This Saturday, June 13 marks the fourth annual Big Bear Valley Friends of the NRA fundraising banquet. Tickets to the 6pm event at the Big Bear Convention Center are $35 each; the evening will include dinner, games, a live and silent auction, raffles and prize drawings for limited edition firearms, outdoor gear, artwork and other National Rifle Association collectibles. As the … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Friends of NRA Banquet to Benefit Youth Firearm Safety and Women’s Programs
Fire/Safety
Appointments to Third District County Commissions Being Made by Supervisor Derry; Registered Voters Can Apply for Vacancies
Since assuming the office of Third District County Supervisor in December, Neil Derry has been busy with, among other things, filling vacancies on Third District Boards and Commissions. In May, Fawnskin resident Tom Brandau was appointed as the fifth member of the Big Bear Area Regional Wastewater Agency’s Governing Board, and Sugarloaf resident Bob Ybarra received an … [Read more...] about Appointments to Third District County Commissions Being Made by Supervisor Derry; Registered Voters Can Apply for Vacancies
Arsonist Raymond Oyler, Responsible for Esperanza Fire, Receives Death Sentence; Five Firefighters from Engine 57 Lost Their Lives in 2006 Blaze
On October 26, 2006, five U.S. Forest Service firefighters from the San Jacinto Ranger District lost their lives in battling the Esperanza Fire when their apparatus, Engine 57, was overrun by flames. The individual responsible for setting the fire, Raymond Oyler, who had earlier been convicted of five counts of first-degree murder, was today (June 5) given the death sentence by … [Read more...] about Arsonist Raymond Oyler, Responsible for Esperanza Fire, Receives Death Sentence; Five Firefighters from Engine 57 Lost Their Lives in 2006 Blaze
Firefighting Crews Battling 24 Fires on the San Bernardino National Forest; Monitoring Continues Today, Though (Still) No Fires in Big Bear
There are now 24 fires burning on the San Bernardino National Forest, however most of these are single tree fires, and most of them sparked by lightning this week. Additional fires were spotted this morning in the San Gorgonio wilderness area, bringing the current number of fires on the forest to 24—though none of these fires are burning in the Big Bear Valley. Of the blazes … [Read more...] about Firefighting Crews Battling 24 Fires on the San Bernardino National Forest; Monitoring Continues Today, Though (Still) No Fires in Big Bear
Forest Service Crews Continue Battling Peak Fire, Surveying for Additional Lightning-Sparked Fires; No Fires in Big Bear Valley and All Roads Are Open
Firefighting crews made good progress on a number of fires that, yesterday, were sparked by lightning; none of these fires, however, were in our immediate area. In a conversation with John Miller, public information officer for the San Bernardino National Forest this morning, he tells KBHR, “Of the 22 fires we had yesterday, we had some that the weather would not allow us to … [Read more...] about Forest Service Crews Continue Battling Peak Fire, Surveying for Additional Lightning-Sparked Fires; No Fires in Big Bear Valley and All Roads Are Open