Big Bear Valley, CA -- Friday’s Winter Storm Warning did result in fresh snowfall here in the Big Bear Valley, with a powdered sugar-like dusting of snow to wake to both Saturday and Sunday mornings, and a few inches since yesterday (February 21) making for snow totals of around 104 inches for the season (average snowfall for an entire season tends to be 62 inches). The new … [Read more...] about Weekend Snowfall Prompts Chain Requirements for Mountain Highways, and Schedule Changes
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Good Men Being Sought–for New Mentoring Program to Benefit Local Boys
Lutheran Social Services is looking for a few good men—or, more than a few—to participate in a new, local program designed to benefit fatherless boys in the Big Bear Valley. The United Way-funded program, billed as Boys 2 Men, serves to benefit young men by offering them mentors by pairing fatherless boys ages nine to 12 with men who can serve as positive role models. As … [Read more...] about Good Men Being Sought–for New Mentoring Program to Benefit Local Boys
U.S. Small Business Administration Establishes Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Big Bear Lake
Financial assistance is available to those who suffered losses during our recent storms, be it flood-type damage or economic injury. The U.S. Small Business Administration, a federal agency, has a temporary office set up in Big Bear Lake, to assist residents, non-profits and business owners in securing loans, with below-market interest rates available (specifically, as low as … [Read more...] about U.S. Small Business Administration Establishes Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Big Bear Lake
Community Notes: Info on Youth Baseball, Food Distribution, Ted Fashempour and Erv Nichols
We have some community notes to relay: Parents, just a reminder that today (February 18), like every Thursday, is a minimum day for students at Big Bear Middle School and all three elementaries within the Bear Valley Unified School District. Big Bear Youth Baseball sign-ups are underway for the spring season, which will get started with tryouts at North Shore Elementary on … [Read more...] about Community Notes: Info on Youth Baseball, Food Distribution, Ted Fashempour and Erv Nichols
Soroptimists Working to Stop Teen Violence; Man About Town Candidates Gabriel Rojas, David Leach and Eric Schwartz to Hold Fundraisers
Big Bear Lake, CA -- Soroptimists International of Big Bear Valley yesterday announced their three candidates for the annual Man About Town campaign, one of whom will join a distinguished list of fundraisers that includes Dr. Bob Leiske (the first Man About Town in 1994), as well as Steve Hirschler, Pat Sevedge, Vic Oberneder, Loren Hafen, Jayme Nordine, Jim Bollingmo, Rick … [Read more...] about Soroptimists Working to Stop Teen Violence; Man About Town Candidates Gabriel Rojas, David Leach and Eric Schwartz to Hold Fundraisers