The City of Big Bear Lake is furthering efforts to be a leader in green initiatives and environmental responsibility and, in moving beyond an ad-hoc committee (made up of City Council’s Rick Herrick and Bill Jahn), the City’s Director of Community Relations Cheri Haggerty says, “We’ve coined this the LiveGreen program.” As outlined before Council on November 9, Haggerty noted, … [Read more...] about LiveGreen: Big Bear Lake Continues Green Initiative Movement
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Local Veterans Come Together for Big Bear Lake’s Annual Veterans Day Ceremony at Veterans Park
This morning’s Veterans Day ceremony at Veterans Park, hosted by the American Legion Post 584 and the City of Big Bear Lake, featured keynote speaker Jerry Kinney, who served as a colonel with the U.S. Marine Corps on tours of duty that included Vietnam. Following the presentation of colors by the U.S. Marine Corps Detachment 1038, Kinney asked those in attendance to join him … [Read more...] about Local Veterans Come Together for Big Bear Lake’s Annual Veterans Day Ceremony at Veterans Park
Veterans Day Ceremony at Veterans Park on 11/11; Marine Corps Detachment Honors USMC’s 234th Birthday on Saturday
Tomorrow, November 11, is Veterans Day, a legal holiday since 1938 recognizing the end of World War I, given the German signing of the Armistice, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918; in fact, Veterans Day was first recognized as Armistice Day, since being commemorated as such by President Woodrow Wilson in 1919. Locally, Big Bear’s American … [Read more...] about Veterans Day Ceremony at Veterans Park on 11/11; Marine Corps Detachment Honors USMC’s 234th Birthday on Saturday
San Bernardino County Seniors Advised to Be Wary of Fraudulent Phone Solicitations
Per a press release issued by the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health today, some elderly residents in San Bernardino County have received fraudulent telephone calls from people stating they were representing the County Department of Public Health. The callers asked for personal information, such as Social Security numbers and bank records. Per the department’s … [Read more...] about San Bernardino County Seniors Advised to Be Wary of Fraudulent Phone Solicitations
Family Seeking Information on 14-Year-Old Shadi Breanna Castro, Last Seen on Tuesday (Update: She’s Home!)
The family of Shadi Breanna Castro has filed a Runaway Juvenile Report with the Big Bear Sheriff’s Station, as the 14-year-old eighth grader has been missing from her Sugarloaf home since Tuesday afternoon, November 3. According to her mother, Linda Hernandez-Luna, Castro attended school at Chautauqua High School in Sugarloaf yesterday and, upon returning home, called father … [Read more...] about Family Seeking Information on 14-Year-Old Shadi Breanna Castro, Last Seen on Tuesday (Update: She’s Home!)