A Big Bear Emergency Shelter is scheduled to open at Big Bear Middle School in Big Bear Lake today and, per Big Bear Lake City Manager Jeff Mathieu, the plan is to have the shelter open before dark. “We will have basic services and refreshments,” he tells KBHR, “and the shelter will be staffed by volunteers and Red Cross personnel, and under the guidance of the California … [Read more...] about StormWatch in the Big Bear Valley: Road Closures, Emergency Shelter, and Relocation for Angelus Oaks Neighbors
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Crestline Resident Paul Rado Found Deceased in Overturned Truck Off Highway 189
Yesterday afternoon, January 19, just before 1:30pm, the California Highway Patrol was notified of a vehicle over the side of the road, on State Route 189, just a half mile east of North Bay Road in Lake Arrowhead. The circumstances surrounding the incident are unknown, though officers arrived on scene to find a red 2003 Ford pickup truck overturned down the mountainside, per a … [Read more...] about Crestline Resident Paul Rado Found Deceased in Overturned Truck Off Highway 189
Missing: Sheriff’s Department Seeking Information on Whereabouts of Mike Markos of Big Bear City (Update: Found!)
As of this afternoon [January 14], the Big Bear Sheriff's Station is seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing person within the Big Bear Valley. Per the just-issued [at 1:30pm] press release: “The subject is Mike Markos, a 49-year-old resident of Big Bear City. Markos is 5’10” tall, weighs 165 lbs., with grey hair and blue eyes. Markos left the area of Elysian … [Read more...] about Missing: Sheriff’s Department Seeking Information on Whereabouts of Mike Markos of Big Bear City (Update: Found!)
Sheriff’s Coroner Division Investigating Two Unrelated Highway 18 Deaths Over the Holiday Period
Over the holiday period, there were two incidents, unrelated, in which vehicles were found on or near Highway 18, and the drivers were found deceased. On Tuesday, December 29, a county snowplow operator located a Jeep Liberty about 200 feet over the hillside, off the Old Waterman Canyon portion of Highway 18, west of the Crestline Cutoff. The driver, 53-year-old David Bokor of … [Read more...] about Sheriff’s Coroner Division Investigating Two Unrelated Highway 18 Deaths Over the Holiday Period
Have You Seen This Snowboarder? Sheriff’s Department Seeking Info on January 2 Hit-and-Run on the Slopes
The Big Bear Sheriff’s Station is trying to locate a white male snowboarder in his 20s, involved in a hit-and-run incident on the slopes this past Saturday. Per the press release issued today: “On January 2 at approximately 1pm, a nine-year-old female victim was struck and injured by an unknown white male snowboarder while on the slopes at Bear Mountain Ski Resort. The male … [Read more...] about Have You Seen This Snowboarder? Sheriff’s Department Seeking Info on January 2 Hit-and-Run on the Slopes