For water customers of the Department of Water and Power, there will be additional water use restrictions over the Memorial Day weekend, so you may want to plan to do your outdoor watering in the meantime. On Saturday and Sunday of the Memorial Day weekend, DWP customers serviced in Big Bear Lake, Sugarloaf, Fawnskin and Lake Williams are asked to refrain from watering, in … [Read more...] about No Outdoor Watering for DWP Customers This Weekend; Conservation Measures in Place for Summer Season
Fire/Safety
County Supervisors to Vote on Social Host Ordinance, Drafted by Local Mountain Agencies
San Bernardino, CA -- The efforts of Big Bear's Breakthrough Task Force will go before the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors in their meeting on Tuesday morning, as Supervisors will vote on the implementation of a Social Host Ordinance. As created by the Task Force and supporting agencies, including the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, the ordinance would … [Read more...] about County Supervisors to Vote on Social Host Ordinance, Drafted by Local Mountain Agencies
U.S. Forest Service Re-opens 3N14, Closed Since the Butler #2 Fire of 2007
Big Bear Valley, CA -- U.S. Forest Service Road 3N14, located just north of Fawnskin, reopened to the public today, per an announcement from Mountaintop District Ranger Scott Tangenberg. The popular forest road, which links Big Bear Lake’s North Shore to Big Pine Flats and Holcomb Valley, had been closed since October 2007, after the Butler and Butler #2 Fires. Though 3N14 is … [Read more...] about U.S. Forest Service Re-opens 3N14, Closed Since the Butler #2 Fire of 2007
County Supervisor Derry to Deliver Keynote Address on Community Forum on Teen Drinking
Big Bear Valley, CA -- Third District County Supervisor Neil Derry will be contributing to the efforts of Big Bear Recovery Service’s Breakthrough Task Force, the local group which has partnered with the Rim Youth Prevention Leadership Coalition to establish a Social Host Ordinance within the County and, specifically, our mountain communities. The Breakthrough Task Force is … [Read more...] about County Supervisor Derry to Deliver Keynote Address on Community Forum on Teen Drinking
L.A. Man in Wednesday’s Canoeing Incident on Cedar Lake Dies in Loma Linda Hospital
Big Bear Lake, CA -- Yesterday afternoon’s police activity, including helicopters, over Cedar Lake Camp in western Big Bear Lake was prompted by a canoe that had capsized at about 1:30pm. Two men had been in the vessel and one, 29-year-old Lashun Curtis Robertson of Los Angeles, at the camp for a retreat with a group from Los Angeles Mission, sank about 15 feet under the water, … [Read more...] about L.A. Man in Wednesday’s Canoeing Incident on Cedar Lake Dies in Loma Linda Hospital