about BVUSD’s Board of Trustees Agrees Upon $130,000 in Budget Cuts for 2009/2010 School Year
Bears’ Wrestler Dalton Baca Advances to Masters
Big Bear High School’s Dalton Baca, a senior on the Bears varisty wrestling team, placed 5th at the CIF Northern Section Individual Finals in Oxnard last weekend, and will now represent BBHS at the Masters Competition in Temecula this weekend. Baca is the first Bears wrestler in nine years to qualify for the Masters. … [Read more...] about Bears’ Wrestler Dalton Baca Advances to Masters