Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, owner of Mammoth Mountain and June Mountain, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Big Bear Mountain Resorts in Big Bear Lake, California. Big Bear Mountain Resorts includes both Bear Mountain, pictured here, and Snow Summit, the largest and most popular of southern California’s ski and snowboard resorts that host nearly 800,000 winter visits annually. (Staff file photo)

By Ryan Hagen, The Sun
Posted: 09/24/14, 11:23 AM PDT | Updated: 51 secs ago

BIG BEAR LAKE >> In what will make it part of one of the nation’s largest ski companies with more than 2 million visitors per year, Bear Mountain and Snow Summit have been bought by Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, the northern California-based company announced Wednesday.

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Skiers and snowboarders on the slopes at Bear Mountain, left and Snow Summit, right, Monday January 27, 2014 at Bear Mountain Resorts in Big Bear Lake. (Staff photo by LaFonzo Carter/The Sun)

By Jim Steinberg, San Bernardino Sun
Posted: 01/29/14, 7:41 PM PST |

BIG BEAR LAKE >> Sean and Cynda Johnson hadn’t had a break from work since their honeymoon two years ago.

So the Laguna Beach couple decided to take a three-day winter getaway here.

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Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 06/09/2013 07:16:20 PM PDT

The 29-member board of directors for San Bernardino County’s transportation planning agency, San Bernardino Associated Governments, has elected Bill Jahn, a member of the Big Bear Lake City Council, as president for 2013-14.

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Sunday, February 10, 2013 – 12:00 p.m.

Here’s an update and recap of news coming across the transom this past week.

Dorner manhunt update

There’s still no sign of Former LAPD Officer and Murder Suspect Christopher Dorner as of late Sunday Morning.

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Sunday, February 10, 2013 – 11:15 a.m.

It’s really kind of bizarre, and more importantly unprofessional.

The conduct of press conferences related to the manhunt, in the San Bernardino Mountains, in and around Big Bear Lake, for murder suspect Christopher Dorner were out of line.

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Michel Nolan, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/05/2012 07:10:57 AM PDT

BIG BEAR LAKE – Here’s what’s new at the zoo.

The latest development in the Moonridge Animal Park’s relocation project is an artist’s nearly complete 3D scale model of the new wolf enclosure.

Third District Supervisor Neil Derry has spearheaded the effort to push the relocation along.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012 – 08:55 a.m.

Another Tea Party forum snubbed?

That’s the story coming out of Big Bear this morning.

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Jahn

Thursday, October 20, 2011 – 09:15 a.m.

We missed this yawner last week.

It would seem State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly (R-Twin Peaks) has a primary opponent.

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Melissa Pinion-Whitt, Staff Writer
Posted: 06/20/2011 03:57:02 PM PDT

BIG BEAR LAKE – Sheriff’s detectives on Monday continued their search for the remaining Big Bear High School yearbooks containing a photo apparently showing inappropriate behavior by a teenage couple at a dance.

Investigators also were trying to determine if a sexual crime occurred.

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By Melissa Pinion-Whitt Staff Writer
Posted: 06/16/2011 03:57:03 PM PDT

BIG BEAR LAKE – The Sheriff’s Department wants all copies of Big Bear High School’s 2011 yearbook returned after finding a photo in it that deputies said can be construed as child pornography.

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Michael J. Sorba, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/12/2010 03:18:40 PM PST

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.

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Michael J. Sorba and Ryan Hagen, Staff Writers
Posted: 11/03/2010 06:16:02 PM PDT

Anti-incumbent sentiments that reverberated across the nation on Election Day weren’t as strong locally, but still present as mayors and city council members in several cities across the region were unseated by challengers.

Budget deficits, high utility bills and joblessness weighed on the minds of voters as they headed to the polls Tuesday to decide on what course is best for their respective cities.

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