Roads/Travel

Running Springs Family Spends Night Out in the Elements; Sheriff’s Helicopter Retrieves the Five and Brings Them to Big Bear

If you think it’s brisk out there today, imagine having to spend the night in these elements, which included snow and plenty of wind overnight. The Mancini family of Running Springs did just this, when an off-roading adventure off Highway 330 yesterday afternoon went awry. Jerry Mancini, wife Nicole, 4-year-old son Vinny, and cousin Nick had been off-roading in their truck … [Read more...] about Running Springs Family Spends Night Out in the Elements; Sheriff’s Helicopter Retrieves the Five and Brings Them to Big Bear

The ski resorts received about an inch of snow overnight, though there seems to have been less coverage at lower elevations within the Big Bear Valley. Though this did not prompt any chain controls on our mountain roads, we do have a traffic advisory for Big Bear Boulevard. A two-car collision in Big Bear Lake, on the Boulevard between Moonridge Road and Fox Farm Road, did … [Read more...] about No Chain Controls in Place Despite Last Night’s Snow; Morning Traffic Collision on the Boulevard Prompts Lane Closures

Sergeant Daniel Sakai, the 35-year-old police officer who lost his life during a SWAT team operation in Oakland last month, will be recognized by the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors today. County Supervisor Neil Derry will recognize 1991 Big Bear High School graduate Sakai during Memorial Adjournments for the Third District in the 10am meeting to be held at the … [Read more...] about County Supervisors to Recognize Sergeant Sakai and Chief Master Sergeant Furniss, and Potentially Approve Watson as Derry’s Chief of Staff in Tuesday Morning Meeting

The Board of Directors of the Big Bear Municipal Water District, at their regular meeting on April 2, discussed railings for the Big Bear dam, which is part of a bigger project the MWD hopes to implement once the new Big Bear bridge, just southwest of the dam, is completed in 2011. Once the new bridge for Highway 18 is completed, the existing roadway over the dam will be … [Read more...] about MWD Board Investigates Possibility for Pedestrian Access on Dam (Once New Bridge Is Built); Residential Seawall Will Need to Be Mitigated by Artificial Fish Habitat

Tomorrow (April 2) marks the first Thursday of the month, and with that comes the Big Bear Chamber of Commerce’s Power Breakfast. The two-hour networking opportunity begins at 7am at the Best Western Big Bear Chateau on Moonridge Road, and cost for the breakfast is $12 for Chamber members, $15 for guests. The featured speaker at the April 2 Power Breakfast is CalTrans … [Read more...] about CalTrans Consultant Dennis Green to Speak on Big Bear Bridge at Big Bear Chamber of Commerce Power Breakfast