Community

Kern Capital Improvements Workshop Set For July 30

From the July 20, 2007 Edition

Public Asked to Comment on Important Plans About this Area’s Future

If you want to gaze into the crystal ball to see where Kern County expects to invest money in the Mountain Communities between 2008 …

Youth Access to Alcohol Coalition Meeting July 25

From the July 20, 2007 Edition

By Kim Volkmar

This is a friendly reminder of our upcoming Youth Access to Alcohol Coalition Meeting, to be held Wednesday, July 25 at 6:30 p.m.

We have confirmed the meeting location at Frazier Park …

New Library And Two Firestations In Kern Plan

From the July 13, 2007 Edition

The Mountain Communities will host a meeting July 30 at 6:30 p.m. to consider Kern County’s Capital Improvement Plan for this area.

It anticipates what public facilities will be built here by 2030. Among the …

Red Cross Warns of Blood Supply Shortage

From the July 13, 2007 Edition

The American Red Cross reported less than a four-hour supply of type O-negative, less than a 1/2–day supply of O-positive blood and less than a one-day supply of other blood types in Southern California. The …

Human Remains Found On Ridge Route

From the July 13, 2007 Edition

Reported by Gary Meyer with Julie Hartman

Imagine going out on a Sunday afternoon to fly a kite. You pick a broad hillside, uncluttered by power lines or fences, a place on the old Ridge …

Enterprise on the Road

From the July 13, 2007 Edition

Hello Frazier Park,

Don Jr. and I (Don Sr.) Eubank were on our way to Ft. Monroe, Virginia and we needed a rest. This seemed like a good place to stop and read up on …

Games, Dancers, Musicians and the Bard for All Ages

From the July 13, 2007 Edition

Mischief in the Forest:

Mountain Shakespeare Festival Performances Saturday and Sunday At Lampkin Park in Pine Mountain

By Holly Van Houton

Of all Shakespeare’s plays, As You Like It is ideally suited to our Mountain …

Slo-Mo Chase Joined by Ft. Tejon CHP on Grapevine

From the July 13, 2007 Edition

A slow chase up the Interstate 5 on Friday, July 6, at 8:30 a.m. began when Los Angeles police attempted to make a stop of a 1997 Geo Prizm for an illegal U-Turn at the …

Fire Danger Clamps Restrictions On Forest

From the July 13, 2007 Edition

"This is a pretty big deal," Mt. Pinos District Ranger Tom Kuekes said in an interview July 9, speaking about early fire season restrictions announced by the Los Padres National Forest Monday [see pg. 31].