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Traffic Alert: Modular Home Blocks I-5 Northbound Lanes

FRAZIER PARK, CA (Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 5:30 p.m.)—Matt used The Mountain Enterprise Breaking News website to report the following:


On 3-10-10 I saw a modular home blown over on the freeway at 4:15 p.m. It was about a mile south of Vista del Lago on the North bound side [of Interstate 5]. It was blocking all lanes but traffic was moving...

<B> <I> <font color=red>Fun News: </font></I></B>St. Patrick's Day Coloring Contest Begins

Fun News: St. Patrick's Day Coloring Contest Begins

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Breaking News: Frazier Park's Republican State Senator Says He's Gay

FRAZIER PARK, CA (Monday, Mar. 8, 2010, 12:45 p.m.)—Senator Roy Ashburn said this morning during a KERN Bakersfield radio broadcast that he is gay. The interview follows Ashburn's arrest in the early morning hours of March 3, for driving under the influence, near the state's capitol after he reportedly visited a gay nightclub. The California Highway Patrol reported he was driving a state-owned,...

Breaking News: Grand Jury Reveals Kern County Supervisors' Cash Stash

By Patric Hedlund

FRAZIER  PARK (Thursday, March 4, 8:30 a.m.)—The Kern County Grand Jury has just released a report revealing the existence of a County Supervisors' Discretionary Fund of about $2.1 million which is not subject to normal budgetary oversight considered proper for expending public tax money.

The report indicates that District 4 Supervisor Ray Watson has the largest stash, $792,000, which can be...

Breaking News: Cause 4 Cats Visited by Director of Kern County Animal Control

By Patric Hedlund

LEBEC (Thursday, March 4, 2010, 11 a.m.)—The Mountain Enterprise has confirmed that Guy Shaw, director of Kern County Animal Control, came in person on Tuesday, March 2 to the Cause 4 Cats facility in Lebec for an unannounced inspection.

"That was my first unannounced visit," Shaw said, "I felt I needed to go up to see what was going...

Breaking News: New Sheriff's Deputies on Mountain

Frazier Park (Monday, March 8, 2010, 12 p.m.)—The Kern County Sheriff’s Frazier Park substation has a new line-up: Senior Deputy Richard Garrett replaces Deputy James Newell who has been moved to the property crimes detectives unit in Bakersfield.

In addition, the staff includes Deputies Kevin Moretti, Darren Wonderly, Raymond Seibert, Joe Gregory and Sam Stout.

The substation is under...

From Cuddy Valley to Casablanca

From Cuddy Valley to Casablanca

Alisa McDonald Lives her Dream

By Sara Woerter

Outside the snow drifted quietly on the ground while a wind roared through the tops of...

Are School Architects' Fees in Stratosphere?

Are School Architects' Fees in Stratosphere?

By Gary Meyer, Richard Hoegh and Patric Hedlund

Those who are penciling the numbers on costs for El Tejon Unified School District’s building project are asking questions this week:

What is a standard price...

Calendar Boy and His Toy: Clint Van Hooser's Monster Quad V Featured in 2010 Calendar

Calendar Boy and His Toy: Clint Van Hooser's Monster Quad V Featured in 2010 Calendar

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Coroner Gives Cause of Death for Shropshire

In a brief telephone interview on Monday, March 1, Deputy Coroner Regina Mancera told The Mountain Enterprise that, though the final coroner’s report has not yet been issued, a cause of death has been determined for the passing of Carl ‘Scotty” Shropshire, 49 of Frazier Park.

Mancera said a methamphetamine overdose has been designated as the cause of death. Shropshire’s body was...

Dream Castle Founders File for Bankruptcy

According to documents secured by The Mountain Enterprise, the owners of the popular Dream Castle Cafe and Bakery, which is closed, have filed for personal Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Glenn D. Calloway and Lorraine K. Ridley filed in Santa Barbara County on February 18, but there is no mention of the Dream Castle, LLC in the filing.

Carolyn Perry of Frazier Park, who had...

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  • Greater Frazier Mountain Phone Book advertising and changes: final deadline March 12. Call 245-3794 for details
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News and Features

Mile High Properties Holds Grand Opening

A new real estate company has opened in Pine Mountain Village during a tough time in the housing market. Mile High Properties held its grand...

Surprising Census Factoids

Did you know that the year 2000 census shows there was a higher percentage of families and individuals living below the poverty level in Pine...

Frazier Park Estates Hearing Now Moved to April 20

By Patric Hedlund

The March 9 public hearing about Fallingstar Homes’ Frazier Park Estates before the Kern County Board of Supervisors has been postponed until April...

Tait Ranch Hearing Explained

The Tait family is clarifying Tait Ranch land management files for estate planning purposes, Kern County Planner James D. Golden said in an interview February...



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