From the June 29, 2012 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
Pine Mountain promises to be a fun place for families this summer. Giggles and happy shrieks can be heard from the swimming pool, which opened this month to enthusiastic use by all …
From the June 29, 2012 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
The Duhm family lives in Pine Mountain. Anne Duhm and her husband have four children, ages 10 through 17, in El Tejon Unified School District now. These are excerpts from a recent …
From the June 29, 2012 Edition
By Heather Conover (McCASA staff) and Patric Hedlund
“We’re still your kids.… Please keep being our parents,” is the message that captivated audiences recently at a premier showing of youth-produced public service announcements (PSAs) at …
From the June 29, 2012 Edition
Construction activity is closing lanes in both directions of the Interstate 5 along the Grapevine this week and over the Fourth of July weekend. Merchants off of the Frazier Park exit of Interstate 5 have …
From the June 29, 2012 Edition
UPDATE–FRAZIER PARK, CA (Saturday, July 01, 2012 at 1:05 a.m.)–It took 12 hours, but Jonnie Allison reports that repairs have been successfully completed on the Pine Canyon leak. At 1 a.m. July 1 he was …
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When Robert Dorsey, now 80, began sending stories to the Ridge Route Communities Museum about his childhood in Wheeler Ridge, museum historian Bonnie Ketterl Kane felt the stories were so good that they should be …
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LEBEC, FRAZIER PARK, LOCKWOOD VALLEY, PINE MOUNTAIN, LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST, CA (July 3, 2012 at 11:40 a.m.)— This alert has just been issued by the Los Padres National Forest:
Fire Restrictions in Los Padres …
From the June 29, 2012 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
“They are bringing everybody back, plus hiring additional [workers],” a union electrician working at the Antelope Valley Solar Ranch One (AVSR1) construction site, said Monday. “We’ve been working 6-10s,” he said, meaning …
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School Bus Fees Proposal Passes UPDATE (Friday, June 29, 2012)—Parents report they received letters from the El Tejon Unified School District today (June 29) about the $80 per year annual fee for bus transportation to …
From the June 29, 2012 Edition
Invitation from Fort Tejon
What was it like to visit a small fort settlement on the American frontier in 1856? Step into living history at Fort Tejon State Historic Park this Fourth of July for …