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Shooting suspect arrested in Bakersfield

From the August 10, 2012 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

Frazier Park Substation deputies and the Kern County Sheriff’s special investigations division arrested 22-year-old Shawn Sengsavang of Bakersfield on Thursday, Aug. 2 for attempted murder and assault with a firearm.

His arrest …

Assaults reported in Pine Mountain

From the August 10, 2012 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

Scott Robinson of Pine Mountain woke with a jolt Thursday, Aug. 2. He heard wheels spinning at the bottom of his driveway on Woodland Drive near Alder Court at about 7:15 a.m. …

Road Rage

From the August 10, 2012 Edition

We received an email from a member of our TeenBeat Team, who graduated this year from Frazier Mountain High School and is heading to College of the Canyons. He wrote at 2:40 p.m. July 30.

Culture wars and our hometown

From the August 03, 2012 Edition

By Patric Hedlund, Editor

I got a letter from an apparent culture warrior this week. I asked the author to please “decode” the language in the letter, to tell us what they were really writing …

Library summer reading program ends with ice cream

From the August 03, 2012 Edition

The Frazier Park Library’s Summer Reading Program has been a delicious success. Over 80 children and parents attended the last event, with a lot of singing and dancing (and ice cream at the end). Wendy …

Copters rescue hiker on Mount Piños

From the August 03, 2012 Edition

Reported by Royce Haislip, KCSO

On July 29 at about 10:30 p.m, the Kern County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue was notified of a lost hiker near Mount Piños.

The hiker, Vinece Lee, 56 of Westlake …

The ‘Grape fire’ was headed for Digier Canyon

From the August 03, 2012 Edition

By Gary Meyer

The Grape fire broke out Saturday, July 28 at about 2 p.m. along the west side of Interstate 5, just south of the Grapevine freeway stop.

The fire climbed rapidly into the …