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Health Safety News: Tips to Reduce Your Risk of Salmonella from Eggs

From the August 20, 2010 Edition

The Mountain Enterprise is providing this information from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about salmonella and eggs. Click to visit this California Department of Public Health List of Recalled Eggs Distributed in California: …

Fire from Overturned Big Rig Rages onto Tejon Ranch

From the August 20, 2010 Edition

UPDATE (Aug. 22, 4:45 p.m.)–The Base fire (at the base of the Grapevine) was declared contained at 4 p.m. and controlled at 4:33 p.m. The blaze, sparked by an overturned big rig hauling carrots, reached …

Helicopters Rescue Hiker Stricken by Heat Sickness

From the August 20, 2010 Edition

CUDDY VALLEY (August 23, 2010, 7:30 a.m.)—At about 1 a.m. The Mountain Enterprise contacted Kern County Sheriff’s Watch Commander to confirm there were search helicopters operating in the Frazier Mountain region between Frazier Park and …

Wildfire Breaks Out in Lebec–Continual Updates

From the August 20, 2010 Edition

(Incident coverage begins at the bottom of this page)

UPDATE (Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, 8 p.m.)—A community meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Lebec Community Church (2350 Lebec Road). The Post …

The Economic Future Just Happened

From the August 20, 2010 Edition

Fact: Half of the businesses listed on the Fortune 500 were started in a recession.

—Kaufman Foundation, 2009

Major opportunities come with every shift in the status quo. Thursday, Aug. 19 …

Center of the World Festival Is Here

From the August 20, 2010 Edition

A rare opportunity to participate in the birth of a mountain festival that promises to grow into a notable international event is yours this weekend. Opening ceremonies for the second Center of the World Festival …

Big Pot Farms Discovered In Lockwood

From the August 20, 2010 Edition

Two More Found in Frazier Park Region

Three large marijuana farms were discovered in Lockwood Valley and in the Los Padres Forest near Frazier Park last week. On August 9-10 Kern County Sheriff’s Narcotics …

Best Rest Inn Closes Without Notice

From the August 20, 2010 Edition

By Mountain Enterprise staff

The Mountain Enterprise has been informed by unofficial sources that employees and hotel guests of the Best Rest Inn were surprised to be told last week, on Tuesday, that the doors …