BIG BEAR LAKE - He stands on the edge, on the brink of a world record. At 15, mountaineer Jordan Romero is about to accomplish a lofty goal - with his next climb, he will become the youngest person in the world to successfully reach the Seven Summits.
BIG BEAR LAKE - A $17 million, 42-unit affordable housing complex under construction along Knickerbocker Road, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Maryland Road, has attracted the ire of nearby business owners. Charlie Brewster, president of the Big Bear Lake Village Business Association and owner of Nottinghams Restaurant, a village eatery, says village business owners fear the development could bring crime and graffiti into the area.
One hundred years ago, John Eastwood, one of the West's most innovative civil engineers, left his mark in the San Bernardino Mountains with one of his trademark multiple-arch dams at Big Bear Lake. Born in 1857 near Minneapolis, Eastwood showed an early proclivity for mathematics and physics. He attended the University of Minnesota, where he studied the technical arts. In 1880 he traveled west and began working as a surveyor and construction engineer in the Pacific Northwest. In 1883, he moved to Fresno where he opened a small office and began laying out roads as a deputy county engineer.
A Big Bear Lake hotel owner says San Bernardino County's health department is failing to protect the health of mountain travelers while making it difficult for hotels to compete with private home rentals. Jim McLean, owner of Apples Bed and Breakfast in Big Bear Lake, says the county doesn't do anything to ensure hot tubs at vacation rentals - private homes that are rented to travelers - are safe and sanitary but requires inspections and expensive equipment for hot tubs at hotels. He's suing the county, saying it needs to enforce state health codes equally at vacation rentals just as it does at hotels.
BIG BEAR LAKE - Searching for ways to reduce spending, city officials plan to examine potential cost savings from outsourcing or merging with other agencies for fire service. City Council members say no final decisions have been made and they won't reduce service levels, but they're open to the idea if it saves money.
BIG BEAR LAKE - By midday, dozens of people were strolling through the Big Bear Lake Independent State Festival in search of relaxation, and many said they found it among the specialty booths and mountain landscape. Dyland Steadman, a 7-year-old visiting from Las Vegas, didn't find relaxation.
BIG BEAR LAKE - By midday, dozens of people were strolling through the Big Bear Lake Independent State Festival in search of relaxation, and many said they found it among the specialty booths and mountain landscape. Dyland Steadman, a 7-year-old visiting from Las Vegas, didn't find relaxation.
BIG BEAR LAKE - The firefighters union is concerned some members could lose their job, have it changed or be forced to work in another area if the city goes forward with the idea of outsourcing or merging with another fire agency, a union representative says. Big Bear Lake Professional Firefighters, a branch of San Bernardino County Professional Firefighters Local 935, say it's prudent to evaluate all options available to decide how fire service is delivered, but the impact to firefighters should also be considered, said Jeff Schwing, the union's local representative.
A motorcyclist died in a crash in Big Bear Lake this morning. The crash was reported on North Shore Drive at Highway 18 at 7:33 a.m., California Highway Patrol Officer Jaci Parent said.
BIG BEAR LAKE - A $17 million, 42-unit affordable housing complex under construction along Knickerbocker Road, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Maryland Road, has attracted the ire of nearby business owners. Charlie Brewster, president of the Big Bear Lake Village Business Association and owner of Nottinghams Restaurant, a village eatery, says village business owners fear the development could bring crime and graffiti into the area.
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