From the October 18, 2013 Edition
[Late Wednesday, as we were going to press, Congress and the President reopened the federal government, putting our local U.S. Forest Service employees back on the job.]
The Mt. Pinos Ranger District reports that National …
From the October 18, 2013 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
The developers of Tejon Mountain Village are preparing to secure financing for their 26,000-acre resort and residential project. The Kern County Planning Department has been asked to defer improvements normally required under …
From the October 18, 2013 Edition
The chairperson of the Kitanemuk-Yowlumne Tejon Tribe—recently retired from 36 years as an IRS investigator—gave a talk sponsored by the TriCounty Watchdogs in Frazier Park on October 12.
Dee Dominquez showed links between Las Vegas …
From the October 18, 2013 Edition
We may all want to buy our next four tanks of gasoline at Chevron in Lebec. Manager Kevin Lundin called with excitement this month to say that he researched the “Fuel Your Schools Program” offered …
From the October 18, 2013 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
Claudio Escobedo is thinking ahead about the winter weather that appears to be rushing at us quickly. The Lake of the Woods resident works in Sylmar. He consulted with State Assemblywoman Shannon …
From the October 11, 2013 Edition
Dee Dominguez is the chairwoman of the Kitanemuk and Yowlumne Tejon Indians, “of the lands where the mountains meet the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, now known as Tejon Ranch and the Frazier …
From the October 11, 2013 Edition
In 2009 The Mountain Pioneer published this intriguing photo of Florence Cuddy, the woman who founded Lake of the Woods. Jan de Leeuw of Cuddy Valley researched her story. She is a descendent of the …
From the October 11, 2013 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
Employers may not forbid employees from voluntarily providing CPR, a new law signed October 5 by California Governor Jerry Brown says. In March 2013 the death of Lorraine Bayless, an 87-year-old Bakersfield …
From the October 11, 2013 Edition
New, simplified application for up to $10,000 for marketing
Teresa Hitchcock, director of the Kern County Board of Trade, came to Frazier Park last Friday with area representative David Chavez to review a new, shorter, …
From the October 11, 2013 Edition
Steve Sanders returns to help you solve specific problems, Tuesday, Oct. 15
Building dynamic and effective nonprofit boards is vital to the Mountain Communities. Our youth sports, art and cultural groups, festivals, civic organizations, property …