From the December 4, 2020 Edition
Kids and parents, you can be special elves this year: Saturday, Dec. 5 and 12
By Patric Hedlund with Marcy Axness, TME, and Debra Manoogian, Let’s Live Local
Calling all kids and parents who would …
From the November 13, 2020 Edition
Turbulent year of legal troubles getting very personal
By Patric Hedlund and Gary Meyer, TME
Lockwood Animal Rescue Center (LARC) is a newsmaker.
LARC’s co-founder Matthew Simmons became known by viewers of Animal Planet for …
From the November 6, 2020 Edition
Part One
As a veteran of two wildfire evacuations in the 1990s when living in Malibu Canyon, my “California Burning” anxiety may run higher than it does for others. To cope, I discovered a means …
From the November 6, 2020 Edition
By Gilbert Valenzuela, VFW Post 9791
Our U.S. Military Veterans are a select slice of the American Spirit. By taking our Oath of Service, we all sign a check to The United States of America, …
From the October 9, 2020 Edition
A food distribution program is being offered in the parking lot of the Pine Mountain Club Property Owners’ Association. On Friday, Oct. 9, from 3 to 5 p.m. and Friday, Nov. 13, from 3 to …
From the September 25, 2020 Edition
‘If you care about your community,’ just do it now!
By Marcy Axness, TME
The last day to complete the census is Wednesday, Sept. 30, and the stakes could not be higher for you and …
From the September 18, 2020 Edition
More than 300 are Kern County residents. Help is here.
Support services for Southern California victims and survivors of the October 2017 Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting are being expanded. “Give an Hour” …
From the September 18, 2020 Edition
By Patric Hedlund, TME
The Frazier Park Branch Library is scheduled to open for limited in-person service on October 12.
Twelve Kern County Library branches are to reopen to the public at 25% capacity on …
From the September 11, 2020 Edition
Food Program Contacts
Commodities—Salvation Army program for low-income residents, first Wednesday of month; sign-up required: 661.809.2995 (volunteers needed)
Senior Sack—Kern Co. provides food for seniors second and fourth Wednesdays; sign-up required; Ann Jones: 661.245.3409 (volunteers …
From the September 11, 2020 Edition
By Patric Hedlund, TME
On September 5, Diane Duquette called. She’s the former director of Kern County libraries, and the Pine Mountain Club neighbor who was single-handedly responsible for securing the $3.2 million state grant …