BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif., Dec.

The story of Redlands' co-founder Frank Brown, photographer Herve Friend and the expansion of the Bear Valley Irrigation Company "In a broad sense he is the creator of the East San Bernardino Valley" wrote Scipio Craig, editor of Redlands newspaper The Citrograph of Frank Elwood Brown in 1887.

By Stephen Wall BIG BEAR LAKE - It's been more than a century since a major wildfire struck the Big Bear Lake area. But local officials aren't taking any chances.

By The Associated Press FAWNSKIN - A wildfire that scorched more than 14,000 acres in the San Bernardino National Forest was fully contained Thursday, the U.S. Forest Service said. Several days of cool weather helped firefighters surround the six- day fire.

FAWNSKIN, Calif. - Authorities lifted an evacuation order for this mountaintop community as crews came close to snuffing out a wildfire that scorched more than 14,000 acres in the San Bernardino National Forest.