From the June 25, 2010 Edition
Undercover operations continued last month to keep stores from selling alcohol to minors and to arrest adults who provide alcohol to underage youth. In a collaboration between the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Rural Crime Investigation …
From the June 25, 2010 Edition
By Ray Pruitt, KCSO
Neighborhood Watch is a crime prevention program that involves law enforcement and citizen groups working together to fight crime. Neighborhood Watch members serve as an extra set of “eyes and ears” …
From the June 25, 2010 Edition
FRAZIER PARK (June 25, 2010, 5:30 p.m.)—It is no longer necessary to boil the tap water or consume bottled water in areas of Frazier Park. On June 19, 2010, Frazier Park Public Utility District system …
From the June 25, 2010 Edition
Trees Misidentified by County Arborist After Contractors Maul 300-400 Year-Old Heritage Oak Treasures
By Patric Hedlund
To even amateur eyes, the deep-lobed leaves of the Valley oak (Quercus lobata) are distinctive. This is the species …
From the June 25, 2010 Edition
FRAZIER PARK (Monday, June 28, 2010, 8:25 p.m.)—Communications between county personnel have been made available to The Mountain Enterprise, as questioning continues about whether there may be plans to remove the heritage oak tree in …
From the June 25, 2010 Edition
For the second month in a row it appears that more people are going back to work in Kern County. The unemployment rate has dropped again.
The California Employment Development Department reported the rate was …
From the June 25, 2010 Edition
UPDATE, GORMAN, CALIF. (Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 9:30 p.m.)–Los Angeles County Health Department issued this Boil Water Alert:
Health Alert: Boil Water Order Issued for Residents of Gorman
LOS ANGELES – Due to a water …
From the June 25, 2010 Edition
By Gary Meyer
A wildfire in Old Springs Canyon, a.k.a. Shooters Canyon, just north of Kern County Fire Station 57, was quickly brought under control by fire crews on Saturday, June 19. Another on Interstate …
From the June 25, 2010 Edition
By Chuck Noble, Community Reporter LEBEC (June 29, 2010 8:22 p.m.)—At about 4:15p.m. a Chevrolet Tahoe ran off Lebec Road and wrapped around a tree. It took two hours to free the driver, Sandy Kelly …
From the June 25, 2010 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
Four reform candidates swept the elections for the new Pine Mountain Club Property Owners Association Board of Directors June 19, at the members’ annual meeting. The highest number of votes among those …