From the August 28, 2009 Edition
A fast-moving grass fire that began Monday morning, Aug. 24 around 11:45 a.m. along the west side of Interstate 5 between Lebec and Fort Tejon Roads, threatened 15 homes and burned 65 acres before being …
From the August 28, 2009 Edition
The letter below has been prepared by members of the TriCounty Watchdogs, and signed by members of the Mountain Communities to protest the manner in which the Kern County Planning Commission hearing was conducted by …
From the August 28, 2009 Edition
By Mountain Enterprise Staff
Headed home to Fresno on Interstate 5 with four friends, Sumiko Imamura, 67, an office manager for a medical supply firm there, was killed in a tragic crash shortly after 4 …
From the August 28, 2009 Edition
Lebec Facility Among 15 Flying J Truck Service Shops Leased by Bosselmans
From the Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Monday, August 31, 2009 3:41 p.m.
GRAND ISLAND – Bosselman Inc. is almost doubling the …
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By Patric Hedlund
On August 25 the Kern County Board of Supervisors formally agreed to roll back its previous call for a 31 percent reduction in county library staff. The cuts would have reduced Frazier …
From the August 28, 2009 Edition
NIGHTTIME CLOSURES SCHEDULED FOR NORTHBOUND I-5, Monday, Aug. 31 to Thursday Sept. 3
SANTA CLARITA – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will close up to three lanes of the northbound Golden State Freeway (I-5) …
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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 …
From the August 28, 2009 Edition
LAKE OF THE WOODS (Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009—1:20 a.m.)—A fire in the former Rocio’s Mexican Restaurant and Bar was put out early this morning by Kern County firefighters. Suspicious cars were reported around the building …
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An Audubon blog, the Santa Barbara Independent, and Los Padres ForestWatch have reported that an endangered California condor, “Number 358—a 4-yearold bird known for being one of the population’s stronger members”— was found dead in …
From the August 28, 2009 Edition
By Patric Hedlund LAKE OF THE WOODS (Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009—1:20 a.m.)—A structure fire in the former Rocio’s Mexican Restaurant and Bar was put out early this morning by Kern County Fire Department firefighters. Suspicious …