Week’s Highs To Be in the 80s—National Weather Service
FRAZIER PARK, CA (Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 7:30 a.m.)—This is a good week to get busy and finish up a lot of those projects that we just can’t seem to get done when it …
UPDATE: Memorials Honor Michael Manning
Those who wish to send a memorial message and photos for printing in The Mountain Enterprise as a tribute for Michael Manning are invited to send their comments, notes and photos to Editor@MountainEnterprise.com as …
Community Mourns Youth’s Death in Fall from Cliff

By Patric Hedlund, Gary Meyer and Pam Sturdevant
From that spot, the world unfolds below in an endless expanse. To stand there is to feel as if you can fly. High at the top of …
Wildfire Strikes in Lockwood Valley

Memories of the 2006 Day fire struck many as they saw smoke rising from Lockwood Valley Saturday, April 18. Melissa Yoes was turned back by CHP on her way to visit friends in Lockwood Valley. …
Television News Gets it Wrong…Terribly Wrong
Reports issued by a Bakersfield television station—saying that rescue crews had left 15-year-old Michael Manning alive on a mountainside overnight, then returned in the morning to find he had died—are untrue. Southern Kern Search and …
News Update Man Stabbed in Frazier Park
FRAZIER PARK (Monday, April 27, 2009 4 p.m.)—Witnesses report that last night, shortly after 10 p.m., a man who lives in the 800 block of Santa Rosa Trail was stabbed three times in the chest.
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Hush Falls Over School

By Sara Woerter
A gloomy cloud hung over Frazier Mountain High School Tuesday. You noticed the quiet whispers when school began—no one was talking or laughing, everything was very quite. Over the morning announcements, no …
NEWS ALERT: Water To Be Turned Off Thursday. April 30
According to Lebec County Water District, water will be turned off for Frazier Mountain Mobile Home Park and the Frykholm residence on Thursday, April 30 from 10 a.m. ’til 1 p.m. for scheduled maintenance work. …
PART 1: Habitat Plan and Federal Analysis Show Major Flaws

Tejon Mountain Village Special Report and Commentary
Download the complete report (Parts 1 and 2) as a PDF file.
By Patric Hedlund with Katy Penland
On March 6 an 18-pound box was delivered by …
COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Upcoming & Ongoing
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Upcoming Deadlines
- Thursday, May 7: Lilac Festival Parade applications due. www.pmclilacfestival.com.
- Center of the World Festival — Friday, May 1: Logo Design Contest. Sunday, May …
Texas Hold ‘EM Benefits Chamber of Commerce

By Stacey Havener, Chamber of Commerce
The First Annual Mountain Communities Chamber of Commerce (MCCOC) Texas Hold ‘em Poker Tournament was held this month.
“King of the Mountain… Communities” was coined as the tournament’s name.
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PART 2: Habitat Plan and Federal Analysis Show Major Flaws
Download the complete report (Parts 1 and 2) as a PDF file.
Last week, April 10, 2009, we published a report explaining to our readers that after 100 hours of examination, we were …
News and Features
NEWS ALERT: Southbound I-5 Lanes at Grapevine Open Again
FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (UPDATE: Sunday, April 27, 2009, 5:30)—Southbound I-5 lanes at Grapevine are open again after closure this afternoon of lanes 3 and 4 following a mobile home fire that spread to the hillside. ...
What is 420?
By Patric Hedlund
A more terrible night than that of April 20, 2009 would be hard to imagine for Mountain Community parents. In Pine Mountain, where Michael’s family lives, distressed friends and neighbors gathered in ...
Nature Fest III Is the Place To Be Saturday
Saturday, April 25 • Free • 12 to 3:30 p.m. Frazier Park Elementary School
By Mary Ann Lockhart
You will meet some special guests at Nature Fest III, such as a six-foot Honduran iguana. He ...
Services Planned for Forest Ann Sjoberg
Forest Ann Sjoberg, 86 owner of Frazier Mountain Real Estate in Frazier Park since 1977, passed away on April 15 in Bakersfield. She had been ill with congestive heart failure.
Sjoberg was one of the ...
An Angel Flying Into the Sunset
“I hope you don’t think I’m nuts for seeing this form in the cloud, but it truly did take my breath away when I first saw it,” reporter Katy Penland wrote of the cloud formations ...
Race for Valley Fever Vaccine Gains Focus
CDC Says Illness Reports Up
Special to The Mountain Enterprise By Pauline Larwood, Valley Fever Vaccine Project Chairperson
Kern County is “ground zero” for Valley Fever in California. The Communicable Disease Center (CDC) in Atlanta ...
Four-Way Stop Is Hot Spot for Tickets
By Sgt. Mark Brown
I noticed my deputies were writing tickets at the [four-way stop] intersection so I parked there for about 45 minutes one day last week. I did not write tickets, I just ...
Woman Found Dead in Home by Friend
By Patric Hedlund
At 5 a.m. on Thursday, April 16 a 911 call was placed for help at 13908 Yellowstone Drive in Pine Mountain.
Firefighters who arrived at the scene called the Kern County Sheriff’s ...
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