Community

Watch the video ‘Stomp’ is music at Summer Art Camp

From the August 03, 2012 Edition

Give 25 lively children each their own pair of drumsticks in a room full of resonating household objects, and you will see magic begin.

“Stomp” was a brilliant music class at the Focus Central Summer …

Businesses hurt by I-5 work asked to write letters ASAP

From the August 03, 2012 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

A very concerned owner of the 76 gas station in Lebec spoke with the board and members of the Mountain Communities Chamber of Commerce Monday, July 30. Fred Matian said his business …

Grapevine lanes and ramps may be closed off-and-on next week

From the August 03, 2012 Edition

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) plans to close multiple lanes of the Golden State Freeway (I-5) in north Los Angeles County from Sunday, July 29 to Friday, Aug. 3 in both southbound and northbound …

Sheriff’s Log

From the August 03, 2012 Edition

Listing here is not report of a conviction. This is a log of law enforcement activity from the Kern County Sheriff’s Frazier Park substation. These are public records. The Kern County District Attorney may or …

Arrest Made in Shooting

From the August 03, 2012 Edition

On Thursday, Aug. 2 a Bakersfield man was arrested by Kern County Sheriff’s deputies for the attempted murder and assault with a firearm of a Pine Mountain man on Friday, July 20.

Prior to the …

Cuddy Valley Neighbors Send Out Robbery Alerts

From the August 03, 2012 Edition

CUDDY VALLEY, CA (Aug 4, 2012 at 10 a.m.)—This morning an alert has been sent out to neighbors in Cuddy Valley by Michelle Maga about a break-in and robbery at a workshop along Cuddy Valley …

Emergency Response Teams hold joint Piñon Pines-PMC drill

From the August 03, 2012 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

A fierce thunderstorm with torrential rains sweeps through the Pine Mountain community; it topples trees, damages homes, injures dozens of people; hailstones are the size of softballs, winds reach 80 mph as …

Next step in sign quandary is Thursday

From the August 03, 2012 Edition

Public meeting set for August 9 at 7 p.m. Frazier Mountain Park Community Center

By Patric Hedlund

Concerned merchants and community members are all invited to review a design proposal for commercial signage along Frazier …

Motorcyclist dies in Lockwood

From the August 03, 2012 Edition

In the second fatal motorcycle accident on local roads in two weeks, Kim Anthony Stickney, 58 of Torrance, CA died July 28 in a single vehicle crash. He missed a curve east of mile marker …

Museum offers Lebec to Fort Tejon tour

From the July 27, 2012 Edition

The Ridge Route Communities Museum and Historical Society is sponsoring another of their well-known tours of local historic locations.

The “Lebec to Fort Tejon Tour” is Saturday, Aug. 11, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. …