The Lighthouse Project has been hard at work to fast-track the logistics for the Run the Bear Marathon, which will bring an anticipated 2,000 runners and cyclists to Big Bear Lake on September 12. As proposed, Run the Bear will run around the lake, and will also include city streets including Pine Knot Avenue, Stanfield Cutoff, Sandalwood Drive, Park Avenue and Knight Avenue, … [Read more...] about Run the Bear Marathon Goes Before the Planning Commission in 9am Meeting Tomorrow
Roads/Travel
Two-Vehicle Collision Results in Temporary Monday Morning Closure of Park Avenue
A two-vehicle collision just before 8am this morning (June 15) resulted in a temporary closure of Park Avenue, between Wren and Eureka, in Big Bear Lake. The Big Bear Lake and Big Bear City Fire Departments, as well as the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, responded to the the incident, in which bright sunlight may have been a contributing factor. One individual was … [Read more...] about Two-Vehicle Collision Results in Temporary Monday Morning Closure of Park Avenue
CalTrans Outlines Plans for Improvements to Highways 18, 38 and 330, as Well as Big Bear Boulevard
CalTrans has many plans to better the highways to and from the Big Bear Valley—and this is in addition to the currently underway $40 million project to construct a new Big Bear bridge for Highway 18 at Big Bear Lake’s west end. Among the upcoming maintenance projects being scheduled for our area is the continuation of asphalt repair on Highway 18. Last year, CalTrans made … [Read more...] about CalTrans Outlines Plans for Improvements to Highways 18, 38 and 330, as Well as Big Bear Boulevard
City of Big Bear Lake Approached as Site of Potential High-Altitude Finish in 2010 AMGEN Tour of California
A big and exciting event may cycle through Big Bear Lake next spring, though a decision will not be made until July. That event is the AMGEN Tour of California, which in this, it’s fourth year, included 17 of the world’s top professional cycling teams (including Lance Armstrong among them) on a 750-mile course that was seen by more than 2 million fans along the race route and, … [Read more...] about City of Big Bear Lake Approached as Site of Potential High-Altitude Finish in 2010 AMGEN Tour of California
Friends Rally in Support of Elena Martinez’s Family; Services Now Scheduled for Friday, Saturday
At both a taco fundraiser at Sonora Cantina and a car wash yesterday, family and friends rallied in support of Elena Martinez, the 31-year-old Big Bear Lake resident who lost her life during Wednesday’s storm when a tree struck her moving vehicle on Catalina Road. Her coworkers at Big Bear Cool Cabins have also established a fund in her name at Union Bank; this fund will … [Read more...] about Friends Rally in Support of Elena Martinez’s Family; Services Now Scheduled for Friday, Saturday