From the January 13, 2012 Edition
Pine Mountain, CA (Sunday, Jan. 15 at 1 p.m.)—The Kern County Fire Department says its news report system is not working currently. They called with this report:
On Saturday, Jan. 14 at approximately 6:16 a.m. …
From the January 13, 2012 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
A 19-year-old Thousand Oaks woman was killed in a bicycling accident in Pine Mountain on New Year’s Eve morning. Sarah Galbawy was riding down the steep grade of Woodland Drive at about …
From the January 13, 2012 Edition
FRAZIER PARK, CA (Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 at 12:32 p.m.)–Community reporter Chuck Noble brought photos showing a corral, barn and trailer where the fire appears to have started. Click through the photos at right to …
From the January 13, 2012 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
A branch of the Tejon Indian Tribe has regained its place on the list of federally recognized tribes. Although the tribe entered into a treaty with the United States government in 1851 …
From the January 13, 2012 Edition
FRAZIER PARK, CA (Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 at 12:58 p.m.)–Frazier Park Public Utility District (FPPUD) has reported that water customers’ pipes have burst due to recent freezing temperatures. The district is asking water customers to …
From the January 13, 2012 Edition
By Jim and Fae Lumsden
These photos show our experiment to record the International Space Station (ISS) on January 6, 2012, as seen from our Eagle’s Perch home at 6,000 feet. This is our “inholding” …
From the January 13, 2012 Edition
CYBERSPACE (January 17, 2012 at 2:21 p.m.)—Tomorrow many of your favorite internet sites and tools will be on strike. A broad protest against two bills currently in Congress is being waged by Wikipedia, Google, Mozilla …
From the January 13, 2012 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
Albert ‘A.J.’ Durocher was taking his wife Frances to have fajitas for dinner at La Sierra Restaurant in Frazier Park on Friday, Jan. 6. They were driving east out of Pine Mountain …
From the January 13, 2012 Edition
PINE MOUNTAIN / BAKERSFIELD / FRAZIER PARK, CA (Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 at 2:30 p.m.)— Diane Duquette, the recently embattled director of Kern County’s library system, has submitted her resignation. The Pine Mountain community resident …
From the January 13, 2012 Edition
It is happening again. We are going into our third week of balmy, springlike weather. That high pressure ridge along the West Coast remained this past week, deflecting Pacific storms to the north of the …