I do know that the highway signs being built right now certainly weren't cheap. I'm curious how the presence of large animals triggers a sign, do they put a chip in each large wild freeroaming animal? Do we put a blinky light on each animal? ( lol)
personally ive been around here for a few decades and just saw my first pair of donkeys (burros?) last week out by erwin...

BTW- highway signs exist and are used in other rural states that activate with flashing lights when large livestock are in the immediate area. Seems like that would be a relatively simple and cost effective way to keep everyone safe. (except the morons who ignore them and then it's up to Darwin...)

HATE330- if we just get rid of about half the people and tourists the burros wouldn't be an issue. They WERE here first .

[INCIDENT DISPATCH]
TU /TRAFFIC COLLISION WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES IN BIG BEAR CITY - STA / W BIG BEAR BLVD BIG BEAR CITY
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CALTRANS UPDATE:
SBCO: Heads up commuters! Work on SR-138 is nearing completion! Crews are installing signage with 1 lane closure as needed. #caltrans8
⏰Work hours: Mon-Fri, 7am to 3pm (October 20-24) 🚧Remember to please slow for the cone zone
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October 17, 2025 at 11:31AM

Not too chatty yet, need more Coffee!

Good morning all. Just checking on things. Have a great day!

USFS if you see this: The time has come for another purge of our 4-legged weed abatement and trash dispersal specialists. Get a few trailers and play rodeo for 2 weeks. Use the CT D8 maintenance money that’s not being spent.

[UPDATE]
STRUCTURE FIRE in RUNNING SPRINGS
Scm Stt: Engine 3556. Engine 3556, We Are At The End. There Is No Fire. We Are Going To Be Investigating. There Was Smoke Coming Out Of The Furnace. Calfire Running Springs

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I used to believe being able to own you home outright was one of those rights of passage. Burning ithe mortage party thing. Did not realize that i would just end up paying bloody rent to the county/state for the rest of my life. This is so just not right.

@benny I think the composit radar is stuck -- it's still saying 8:49a on 10/15

From the San Bernardino National Forest:
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**Alert** Does anyone know the whereabouts of a person named Cristtel Lopez AKA Cristtel Azucena Smith? If so, please email me privately at kjbarton1©gmail.com. I will not share your information. If she is looking to rent your property, do NOT rent to her. She is a fraud, owes a lot of money, damages properties and is in possession of stolen items from houses she has rented. She is in her late 30s and has 3 boys. She has lived in Running Springs and more recently, Skyforest. Thank you, Ken.

since your dollar is being debased at over 5% a year+ due to govt deliberately needing to keep inflation going to pay off banks, in actuality it means your taxed value is actually going down. This is fine if you have s constant income stream that is goong up with official inflation numbers, but wholly devastating to those on fixed retirement income.

Just be glad you don',t live in a state where a developer comes in and builds mansions around you and your property assessed values go up just because neighbors built up the neighborhood.

It is all evil. Florida gets it, and I hope their tax exemption on your homestead passes.

I have lived in Big Bear 8 years now and I can’t think of a single year our property taxes haven’t gone up.