Authorities planned a midmorning Friday news conference about 80 miles east of LA at Big Bear Lake, where Christopher Dorner's torched pickup was found Thursday.

Local ski areas were open, but Bear Valley schoolchildren had the day off because of the manhunt.

About 150 miles to the south, up to 16 San Diego County sheriff's deputies spent the night surrounding and searching a rural home after a hoaxer reported Dorner was there. There were people at home but Dorner wasn't one of them, said Lt. Jason Rothlein. Investigators have a pretty good idea who made the call and will be seek criminal charges, he said.

Though the focus is on the resort area, the search for Dorner, 33, stretches across California, Nevada, Arizona and northern Mexico. LAPD officers are especially on edge because Dorner, who was fired from the force in 2008 after three years on the job, promised in rambling writings to bring "warfare" to police and their families.

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Police are searching for Christopher Jordan Dorner, 33: "a former U.S. Navy reservist, Dorner was fired in 2009 for allegedly making false statements about his training officer," the LA Times reported. In his online manifesto, Dorner equates being dismissed from the force to his "death" and says that "shocking actions" he has taken are a "necessary evil that I do not enjoy but must partake and complete for substantial change to occur within the LAPD and reclaim my name."

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