The Event Resource Office of Big Bear Valley, overseen by Rick Bates, will be allocated $20,000 from the County’s Board Elective Projects budget, given a unanimous vote by San Bernardino County Supervisors in their meeting yesterday (August 4). The Event Resource Office, which coordinates logistics for Valley-wide events (including this weekend’s Fun Run and Friday Night in the … [Read more...] about County Supervisors Approve Funding for Event Resource Office, and Permit Extension for USGS’s Earthquake Hazards Team
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Sheriff’s Explorers Take Second in Regional Competition, Participate in National Night Out; Free Car Seats Still Available to Low-Income Families
The Big Bear Sheriff’s Station’s Sheriff’s Explorers program, which is available to students ages 14 to 20, introduces youth to careers in law enforcement. In addition to ride-alongs with Sheriff’s deputies and attendance at a two-week training academy, Sheriff’s Explorers participate in mock police calls alongside explorer teams from different communities. This past weekend, … [Read more...] about Sheriff’s Explorers Take Second in Regional Competition, Participate in National Night Out; Free Car Seats Still Available to Low-Income Families
San Bernardino County Supervisors to Consider Funding For Event Resource Office, Permit Extension for USGS
San Bernardino County Supervisors (including Supervisor Neil Derry who was in Big Bear for this weekend’s Old Miners’ Days parade) will consider an allocation to help fund the Event Resource Office of Big Bear Valley when they convene for their 10am meeting today. Since being established in 2002, the Event Resource Office has been contingent on collaborative funding provided … [Read more...] about San Bernardino County Supervisors to Consider Funding For Event Resource Office, Permit Extension for USGS
No Cause for Alarm: Emergency Vehicles in Moonridge for Training Today
Residents in the Moonridge area may have seen a number of firetrucks and paramedics in their area today, though no cause for alarm. The Big Bear City Fire Department is doing training exercises in the upper Moonridge area today. And, just a note for upper Moonridge residents, today is the day that chipping materials should be placed curbside for neighborhood chipping, though … [Read more...] about No Cause for Alarm: Emergency Vehicles in Moonridge for Training Today
Old Miners’ Days Parade Is Still Kickin’; Historical Society and Cowboy Gathering Take Top Honors for Floats
This year’s Old Miners’ Days Parade, in celebration of 60 years of Old Miners’ festivities, included 140 or so entries that marched, rolled and trotted down Big Bear Boulevard and, for the first time in five years, the Village L as well. Given the theme “60 Years ’n’ Still Kickin’,” the 14 local floats played with the kickin’ theme, though the Big Bear Cowboy Gathering took top … [Read more...] about Old Miners’ Days Parade Is Still Kickin’; Historical Society and Cowboy Gathering Take Top Honors for Floats