From the May 22, 2015 Edition
By Gary Meyer
Firefighters are gearing up for a long, hot summer. This week they will launch a campaign about steps everyone can take to keep their motor vehicles from producing the sparks that so …
From the May 22, 2015 Edition
The skydivers called at 10:45 a.m. to say they couldn’t get their plane started and didn’t have a replacement, said festival coordinator Mark Bailey of the Pine Mountain Commercial Property Owners Association. But the Lilac …
From the May 15, 2015 Edition
The Mountain Community Health Fair is on June 27. A new feature has been added this year. In addition to health exams, mammograms, dental exams and a wide variety of other free tests, there will …
From the May 15, 2015 Edition
$300 prize for high school seniors offered
Ruth Handy of the Pine Mountain community founded the Jizo Peace Center 10 years ago. It is a non-profit program for meditation and education, providing scholarships, awards, community …
From the May 15, 2015 Edition
By Gary Meyer
In the wake of an April 20 ruling by California’s 4th District Court of Appeal, that struck down tiered water rates in the City of San Juan Capistrano, the Lebec County Water …
From the May 8, 2015 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
An industrial load of pizza plus homemade chocolate chip cookies helped celebrate the graduation of 21 students from the U.S. Forest Service Wildland Fire Science Class at Frazier Mountain High School on …
From the May 8, 2015 Edition
Lilac Festival Parade
The Lilac Festival Parade is coming up on May 16, with acrobatic parachutists leading the way. Sign up to enter your own entry in the event. It starts at 11 a.m. Saturday, …
From the May 8, 2015 Edition
By Gary Meyer
Wildfire Awareness Week (May 3-9) kicked off at Frazier Mountain Park on Saturday, May 2 with a helicopter landing at the ballfield, free hot dogs, delivery of a new fire engine to …
From the May 8, 2015 Edition
Celebration filled with fun, excitement
By Gary Meyer
The California Highway Patrol’s Fort Tejon Office put on an entertaining bash Saturday, May 2—complete with a helicopter landing, a go cart that could not steer straight, …
From the May 8, 2015 Edition
A contract between Kern County Roads Department and C & W Construction Specialties, Inc. of Ventura in the amount of $722,968 was approved Tuesday, May 5 by the Kern County Board of Supervisors on its …