News

More blooms mean more color! To take advantage of the bloom expected this year, the Sierra Club will move its Xeriscape Garden Tour from July to an earlier Saturday in June.

One of the common questions residents often get asked is, “Have you seen any bears up there?” There actually was a time when the bear population in the San Bernardino mountains was at very low numbers — if any at all lived here.

Big Bear Lake’s mayor, Perri Melnick, and mayor pro tem, Kendi Segovia, are the first ever two-woman team to lead the city. Melnick and Segovia both were elected to their City Council seats in 2022.

Lifesaving dialysis machines were installed at the Bear Valley Community Healthcare District in December.

Continuing the story of Sharon Gellar and her mother, Ruth, a survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Part one was published Dec. 21 and is online at bigbeargrizzly.net.

2023 was a year for the history books. Locals started the year off digging out from underneath a mountain of snow. A series of epic storms fueled by strong atmospheric rivers rolled through the valley and left most of the valley under snow un…

EDITOR'S NOTE  — This article has been corrected. The original article stated fines for violations of the city's short-term rental ordinance were increased. That was incorrect; they were decreased. That sentence has been rewritten to reflect …

Big Bear City resident Clifford Ray Woolsey, 62, was arrested by sheriff’s deputies Dec. 7 on suspicion of possession of about three pounds of methamphetamine. 

The Friends of Big Bear Valley and Eagle Nest Cam announced this week they have been preparing for another year of bald eagle “Pip Watch 2024.”

The Big Bear Fire Authority Board of Directors voted unanimously to remain an independent agency, rather than trying to contract with the state or county for firefighting services, at the board’s regular meeting Dec. 12. 

The scene unfolds the same every time. A retail store is suddenly inundated with hoards of people, some masked, some unmasked, grabbing all the merchandise they can and then running outside to waiting cars. Some return for more items before r…

They came. They saw. They gave their opinions on the many concept plans for developing the lakefront property between The Dock Club at Pine Knot Landing and Ski Beach Park.

The Big Bear Valley is home to more than a handful of Jewish friends, business owners and community leaders. Lake Arrowhead is home to a more traditional Jewish group, Chabad of Lake Arrowhead. Many residents will remember meeting many of the…

Chabad of Lake Arrowhead is heading back to Big Bear Village to host the second menorah lighting and Hanukkah celebration at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 7 at the corner of Pine Knot Avenue and Village Drive in Big Bear Lake. The menorah lighting will begi…

Findings from San Bernardino County’s short-term rental study shed light on the overall housing crisis that has left local renters out in the cold. The study’s results paint a dismal picture for affording housing in the near future. The incre…

A story like this is never easy. Especially for a reporter who is attached to our local zoo and especially the black and Grizzly bears that have been our local bear ambassadors for over a quarter of century.

Former “Forged in Fire” TV host Will Willis visited the sheriff’s Big Bear Volunteer Search and Rescue Team at its monthly meeting to talk about his years as a member of the Air Force para-rescue team and Albuquerque Mountain Rescue Team.