By Patric Hedlund

That pesky, glorious, prehistoric soaring bird is about to cause problems for the ambitious Lebec development company again.

Tejon Ranch Company just announced at the end of the business day Tuesday, July 15 that it has bought out its partner, DMB TMV, LLC, paying $70 million to take back all shares for the Tejon Mountain Village LLC project.

The proposed footprint of the luxury development would include resort hotels, golf courses and 3,450 multimillion dollar homes, much of this…

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The California condor with its 9-foot wingspan is bounding back from near extinction.

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This is part of the July 18, 2014 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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