From the March 6, 2020 Edition
By Gary Meyer, TME
California Highway Patrol officers began searching for Orange County resident Billy D. Phelan at 1:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 28, when he fled his vehicle and ran into Fort Tejon State Historic …
From the February 14, 2020 Edition
If your debit card (ATM) is stolen or compromised, alert your bank without delay, or you could be on the hook for hundreds of dollars.
According to credit reporting company Experian, if you notify the …
From the February 14, 2020 Edition
By Marcy Axness, TME
Fraudulent charges turned up on the Visa card of Arthur Chavez of Pine Mountain Club starting on January 31, 2020, after he filled up his gas tank at Flying J in …
From the January 24, 2020 Edition
Community Action Partnership of Kern (CAPK) has learned that tax records from 512 clients of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program were accessed without authorization by two former VITA employees.
The initial investigation suggests …
From the January 10, 2020 Edition
Mozilla is the not-for-profit group behind the free, fast, privacy-conscious Firefox browser for MacOS, Windows, AppleIOS and Android. It was originated by those whose first concern was the impact of technology on personal privacy. This …
From the November 29, 2019 Edition
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Wilna’s gold Cadillac DeVille was found July 2, 1994, engulfed in flames west of Pyramid Lake after she disappeared. The son’s girlfriend was said to have …
From the November 22, 2019 Edition
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Wilna’s gold Cadillac DeVille was found July 2, 1994, engulfed in flames west of Pyramid Lake after she disappeared. The son’s girlfriend was said to have …
From the November 15, 2019 Edition
Wilna June Ross of Frazier Park went missing on June 14, 1994 and was never found. She was 72 when she disappeared. Rumors around town at the time had Wilna’s son taking his mom out …
From the July 19, 2019 Edition
By Gary Meyer, TME
Before El Tejon Unified School District could even see a return on its investment in solar panels at the middle school, someone stole ten panels from the array at the corner …
From the July 19, 2019 Edition
Bakersfield resident Leamon Harmon was apprehended and booked by Kern County Sheriff’s deputies July 9 on a first-degree burglary warrant.
On July 11, KCSO records show Harmon was being held for two felony counts, one …