Breaking News: Egg Recall List Caused Local Confusion

Bistro Did Not Have Recalled Eggs

FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (Tuesday, Aug. 31, 5:20 p.m.)--An egg recall list distributed by Kern County Public Health Services Department may have been misunderstood by some Mountain Communities residents. It was misinterpreted by Bakersfield TV stations and by FaceBook posters who spread a rumor that a local restaurant had contaminated eggs.

The recall list, which appears on the county’s...

Breaking News: Motion by Tejon Ranch to Intervene in Endangered Species Case Denied

On Friday, Aug. 27 a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan in Washington D.C. denied a motion filed by Tejon Ranch Company, Tejon Ranchcorp, and Tejon Mountain Village, LLC (collectively “TRC”) to intervene in a lawsuit regarding federal protection of the Tehachapi slender salamander under the Endangered Species Act.

According to the filing, the Tehachapi slender salamanar has...

Maimed Oak Trees Reveal Flaws in Contract Oversight

Firm Profits from Destruction of Heritage Oaks

By Patric Hedlund with Gary Meyer

On Tuesday, Aug. 24, it took less than 8...

Post fire News: 100% Containment of Post Fire Declared, Mop Up Continues

UPDATE (Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, 7 a.m.)—The Los Padres National Forest said today that...

Kimberly Maggio Animal Abuse Trial Now Set for September 13, at 9 a.m.

Frazier Park (Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, 11 p.m.)—The case of Kimberly Anne Maggio, 49 for 23 felony charges of animal abuse, is now set for Monday, Sept. 13, 2010 at 9 a.m. in Bakersfield in the Metro Division of Superior Court (at 1415 Truxton Avenue).

Frazier Park (Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, 10:41 p.m.)—A jury trial for Kimberly Anne Maggio, 49 of Frazier Park,...

Post fire News: Post Fire-Day Three Aftermath

LEBEC (Thursday, August 26, 2010, 12:25 p.m.)—Chuck Noble of Los Padres Estates in Lebec evacuated on Tuesday as the Post fire crested on the hill above his home with 150-foot flames.

Quick and aggressive response from the Kern County Fire Department and an interagency incident command team brought in air and ground resources rapidly. The work of large tankers such as the...

Wildfire: 175 Homes Asked to Evacuate in Lebec

The combination of the power of the DC-10 to stop a raging fire in...

Wildfire Website Mojo

Website Mojo
The staff of The Mountain Enterprise worked for 12 hours to report the story of the Post fire with continuous updates, often every 20 minutes. Community reporters from Frazier Park, Lebec and Pine Mountain also contributed a steady stream of great photos and reports. There were 35,000 page views on Tuesday.The kind comments of those using the site made the...

Grand Opening of Mountain's Business Center Is Festive, Focused

An impressive network of friends has grown out of the Synergy Summit’s business meetings last year. Local business owners, with...

Good Neighbors

Good Neighbora

August 24, 2010
Dear Editor:

I would like to submit a note to thank the Frazier Park Market. As a Pine Mountain resident, I planned to donate to the evacuation center at Frazier Mountain High School. I heard the Red Cross truck broke down in Bakersfield on Tuesday. The market donated four cases of water until the Red Cross truck could arrive....

Upcoming & Ongoing

Send Mountain Community events to Calendar@MountainEnterprise.com or call 245-3794.

Ongoing through August–September

• Archery season is open for bear (through September 12) and archery season for deer will be September 4-26.
• Tim Ellis is August’s Artist of the Month at Work of Heart Gallery (3011 Mt. Pinos Way, FP).
• Buy tickets for FMHS Football fund-raiser...