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SUV Explodes on I-5 Near El Tejon CHP

From the March 12, 2010 Edition

UPDATE-LEBEC (Thursday, March 19, 2010, 9:13 a.m.)—Preliminary CHP reports indicate that at 8:44 a.m. a subject or subjects were running from a grey or black Chevrolet Suburban on the right hand shoulder of the Interstate …

Grand Jury Reveals Kern County Supervisors’ Cash Stash

From the March 05, 2010 Edition

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 …

New Sheriff’s Deputies on Mountain

From the March 05, 2010 Edition

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 …

Frazier Park’s Republican State Senator Says He’s Gay

From the March 05, 2010 Edition

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 …

Grand Jury Reveals Kern County Supervisors’ Cash Stash

From the February 26, 2010 Edition

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 …

Multi-Vehicle I-5 Crash Causes Two-Hour Delay

From the February 19, 2010 Edition

FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, 9 a.m.)—A multi-car crash involving nine vehicles caused a two-hour closure of northbound Interstate 5, near the Frazier Mountain Park Road exit, Friday night.

At approximately 8:20 p.m. …

State Says Kern Open to Antitrust Suit on Ambulances

From the February 12, 2010 Edition

Public Comments Due by September 1

By P. Hedlund with F. Durocher

(Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, 2:13 p.m.) Kern County is the only county in California without a state-approved Emergency Medical Services (EMS) plan …

Update: Carrizo Plain Motorcycle Casualty Identified

From the February 05, 2010 Edition

UPDATE (February 8, 2010, 3:30 p.m.)—California Highway Patrol Officer Bill Irons reports the deceased as Matthew Drake, 28 of Fresno. Drake was riding off-road with four other motorcyclists when the accident occurred. The investigation is ongoing.