I can’t help but think, as I sit on the wide wooden deck that overlooks this 7-mile-long California lake, that the hottest new hotel in town shouldn’t be this cheap. Hotel Marina Riviera, the design-y ...

Big Bear Lake, a woodsy California town tucked within the San Bernardino Mountains, is known at once for its ski resorts and for its tranquil namesake lake. But while standing on the shoreline or ...