From the July 14, 2017 Edition
Kern County Assessor-Recorder Jon Lifquist announced today that his office has determined the taxable value of at $91.3 billion for Kern County property for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017. That is a $5.9 …
From the July 14, 2017 Edition
Saturday, July 15, 9:30-11:30 am/ Antelope Valley – Quartz Hill Library/ 5040 West Avenue M-2, Quartz Hill 93536
Voters approved Proposition 64 to legalize recreational cannabis (marijuana) in California. L.A. County departments are developing cannabis …
From the July 7, 2017 Edition
By Patric Hedlund, TME
Over the 4th of July weekend Piñon Pines Mutual Water Company’s electrician was away—just when the pump for the community’s Well #7 went out. It may have been caused by an …
From the July 7, 2017 Edition
By Patric Hedlund, TME
A terrible odor woke Frazier Park homeowner Andrew Lesso in the middle of the night last week. He said he thought maybe a mouse had gotten into the kitchen and died …
From the April 14, 2017 Edition
It would have been a good time to be telling ghost stories Friday night, April 7 in Lebec. With no notice, electricity went out. Pacific Gas & Electric said in its hotline that lights would …
From the April 14, 2017 Edition
As unpopular as the California State Responsibility Area Fire Fee is locally, Kern County Fire Department spokesperson Jason Knaggs said Kern County won $300,000 in grants last year and $500,000 in grant funds this fiscal …
From the April 14, 2017 Edition
Six candidates threw their hats into the ring for the three seats opening on the Pine Mountain Club Property Owners Association Board of Directors. The deadline was April 10.
PMC Executive Assistant Karin Shulman …
From the April 7, 2017 Edition
Susan Zahnter of the Three Points-Liebre Mountain Town Council wants to remind Western Antelope Valley residents of the Free Dump Day Saturday, April 8, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., that will allow up to …
From the March 31, 2017 Edition
An aggressive and misleading salesman for a company called Titan H2O contacted Mountain Community residents this week, saying they are “mandated by the state” to install a water filter system because local water has high …
From the March 31, 2017 Edition
Fire broke out in the three-unit apartment building on the southwest corner of Mt. Pinos Way and Pasadena Trail at about 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28. At left, the woman who had just moved …