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Thanks SCM, I see the incident which triggered it. This was a siren we’ve never heard before, truly more like air raid siren than a typical fire/EMS siren. Made me grab my phone like the goal was to wake residents up and warn us about something. Hopefully a faulty siren on a piece of equipment and not a new normal.

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Sorry 4:55*, apologies had a bit of a rude awakening.

What on earth is with that new siren at Arrowbear Fire? Turned on around 4:45 and went on for over 5 minutes, turned off once they had wheels rolling and normal siren running. Can hear it clear as day in Running Springs. Are we trying to be like Bishop and summon volunteers to the station with an air raid siren or what? Because that is absolutely obnoxious.

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CALTRANS UPDATE:
SBCO: In @CityofBBL , a moving closure of the southbound #1 lane on State Route 18 is scheduled for Tuesday, October 20, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., between Knight Avenue and China Garden Road. Crews will perform pavement repairs near utility manhole covers. #Caltrans [Click Here]
October 19, 2026 at 03:30PM

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TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN BARTON FLATS - HWY & CEDAR FALLS RD BARTON FLATS
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TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN BARTON FLATS - EB HWY MM BARTON FLATS
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ASSAULT VICTIM IN SUGARLOAF - **(CLEAR) / LEONARD LN SUGARLOAF
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@moco, i’m tempted to agree with you, but the comparison is unfair to the third world.

[CHP DISPATCH] SILVERWOOD LAKE - TRAFFIC ACCIDENT 13620-15503 PILOT ROCK RD 2N33
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The burros in Big Bear now are the ones that in the 1990s were moved well east of the valley, out towards Pioneertown. They wandered back to Big Bear several years ago.

At that time, most Big Bear burros were captured and taken to the BLM facility near Ridgecrest. A few were adopted by Big Bear residents; my neighbors at that time adopted one. Several had to be euthanized due to founder, caused by people feeding them dog kibble, alfalfa, and other inappropriate foods.

There were other issues at that time, including several being killed on the highway. I had a close call myself, when two of them jumped off the hillside like deer and landed in front of my truck.

Donkeys are roamers. Probably easier to round them up in lower elevations. Instead place’s like horse thief canyon and other places where the terrain was more difficult.