Arciero Stunned by 5-0 Vote to Shrink Development by 72%

Arciero Stunned by 5-0 Vote to Shrink Development by 72%

Planning Commission Now Tells Supervisors: ‘Small is Beautiful’

By Patric Hedlund

“I’m going to sit down and regroup and see what the magic number is,” said Frank Arciero, Jr. Thursday night at 10:30 p.m., still …

Economic Recovery Grant Won

By Patric Hedlund

A “sizeable” American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant has been won by the Mt. Pinos Ranger District.

The funds will replace the entire Chuchupate administrative complex, building a new energy efficient office …

Michael Kanke’s Magic 33 Wins SRL at Irwindale

Michael Kanke's Magic 33 Wins SRL at Irwindale

By staff of The Mountain Enterprise

Local stock car racing hero Michael Kanke’s team is in the lead for the SRL Southwest Tour Series after taking the cup at Irwindale before 3,300 fans on Saturday, …

Audit of ASB Funds In for 2008-09

Audit of ASB Funds In for 2008-09

By Patric Hedlund

As we go to press the El Tejon Unified School District is hearing the results of an audit of the Frazier Mountain High School ASB (Associated Student Body) fund for year 2008-2009.

News and Features

SBA Comes To Meet Mountain Businesses Thursday

Local business owners are invited to meet with Mike Souza from the Small Business Administration (SBA) to learn how federal economic recovery programs may help Mountain Community businesses. The open meeting is at 11:30 a.m. ...

Why Is the I-5 Backed Up This Time?

Mountain resident Dawn Beban was driving home from the Board of Supervisors’ hearing on Tejon Mountain Village in Bakersfield, Monday, Oct. 5 just before 3 p.m. She saw the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 between ...

Healthcare Reform When History Calls…

On Tuesday, Oct. 13, Maine Republican Senator Olympia Snow cast a vote in favor of a health care reform bill crafted in the U.S. Senate’s Finance Committee. She said simply, “When history calls, history calls,” ...

Municipal Advisory Committee (McMAC)

Note to our readers:  Breaking news this week and full coverage of the Frazier Park Estates hearing (pages 1, 2, 3, 13) led us to pull some stories. They will appear next week.

In the ...

Guv Gives Award to Tejon Ranch Pact

Four days before the Kern County Board of Supervisors voted to allow the massive Tejon Mountain Village project in Lebec to go forward, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that the Tejon Ranch Conservation and Land Use ...

Party Favors: TMV Trades for 30 Year Accord

In a development agreement with Kern County’s Planning Department, Tejon Mountain Village, LLC has agreed to make financial commitments in return for extending the county’s standard 10-year window to 30 years to acquire building permits ...