Big Bear Valley, CA -- Today being April 21st, we are into our second month of spring and yet the winter weather continues in the Big Bear Valley. Overnight snow totals are at least an inch (and counting!) bringing our seasonal snow totals to, now, officially over 10 feet since our first snowstorm on Friday the 13th of November. The snow has prompted chain requirements on most … [Read more...] about More Snow for Spring! Big Bear Valley Snow Totals Now Top 10 Feet; Chain Requirements on Mountain Roads
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Team Jordan Romero Calls from Chinese Base Camp En Route to 29,029′ Peak of Mt. Everest
The amazing adventures of Team Jordan Romero continue, as the trio of 13-year-old Jordan Romero, his dad Paul Romero and Karen Lundgren are making progress in their trek to summit Mt. Everest, the tallest peak in the world at 29,029’. Though receipt of satellite phone transmissions from half-way across the world can be technically challenged, we did hear from Jordan last night, … [Read more...] about Team Jordan Romero Calls from Chinese Base Camp En Route to 29,029′ Peak of Mt. Everest
CalTrans Expects Mid-May Re-Opening of Highway 330
Progress continues on Highway 330, which has been closed since mid-March due to storm-prompted damages to the roadway and the culvert beneath it. The new culvert of galvanized steel was installed last week, and backfill began on Friday. The backfill portion of the project, to fill in some 80' over the pipe for the roadway, should be completed within two weeks, per CalTrans … [Read more...] about CalTrans Expects Mid-May Re-Opening of Highway 330
Over 400 Participate in Sixth Annual Walk MS–and Raise $45,000 for Multiple Sclerosis Research
Big Bear Lake, CA -- Event organizers say that the Big Bear Walk MS event was a community effort at its best! As Jennifer Gaylord with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society tells KBHR, “Everyone rallied around the movement to end Multiple Sclerosis. North Shore Elementary hosted the start and finish festivities, Kiwanis manned a rest stop, the Lions were first on site to make … [Read more...] about Over 400 Participate in Sixth Annual Walk MS–and Raise $45,000 for Multiple Sclerosis Research
Big Bear City Community Services District to Appoint Fifth Director on May 3; Applicants Have Until April 26 to Submit Resumé
Big Bear City, CA -- Given the April 5 resignation of Big Bear City Community Services District Director Barbara Beck, at last night’s meeting, the remaining Board of Directors—President Marge McDonald, Vice President John Day, Jeff Newsome and Rick Ollila—addressed how they would fill the elected position, which extends through November 2012. As Beck had only served just over … [Read more...] about Big Bear City Community Services District to Appoint Fifth Director on May 3; Applicants Have Until April 26 to Submit Resumé