The Big Bear High School Performing Arts Department hosts a Valentine Sweetheart Dinner Show in the BBHS multi-purpose room, featuring a spaghetti dinner (including vegetarian spaghetti) and music from the Jazz Band and Concert Choir, with Val-O-Grams (singing telegrams) available for purchase from soloists of the music department. Price is $10 for adults, $5 for students. … [Read more...] about BBHS’s Valentine Sweetheart Dinner Show
Eleven Days and Five Feet of Snow Later, All Known Electric Outages Restored by Bear Valley Electric Service, Assisted by Mutual Aid Crews
The work load has been non-stop for the crews of Bear Valley Electric, who have been addressing downed power poles (since five of them were sheared in strong winds on Monday, January 18), electric outages, heavy snow and tree limbs on power lines, and riser repair reconnects for 11 days but, per Operations Manager Ken Markling today, “We are in pretty good shape. All known … [Read more...] about Eleven Days and Five Feet of Snow Later, All Known Electric Outages Restored by Bear Valley Electric Service, Assisted by Mutual Aid Crews
TGIF: Roads Cleared, Schools on Snow Day #7, and the Resorts Offer Night Skiing
Big Bear Valley, CA -- Our roads are looking better each day and though there are no chain requirements for any roads in the Big Bear Valley, or on Highways 18, 38 and 330 [as of Friday morning, January 29], drivers may find that chains are of benefit, especially on some residential roads, getting over driveway berms, and in potentially icy, shaded areas. Whether or not you … [Read more...] about TGIF: Roads Cleared, Schools on Snow Day #7, and the Resorts Offer Night Skiing
At 57″ and Counting, January 2010 Snow Totals Are Over Four Times the Average
This last series of storms--which prompted a local state of emergency given the dumping of five feet of snow--has now been ranked as comparable to the legendary winter of 1969, though resources in 2010 have allowed the Big Bear Valley to be better equipped to deal with such extreme circumstances. But, in terms of snow totals, it should be noted that for an average year, snow … [Read more...] about At 57″ and Counting, January 2010 Snow Totals Are Over Four Times the Average