This week’s Big Bear Lake City Council agenda included a first reading of an ordinance to modify fees—not rates--for the Department of Water and Power, including capacity and meter hookup charges for new customers, as well as the updating of four of 13 administrative fees (which only account for about 1% of the utility’s total revenue). In a presentation before Council on … [Read more...] about City Council Addresses Proposed DWP Fees, Sewer Project Contract and Parking Tickets–But Doesn’t Vote (Yet)
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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
Federal ARRA Funds Proposed for Sugarloaf Snow Plowing
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors meet for their first regular meeting of the year tomorrow morning [January 12], during which time they are agendized to approve an expenditure up to $80,000 for snow removal operations for four County Service areas, including Area 70, which will incorporate about 2.3 miles of roads in the Sugarloaf area, specifically on and … [Read more...] about Federal ARRA Funds Proposed for Sugarloaf Snow Plowing
Wednesday’s East Valley Road Closures to Allow for Safe Transport of Building
California Highway Patrol officers had closed off a portion of Maple Lane in Sugarloaf in the 10am hour today [January 6], however this was only to allow for the safe transport of a modular structure. Bear Valley Unified School District bequeathed one of their now obsolete portable classrooms to the Big Bear City Fire Department, for use at the Paradise Training Facility used … [Read more...] about Wednesday’s East Valley Road Closures to Allow for Safe Transport of Building
Parents: Local CHP Office Offers Free Child Restraint Fitting Station Every Tuesday
Starting today, and every Tuesday, the mountain-area headquarters of the California Highway Patrol will be offering a Child Restraint Fitting Station. The purpose of the carseat fitting station is not enforcement, but child safety, as CHP officers will be on hand to educate parents and caregivers on the proper use of child restraints. During the process, a child passenger … [Read more...] about Parents: Local CHP Office Offers Free Child Restraint Fitting Station Every Tuesday