Join the Sierra Club Big Bear Group at the seventh annual Xeriscape Garden Tour, which features native and drought-resistant plants at a number of homes within the Big Bear Valley. Tour is free and self-guided, and in years past has launched from Eminger's Nursery in Big Bear Lake. Call 909/ 866-5006 for more info. … [Read more...] about Xeriscape Garden Tour
Lady Bears Compete in CIF Basketball and Soccer Games Today; Boys Basketball Wraps Season
The Big Bear High School girls varsity basketball team ranked third overall in DeAnza League play during the regular season and now advance to the CIF playoffs, with a first round game this evening. The Lady Bears travel to North Hills to play L.A. Baptist at 6pm. The girls soccer team took second overall in league, and host their first round of playoff competition at the … [Read more...] about Lady Bears Compete in CIF Basketball and Soccer Games Today; Boys Basketball Wraps Season
MWD Board to Vote on Lake Permit Fee Increases
A proposed increase in lake permit fees will be the focus of today’s Public Hearing Item when the Board of Directors of the Big Bear Municipal Water District convene for their regular meeting at 1pm today, at the MWD offices at 40524 Lakeview Drive in Big Bear Lake. A $10 increase to annual boat permits would, per MWD staff, allow for the district to continue to provide … [Read more...] about MWD Board to Vote on Lake Permit Fee Increases
Despite ‘Round-the-Clock Snow Removal Efforts of CalTrans and Acosta Company, Arctic Circle Portion of Highway 18 Closed Until Friday Evening
Three snow removal teams have been at work all night, in an effort to clear snow from the Arctic Circle portion of Highway 18, on the seven mile or so stretch from the Big Bear Dam to Snow Valley, in hopes of having the road re-opened in time for the weekend. More than 30 slides and snow drifts have crossed the roadway since Monday, and some of these piles of snow are as much … [Read more...] about Despite ‘Round-the-Clock Snow Removal Efforts of CalTrans and Acosta Company, Arctic Circle Portion of Highway 18 Closed Until Friday Evening
School Is In Session, Though Today Is a Minimum Day
Though students within the Bear Valley Unified School District have only had three school days in the last couple weeks, given federal holidays and snow days, today will be a minimum day. Today’s minimum day had already been calendared in to the school schedule, to allow for teachers’ strategic planning. Make-up school days for snow days used on February 9, 10 and 17 have not … [Read more...] about School Is In Session, Though Today Is a Minimum Day