October 10, 2024 • 36 mins
Amy King and Neil Saavedra join Wayne Resnick for Handel on the News; Bill is out on vacation. Hurricane Milton roared into Florida, leaving a path of destruction and fears of major damage and loss of life. Milton hit the west Florida coast Wednesday night with 120-mph winds and strong storm surges, causing major flooding. Tornadoes caused their own devastation, including deaths. Across the west coast, from Tampa Bay to Sarasota and beyond, streets were deluged with stormwater.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
We're pat and out can about two different locations around
southern California to share fun things coming up this spooky
holiday season. For this one, grab your beer steins and
your leader hosen. Wait, maybe this is the wrong music.
Let's do this music instead. There we go. Let's say
good morning to the director of Big Bear Lakes Octoberfest.
(00:30):
It's Monica Marini. Good morning, Monica, good morning. So it's
not so HALLOWEENI but it's a staple of fall in
the mountains of southern California. It's the Big Bear Octoberfest.
And you're underway and finally all roads lead to Big Bear.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Right, Yes, we are full swing ahead.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
So you've been extended or you've extended the run of
Octoberfest because the fires kind of put a monkey wrench
in things this year.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Yeah, we had a forgo a weekend early in our
event because we run we start in September and run
through early November. But this year we'll be adding November
ninth on kind of as it do over weekend to
make up for the weekend we lost.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Okay, and as I mentioned, some of the roads had
been closed. But now everything's open and you have full
access to Big Bear the evacuation orders are down, the
fires about out and all that that stuff, so it's
sort of smooth sailing to get up there now.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
It is it is Highway thirty eight opened two days ago,
and then you can still come up over Highway eighteen
through Lucern and Highway eighteen through San Bordino. So getting
up here is just as easy as it's ever been.
And it's beautiful fall in the mountains, and we thank
our firefighters for doing such a great job keeping fire
out of Big Bear Valley.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Absolutely So tell us Monica, what are people going to
see and taste and do when they come out to
the Big Bear October Fest.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Well, they'll be doing some chicken dancing as you played
our theme song, and then they'll be the'll have all
the authentic German foods that brought the sauerkraut, the apple strudel.
We also have three bands from Germany this year, direct
from Germany. We're one of the few octoberfests that still
brings bands over from Germany. But it lends a lot
(02:17):
of authenticity to the event and there's nothing like hearing
the brass section of the German band. We also have
our contest log sign, steineholding, it's a lot of fun,
good time.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
What's the log stein? What's that?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
So there's log sawn, which is a two person log
sewing events, and then we have sawing sorry, and then
we have steinholding, where folks can try to hold up
the one leader sign as long as they can.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Is it filled with beer?
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Unfortunately for the contest to know, because we get a
lot of spillage. We don't like to waste good beer exactly.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
So you mentioned a bunch of food. What's your favorite
food at the Octoberfest.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
I have to say the broad List. I love Broadways.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Yeah, and it's authentic German broadwerst it.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Is it is. We use a German butcher out of Glendale,
so our brots are as authentic as they can get.
A matter of fact, it's funny our German bands come
over and they eat our food them. I was like,
oh no, I hope it's good.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
They love it.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
I love it. And this isn't only an adult's only event.
I mean, you know that at Octoberfest there's a lot
of beer drinking, but there is some stuff for the
kids too.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
There is we have a whole Munich midway section which
has bounce houses and kids games, and on Sundays where
Family Day and so on Sundays we do kids contests
as well, a little kids steinholding, kind of mock steinholding,
fretful toss.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
So yeah, okay. And for those who just can't tear
themselves away from football on Sunday, a bear like Octoberfest
is still the place to be, right.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
That's right. We've got two big eighty five inch screen
TVs showing all the games.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Love that, okay, So, Monica, are there places a lot
of places to stay up there? Or can we do it?
It's a day trip. Do you need to make a
whole weekend out of it?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
You could do it either way. You can drive up
for the day. You know, it's the beauty of southern California.
You can go to the beach in the mountains all
on one day. You can go to october Fest in
the beach in one day, or you know, enjoy beautiful
fall weekend and big Bear, it's gorgeous up here right now.
The nights are nice and Chris, the daytime is you know,
in the mid sixties, and so it's just it's a
(04:31):
great chance to get away for a couple of days.
All the lodging properties are open. There's plenty of places
to stay. Just a it's a fun getaway.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
I love that. And do you need to buy tickets
in advance? You can you get them when you get there.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
We do recommend folks pre purchase their tickets and they
can do that at bigber Events dot Com. But we
do recommend that, but we do always have tickets available
at the gate.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
As well, okay, and then at Big Beer Events dot Com.
You can also find out where lodge is and that
kind of stuff.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yep, you can get hold of our lodging partners. You
can find out all the times, what's going on, which
bands are playing. We have on our outside stage. We
have classic rock and country bands at play, so if
you're a little tired of listening to German music, you
can pop outside and listen to something a little bit
more American.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Okay, and Monica. If someone's thinking about coming up but
it's kind of on the fence about it, what can
you say that might get them over the hump and
get them up to Big bear Lake, just.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Get away from it, get away from the city, come
on up, enjoy it with beautiful fall weather and fire
is over. And gone. Well it's not over, but it's
no longer a thread at all. To Big Bear. We
have had no smoke for probably two or three weeks now,
so it's perfect time to get away, okay.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
And it's is it Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
We are in October, we're Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and
then when we go into November, we're just Saturdays.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Okay. And again the place to go get all the
information and get your tickets and all of that is.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Big Bear Events dot Com.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
All right, we wish you much success, and I hope
that the fires don't dampen the spirits because like you said,
they're gone now, and so it's it's clear and let's
get up there and support Big Bear.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Like absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Thank you so much, Monica Marine, appreciate your time this morning.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Thanks for having us.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
You got it
We're pat and out can about two different locations around
southern California to share fun things coming up this spooky
holiday season. For this one, grab your beer steins and
your leader hosen. Wait, maybe this is the wrong music.
Let's do this music instead. There we go. Let's say
good morning to the director of Big Bear Lakes Octoberfest.
(00:30):
It's Monica Marini. Good morning, Monica, good morning. So it's
not so HALLOWEENI but it's a staple of fall in
the mountains of southern California. It's the Big Bear Octoberfest.
And you're underway and finally all roads lead to Big Bear.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Right, Yes, we are full swing ahead.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
So you've been extended or you've extended the run of
Octoberfest because the fires kind of put a monkey wrench
in things this year.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Yeah, we had a forgo a weekend early in our
event because we run we start in September and run
through early November. But this year we'll be adding November
ninth on kind of as it do over weekend to
make up for the weekend we lost.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Okay, and as I mentioned, some of the roads had
been closed. But now everything's open and you have full
access to Big Bear the evacuation orders are down, the
fires about out and all that that stuff, so it's
sort of smooth sailing to get up there now.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
It is it is Highway thirty eight opened two days ago,
and then you can still come up over Highway eighteen
through Lucern and Highway eighteen through San Bordino. So getting
up here is just as easy as it's ever been.
And it's beautiful fall in the mountains, and we thank
our firefighters for doing such a great job keeping fire
out of Big Bear Valley.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Absolutely So tell us Monica, what are people going to
see and taste and do when they come out to
the Big Bear October Fest.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Well, they'll be doing some chicken dancing as you played
our theme song, and then they'll be the'll have all
the authentic German foods that brought the sauerkraut, the apple strudel.
We also have three bands from Germany this year, direct
from Germany. We're one of the few octoberfests that still
brings bands over from Germany. But it lends a lot
(02:17):
of authenticity to the event and there's nothing like hearing
the brass section of the German band. We also have
our contest log sign, steineholding, it's a lot of fun,
good time.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
What's the log stein? What's that?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
So there's log sawn, which is a two person log
sewing events, and then we have sawing sorry, and then
we have steinholding, where folks can try to hold up
the one leader sign as long as they can.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Is it filled with beer?
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Unfortunately for the contest to know, because we get a
lot of spillage. We don't like to waste good beer exactly.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
So you mentioned a bunch of food. What's your favorite
food at the Octoberfest.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
I have to say the broad List. I love Broadways.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Yeah, and it's authentic German broadwerst it.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Is it is. We use a German butcher out of Glendale,
so our brots are as authentic as they can get.
A matter of fact, it's funny our German bands come
over and they eat our food them. I was like,
oh no, I hope it's good.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
They love it.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
I love it. And this isn't only an adult's only event.
I mean, you know that at Octoberfest there's a lot
of beer drinking, but there is some stuff for the
kids too.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
There is we have a whole Munich midway section which
has bounce houses and kids games, and on Sundays where
Family Day and so on Sundays we do kids contests
as well, a little kids steinholding, kind of mock steinholding,
fretful toss.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
So yeah, okay. And for those who just can't tear
themselves away from football on Sunday, a bear like Octoberfest
is still the place to be, right.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
That's right. We've got two big eighty five inch screen
TVs showing all the games.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Love that, okay, So, Monica, are there places a lot
of places to stay up there? Or can we do it?
It's a day trip. Do you need to make a
whole weekend out of it?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
You could do it either way. You can drive up
for the day. You know, it's the beauty of southern California.
You can go to the beach in the mountains all
on one day. You can go to october Fest in
the beach in one day, or you know, enjoy beautiful
fall weekend and big Bear, it's gorgeous up here right now.
The nights are nice and Chris, the daytime is you know,
in the mid sixties, and so it's just it's a
(04:31):
great chance to get away for a couple of days.
All the lodging properties are open. There's plenty of places
to stay. Just a it's a fun getaway.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
I love that. And do you need to buy tickets
in advance? You can you get them when you get there.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
We do recommend folks pre purchase their tickets and they
can do that at bigber Events dot Com. But we
do recommend that, but we do always have tickets available
at the gate.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
As well, okay, and then at Big Beer Events dot Com.
You can also find out where lodge is and that
kind of stuff.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yep, you can get hold of our lodging partners. You
can find out all the times, what's going on, which
bands are playing. We have on our outside stage. We
have classic rock and country bands at play, so if
you're a little tired of listening to German music, you
can pop outside and listen to something a little bit
more American.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Okay, and Monica. If someone's thinking about coming up but
it's kind of on the fence about it, what can
you say that might get them over the hump and
get them up to Big bear Lake, just.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Get away from it, get away from the city, come
on up, enjoy it with beautiful fall weather and fire
is over. And gone. Well it's not over, but it's
no longer a thread at all. To Big Bear. We
have had no smoke for probably two or three weeks now,
so it's perfect time to get away, okay.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
And it's is it Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
We are in October, we're Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and
then when we go into November, we're just Saturdays.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Okay. And again the place to go get all the
information and get your tickets and all of that is.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Big Bear Events dot Com.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
All right, we wish you much success, and I hope
that the fires don't dampen the spirits because like you said,
they're gone now, and so it's it's clear and let's
get up there and support Big Bear.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Like absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Thank you so much, Monica Marine, appreciate your time this morning.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Thanks for having us.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
You got it
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