Big Bear News - Big Bear Lake, CA - A fire in the Silverwood Lake and Hesperia Area, named the Lake Fire, began on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 4:29pm. This fire does not pose a threat to Big Bear. A shift in the winds late Sunday afternoon has resulted in smoke now visible in the Big Bear Valley. The Lake Fire has burned approximately 485 acres with 0% containment at … [Read more...] about Smoke Visible in Big Bear from the Lake Fire in Silverwood/Hesperia
Lake Fire
Be Prepared As We Enter Height of Fire Season
Big Bear, CA, October 1, 2015 - Although fire season has become year round, the height of fire season in San Bernardino County is October and November when the Santa Ana winds blow. As fires burn across California and no end in sight of a four-year drought, now is the time to prepare for wildfire and a possible evacuation. In June of this year over 31,000 acres were scorched in … [Read more...] about Be Prepared As We Enter Height of Fire Season
Bounty Offered for Drone Operators
San Bernardino County, CA, August 5, 2015 - Drone operators have been asked repeatedly not to fly their aircraft during wildfires. But at crucial moments in each of the wildfires that have broken out in San Bernardino County so far this year, fire-fighting air tankers had to be diverted away from their targets because of the presence of small airborne hobby drones. The … [Read more...] about Bounty Offered for Drone Operators