From the April 05, 2013 Edition
State budget woes lead to county measures
By Patric Hedlund The Kern County Superior Court system has had budget reductions of $9.7 million (or 27% of base funding), administrative officers announced last week.
Despite …
From the April 05, 2013 Edition
State budget woes lead to county measures
By Patric Hedlund Emails were flying thick and fast last week about the meaning of Ventura County Transportation Department’s belt-tightening. Lockwood Valley Superintendent Juan Ceja retired March …
From the April 05, 2013 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
A personal injury medical negligence lawsuit was filed on January 23, 2013 in Kern County Superior Court against Clinica Sierra Vista’s Frazier Mountain Community Health Center and a doctor who worked as …
From the March 29, 2013 Edition
Reported by Robert Steele, C.Hallmark, W. Worster and L. Robredo
The Frazier Mountain High School Snobotics Robotics team competed in the FIRST Los Angeles Regional at the Long Beach Arena. Snobotics’ alliance placed second in …
From the March 29, 2013 Edition
It seemed impossible at first. How could a whacky, impractical creation of Dave ‘da Handyman’ Giniewicz—invented solely to make children’s eyes sparkle—survive without Dave? Who would step up to help put on a big party …
From the March 29, 2013 Edition
Frazier Park’s Richard Hoegh celebrated his 92nd birthday with friends from the Rotary Club of Frazier Park and the Mountain Communities on Thursday, March 21, complete with homemade birthday cake. Joining in the fun were …
From the March 29, 2013 Edition
By Gary Meyer Dallas-based Texas Industries (TXI), which has operated a clay aggregate manufacturing plant in Lockwood Valley for over 15 years, has traded off four of its plants—two in Texas, one in Colorado and …
From the March 29, 2013 Edition
By Gary Meyer— As email flurries were spreading fears Tuesday, Mar. 26 of a Lockwood Valley road maintenance yard closure, the Ventura County Director of Transportation told The Mountain Enterprise that his department will be …
From the March 29, 2013 Edition
Mountain’s quest for elected MAC being studied
By Patric Hedlund, Editor Mine is the type of job that is said to make people into skeptics about the future of the human species. Some days that …
From the March 29, 2013 Edition
87,000 appeals filed against Cal Fire Fees being reviewed
There is something satisfying about seeing a state agency chill its jets for a few months to consider the consequences of its actions. Jim Hoerricks, …