Given recent moderate weather across Southern California, the San Bernardino National Forest has reduced fire restrictions on the forest, effective today (October 23). Under the reduced fire restrictions, wood and charcoal fires will once again be allowed in agency-provided campfire rings at designated campgrounds and picnic areas. Still, adds Forest Supervisor Jeanne Wade … [Read more...] about Fire Restrictions on San Bernardino National Forest Reduced, Effective Friday
Fire/Safety
Fire Chief Willis to Address Defensible Space in Saturday Meeting of Sugarloaf Property Owners Association
Big Bear City Fire Department Chief Jeff Willis will speak on defensible space, and other fire-related issues, during tomorrow’s meeting of the Sugarloaf Property Owners Association. The monthly meeting, which is open to all Valley residents, takes place at the Sugarloaf Fire Station, at the corner of Maple and Baldwin Lanes, at 10am on the 24th. Following Chief Willis’s … [Read more...] about Fire Chief Willis to Address Defensible Space in Saturday Meeting of Sugarloaf Property Owners Association
San Bernardino Man Charged With Murder and Arson for the Old Fire of October 2003
It was just about six years ago, on October 25, 2003, that the Old Fire broke out at Old Waterman Canyon Road and Highway 18, ultimately resulting in the evacuation of 30 communities, including the Big Bear Valley, and the burning of 91,000 acres, damage to nearly 1,000 homes and six deaths from heart attacks, five of those said to be directly related to the stress of the fire. … [Read more...] about San Bernardino Man Charged With Murder and Arson for the Old Fire of October 2003
Feel That? Earthquake of 3.2 Magnitude Near Mt. San Gorgonio at 6:17am This Morning
We’ve had a few earthquakes in our area in the last 24 hours, the most notable of which is a 3.2 magnitude tremor, which was centered fives miles west of Mt. San Gorgonio, nine miles south of Big Bear Lake at 6:17am this morning (October 21). This 3.2 magnitude tremor, per the U.S. Geological Survey, registered a depth of over six miles. Just before noon yesterday, October 20, … [Read more...] about Feel That? Earthquake of 3.2 Magnitude Near Mt. San Gorgonio at 6:17am This Morning
Three County Firefighters Honored at California’s Fallen Firefighter Memorial Over Weekend
Over the weekend, 82 firefighters were added to the California Fire Foundation’s Fallen Firefighter Memorial, which now recognizes over 1000 firefighters from throughout California who have lost their lives in the line of duty, either from injury sustained while on duty or from disease attributed to the job. Of the 82 recognized in Sacramento on October 17, three firefighters … [Read more...] about Three County Firefighters Honored at California’s Fallen Firefighter Memorial Over Weekend