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Park Walkway Concerns Expressed

From the September 03, 2010 Edition

FRAZIER PARK, CALIF. (Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, 3 p.m.)–After a call was received at The Mountain Enterprise about workers "trenching near a large oak tree" this afternoon, a reporter went to the site and spoke …

Egg Recall List Caused Local Confusion

From the August 27, 2010 Edition

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 …

Post Fire-Day Three Aftermath

From the August 20, 2010 Edition

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 …

Hazardous Spill on Grapevine Near El Tejon School

From the August 20, 2010 Edition

LEBEC, CA – On Thursday, August 19, 2010 at approximately 11:30 a.m. the Kern County Fire Department received a call of a hazardous materials spill from a tractor trailer on southbound I-5 at the Fort …

Fire from Overturned Big Rig Rages onto Tejon Ranch

From the August 20, 2010 Edition

UPDATE (Aug. 22, 4:45 p.m.)–The Base fire (at the base of the Grapevine) was declared contained at 4 p.m. and controlled at 4:33 p.m. The blaze, sparked by an overturned big rig hauling carrots, reached …

Helicopters Rescue Hiker Stricken by Heat Sickness

From the August 20, 2010 Edition

CUDDY VALLEY (August 23, 2010, 7:30 a.m.)—At about 1 a.m. The Mountain Enterprise contacted Kern County Sheriff’s Watch Commander to confirm there were search helicopters operating in the Frazier Mountain region between Frazier Park and …