Big Bear, Ca, August 12, 2011, 12:00pm - The next hike in the Seven Summits of Big Bear hike series is this Saturday with the summit to reach being Butler Peak. Butler Peak is located on the Northshore of Big Bear Lake, just west of Fawnskin, and has excellent views of the entire valley from its look out point! Those interested in hiking can meet and park outside of the Hanna … [Read more...] about Hike To Butler Peak: Amazing Views of The Valley
San Bernardino National Forest
Theater Festival At Discovery Center
Fawnskin, CA, August 12, 2011, noon - The Big Bear Summer Theater Festival comes to the Discovery Center this weekend on Friday and Saturday nights starting at 7 pm each night. The Festival presents "Clarence Darrow," a visit with America's lawyer. Darrow brought the working man an eight-hour day and defended the right of a Southern school teacher to explain evolution in the … [Read more...] about Theater Festival At Discovery Center
Update: Holcomb Fire Contained
Big Bear, Ca, August 10, 2011, 10:30am - The following is an update about the Holcomb fire that started yesterday at 1:27pm. Fire crews reached 50% containment last night at 5:00pm, and full containment at 10:00pm. According to John Miller with the US Forest Service some of the effected trees are old large trees which take a while to completely extinguish. Today residents … [Read more...] about Update: Holcomb Fire Contained
Holcomb Fire
Big Bear Lake, CA, August 9, 2011, 7:00pm - The US Forest Service received a call of smoke in the area of Forest Road 3N12 in the Holcomb Valley area north of Big Bear early Tuesday afternoon, and started a full wildland fire response which includes fire engines, hotshot crews, helicopters and retardant airtankers. According to John Miller of the US Forest Service, San … [Read more...] about Holcomb Fire
Search For Missing Person Called Off
Big Bear, Ca, August 8, 2011, 3:00pm - The search for missing person Terrance O’Donahue has been called off by the Big Bear Sheriff’s station. The Sheriffs department along with 60 searchers conducted a large search on Saturday for O’Donahue who has been missing since July 18th. The search came to Big Bear on August 4th after O’Donahue’s vehicle was found on a forest road in … [Read more...] about Search For Missing Person Called Off