Community

New Mt. Pinos Ranger Named

From the October 23, 2009 Edition

By Joe Pasinato, USFS

The selection of Erik L. Van Walden as Mt. Pinos District Ranger has been announced by Los Padres National Forest officials. Van Walden will oversee the building of a new Chuchupate …

$500K Trailhead Project Starts

From the October 23, 2009 Edition

A U.S. Forest Service contract for the Frazier Mountain Trailhead snowplay park project was recently awarded. It is just up the road from the Chuchupate Ranger Station, off of Lockwood Valley Road.

Sansome Construction Co., …

ASB Audit Questions Linger

From the October 23, 2009 Edition

“For too many years, students felt no one was listening,” El Tejon Unified School District Trustee Anita Anderson told fellow trustees in a statement at the October 14 ETUSD Board of Trustees meeting.

Frazier Mountain …

Waiting for Justice

From the October 23, 2009 Edition

James Schaffer Trial–Delayed For Three Years–Put Off Again

By Patric Hedlund Photos by Katy Penland

He was a towering figure riding a tall horse that was groomed to gleam almost purple in the bright autumn …

Closure of Kiwanis Trail for New Library Kindles Protests

From the October 23, 2009 Edition

October 13, 2009 Dear Editor:

Last week, the contractors building the new Library closed off Kiwanis Trail, stating that it is not and never was a road and that it was on their property.

Kiwanis …

Treasures and Bargains Galore at Church Sale

From the October 23, 2009 Edition

By Pam Sturdevart

If you stopped by the Frazier Park Community Church craft fair and rummage sale at Cuddy Hall last month, you definitely left with some great stuff.

There was a wide variety of …

Local Hero to Be Honored

From the October 23, 2009 Edition

William Kitchen of Lake of the Woods will be honored by the American Red Cross for his quick action in saving the life of a Tujunga woman.

The NBC engineer was on a Labor Day …

Frazier Park Substation Sheriff’s Log: September 8-20, 2009

From the October 23, 2009 Edition

This list of law enforcement activity has been released by the Kern County Sheriff’s Frazier Park substation. The names included here are from the public arrest records only. This does not indicate that the Kern …

Pot and Speed: A Bad Combo

From the October 23, 2009 Edition

By Mark Ehly, Fort Tejon Area CHP

On Friday October 9, at about 3:15 p.m., Fort Tejon Area California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Fessia was watching southbound traffic, just south of Gorman. He saw a …