This year’s Old Miners’ Days Parade, in celebration of 60 years of Old Miners’ festivities, included 140 or so entries that marched, rolled and trotted down Big Bear Boulevard and, for the first time in five years, the Village L as well. Given the theme “60 Years ’n’ Still Kickin’,” the 14 local floats played with the kickin’ theme, though the Big Bear Cowboy Gathering took top … [Read more...] about Old Miners’ Days Parade Is Still Kickin’; Historical Society and Cowboy Gathering Take Top Honors for Floats
Roads/Travel
Five-Year-Old Kushan Bhandari Would Have Started Kindergarten Tomorrow; Family Asks for Assistance in Locating Driver in Hit-and-Run Collision
The Himalayan Restaurant in the Village became a memorial site over the weekend, as the community has left flowers and notes in support of the Bhandari family, who lost their five-year-old son following a hit-and-run collision on Thursday evening. The incident took place in the 8pm hour on July 30, when 32-year-old Sujana Bhandari and her two sons, 11-year-old Kushal and … [Read more...] about Five-Year-Old Kushan Bhandari Would Have Started Kindergarten Tomorrow; Family Asks for Assistance in Locating Driver in Hit-and-Run Collision
Road Work Ahead: Additional Flagging on Highways 38 and 18 Next Week, Thursday Closure of Highway 330
In addition to the ongoing Big Bear bridge project at the dam and the roadwork on Highway 38, at the base of the mountain and into Mentone, CalTrans has additional highway projects scheduled for next week. On Monday through Wednesday, August 3-5, just one lane will be open on Highway 38, between Two Lakes Road and Heart Bar above Angelus Oaks, to accommodate an asphalt project. … [Read more...] about Road Work Ahead: Additional Flagging on Highways 38 and 18 Next Week, Thursday Closure of Highway 330
Five-Year-Old Big Bear Lake Boy Killed in Hit-and-Run Collision After Family Outing to the Lake; Sheriff’s Investigators Seeking Information on SUV
A walk home from the lake yesterday evening turned deadly for the 5-year-old son of the Bhandari family of Big Bear Lake, due to a hit-and-run collision on Lakeview Drive. Per the press release issued by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department: “The three victims, a mother and her two children, were crossing Lakeview Drive at the intersection of Bartlett Road, near Pine … [Read more...] about Five-Year-Old Big Bear Lake Boy Killed in Hit-and-Run Collision After Family Outing to the Lake; Sheriff’s Investigators Seeking Information on SUV
Hit and Run on Big Bear Boulevard
A hit and run accident occurred on Thursday evening at approximately 8:00pm on Big Bear Boulevard, which closed the highway for the investigation. As described by the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department, a green SUV struck three family members crossing Big Bear Boulevard, the youngest child was killed and the older sibling and mother of the children were seriously injured. The … [Read more...] about Hit and Run on Big Bear Boulevard