About bigbear.news

What is bigbear.news?

bigbear.news is Big Bear Valley's local information hub, aggregating over 30 sources — Caltrans road conditions, National Weather Service forecasts, EPA air quality data, local event calendars, and community news — into a single, free, daily briefing for the 12,000 residents and millions of annual visitors to the San Bernardino Mountains.

Road conditions before you leave the driveway. Council votes that affect your neighborhood. The fire danger level today, not yesterday. Events this weekend. The restaurant that just opened on the boulevard.

No paywalls. No algorithms deciding what you should care about. Just the mountain, telling you what it knows.

Why does Big Bear need a local news site?

Big Bear Valley — encompassing Big Bear Lake, Big Bear City, and Fawnskin at 6,750 feet in the San Bernardino National Forest — relies on SR-18, SR-38, and SR-330 for mountain access. Residents need real-time road conditions, weather alerts, fire updates, and local event information from a single trusted source.

bigbear.news is how the mountain shares what it knows with the people who live here. Every daily briefing, every conditions update, every event listing is the mountain catching you up on what happened while you were sleeping, working, or shoveling your driveway.

How does bigbear.news give back?

One percent of all bigbear.news revenue goes directly back to Big Bear Valley organizations — trail maintenance, fire relief, school programs, the local food pantry, and volunteer groups that serve the community year-round. Causes are selected quarterly and funded through Stripe-tracked revenue.

As bigbear.news grows, so does the giving. This is a commitment, not a campaign.

Who built bigbear.news?

bigbear.news was built by a Big Bear Valley resident — not a media company or tech startup. It started because checking Caltrans, the National Weather Service, local event sites, and Facebook groups separately for basic mountain information was too fragmented for a community that depends on timely, accurate local data.

The mountain deserves better infrastructure than scattered social media groups and outdated tourism sites. So we built it. For the people who stay.