Breaking News: I-5 (Grapevine) and Hwy 138 Reopened

I-5 (Grapevine) and Hwy 138 Reopened

FRAZIER PARK, Feb. 4, at 10.32 a.m.: Interstate 5 (Grapevine) and Highway 138 between Lancaster and Gorman are now open.

FRAZIER PARK, Feb. 4, at 7:44 a.m.: The California Highway Patrol has closed Interstate 5 …

Might One Wet Week Erase Drought?

Might One Wet Week Erase Drought?

It was one very wet week. This is the data from Linda Curtis, our avid weather-spotter from Frazier Park. Her weather station is at about 5,035 feet, roughly the altitude of the rock houses on …

Bumper Car Derbies on Icy Roads

Bumper Car Derbies on Icy Roads

Many Mountain Community residents spent unexpected nights in Bakersfield and Los Angeles after ice and snow closed the Grapevine, from 4:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 23. That blockade lasted for about 36 hours, through 7:45 …

News and Features

Snowbound

By Pamela Plouffe

I have been snowbound since Wednesday, Jan. 23- not exactly winter wonderland for me. I have organized my kitchen cabinets. I am working on organizing my office files. If I didn’t live ...

The Tax Man Taketh, but Will He Plow?

Frank Williams wondered where the snowplows were when he was trudging to the Frazier Park Post Office on Friday, Jan. 25. He noticed Park Drive, leading to the water company, hadn’t been plowed. His own ...

Slo-Mo Roll in The Snow

By Kim Hall

It was only the beginning of our current snow storm, Tuesday, Jan. 22. The road to mom’s house was pretty clear through Frazier Park. Once I turned onto Lockwood Valley Road it ...

Juanda Lee’s Snow Ice Cream

When I was a little girl, we’d make snow ice cream. We didn’t have an actual recipe. We’d dig down for the clean snow, use an egg or two, sugar or sweetener and flavoring. My ...

Stranded Drivers Found By Searchers

Report of stranded motorists on Cerro Noroeste west of Pine Mountain brought out the Kern County Search and Rescue team January 24. From 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. they discovered two stuck vehicles, six miles ...

Parents Told New Head Start Program to End

Mountain parents quickly organized a meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 30 to investigate why they have suddenly received a letter from Yolanda Gonzalez of Community Action Partnership saying that the Frazier Park Child Development Center (offering ...

2008 Cal Grant Deadline Near

By Cat Buckles

Assembly Member Jean Fuller, (R-Bakersfield) sent a bulletin to remind high school students, recent graduates and parents that the 2008 Cal Grant application deadline is Sunday, March 2, 2008. Applications postmarked March ...

DMV Service Likely to Be Offered Here

Senator Roy Ashburn (R-Bakersfield) called The Mountain Enterprise to announce he received a positive response to his request that the California Department of Motor Vehicles offer regular service days twice a month in the ...