Big Bear City News

A winter storm hammered the Inland area and mountains with rain and snow Saturday, spurring the usual spate of fender-benders and traffic snarls but no fatalities or serious injuries.

Rain should arrive early tomorrow in San Bernardino County and move south across Riverside County, dumping up to an inch in the valleys and two to three inches in the mountains where a winter storm warning calls for six to 12 inches of snow in the higher elevations.

San Bernardino County code-enforcement officers have started flexing their muscles, thanks to a new administrative process allowing them to cite violators and collect fines instead of taking them to court.

BIG BEAR CITY Pastor charged with sexual abuse of child A pastor with congregations in Big Bear City and Glendale has been charged with sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl and investigators say there could be other victims.

They're more used to battling scorching fires than cold and ice, but several times a year, firefighters here are forced to plunge into sub-freezing water to rescue the wayward animal - or human - that falls through too-thin ice.

The Big Bear Sanitary Landfill will shift from "inactive" to "closed" status early next year, be capped with a plastic barrier and a system will be installed to burn methane gas emitted from the site.

Mike Drysdale clears snow from the driveway of his home near Big Bear City. A cold storm passed through California, swelling rivers, causing hundreds of traffic accidents.

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake has rattled Southern California's Big Bear Lake area, followed by a sharp aftershock.

A Big Bear City woman died Tuesday after a car she was riding in slammed into a tree off Highway 38.

A Big Bear City motorcyclist was severly injured Monday after crashing into the front of a pickup truck after another motorist turned in front of him, officials said.

If the sad-faced dogs and cats in television commercials make you cry, then Sharon Blechinger hopes you'll join the Run for the Dogs on Saturday.