News Briefs

Open Gym for those warm summer nights

From the June 15, 2018 Edition

As a fundraiser for the 2018-2019 volleyball and boys basketball seasons, the gym at FMHS will be open from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Current ETUSD students are free! Price is $5 per …

Valley fever symposium 6/23 at City of Hope in Lancaster

From the June 15, 2018 Edition

By Susan Zahnter, Three Points-Liebre Mountain Town Council

The public is invited to attend the second annual “Valley Fever—Be Aware” seminar on Saturday, June 23, 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Registration begins at 9 a.m. …

Drilling, fracking controversy not over in Kern Co.

From the June 15, 2018 Edition

A scoping hearing this Friday, June 15 in Bakersfield is one piece in a larger puzzle about concern over the Kern County Board of Supervisors’ rush to accommodate the oil and gas industries here. Whittled …

Harvey Hall died of rare degenerative brain disease

From the June 15, 2018 Edition

By Patric Hedlund, TME

Harvey L. Hall’s personal physician announced last week that the founder of Hall Ambulance Service died at 77 years of age from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), also known as Prion Disease Spongiform …

Falcon baseball holds breakfast

From the May 11, 2018 Edition

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The Frazier Mountain High School Falcon baseball team and its coach, John Tarver, threw a benefit at Frazier Park’s Falcon’s Nest Restaurant Saturday, May 5: (above, left to right) Coach John Bever, Chase …

Woman dies in rollover crash

From the May 4, 2018 Edition

A single-vehicle rollover took the life of Guadalupe Yadira Palomares, 25, of Porterville on April 27 at about 9:30 a.m.

Palomares was traveling north on Interstate 5 and, according to California Highway Patrol, left the …

CA joins in 18-state lawsuit to keep clean car rules

From the May 4, 2018 Edition

A coalition of 18 states that represent 40% of the United States car market announced on Tuesday, May 1 that they are suing the federal government for the right to require lower emission, higher mileage …

Wendy Reed to visit mountain

From the May 4, 2018 Edition

U.S. Congressional candidate Wendy Reed, in her second run for the District 23 seat now held by Kevin McCarthy, will be at Basecamp in Pine Mountain Village on Friday, May 11 from 5 to 6 …

For spring, AARP will be singing

From the April 27, 2018 Edition

By Phyllis Browning, AARP

Our next AARP potluck lunch is Thursday, May 3.

Please arrive at 11:45 a.m. Join us for a sing-a-long. We will play Bingo after our meeting. Get out your calendars, we …

Beware of fire extinguisher service fraud

From the April 27, 2018 Edition

An alert from Kern County’s Fire Marshal warns businesses this week about a fraudulent fire extinguisher service company called “Alik Fire Control.”

Alik has been sending door-to-door salesmen to businesses to service fire extinguishers …