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 …
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. …
From the August 10, 2012 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
Virtually all homeowners in the Mountain Communities are among the 825,488 Californians who will receive a bill for $150 in the mail for firefighting from the state this year. Mailing of the …
From the August 10, 2012 Edition
Update: Filing Extension Yields New Candidates Candidates may file until Wednesday at 5 p.m. to run for elected office in the Mountain Communities. Those positions, and the candidates registered so far, are as follows:
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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.
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From the August 03, 2012 Edition
Air quality near El Tejon School called ‘serious health risk’ (This is the third in a series on the report)
Watch the video of ETUSD Trustees Steve Kiouses and John Fleming crticizing the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …