Breaking News: Lunar Eclipse Next Week

Lunar Eclipse Next Week

Update: On the Winter Solstice, December 20-21, there will be a total lunar eclipse. The darkest part of the eclipse – the umbra – starts (in California’s Pacific Time Zone) about 10:30 p.m. and ends …

Fantasy of Lights Parade Launches Holiday Season

Fantasy of Lights Parade Launches Holiday Season

You may not fully grasp what “Fantasy of Lights” can mean until you’ve seen two little girls, eyes filled with twinkling stars, their faces painted like an orange tiger and a bucktoothed pink rabbit, waving …

Speaking of Lights…

Speaking of Lights...

By Patric Hedlund

The deadline is quickly approaching for the lights to go dark on Mt. Pinos Way in Frazier Park.

Before building began on the streetscape improvements to the commercial area of Frazier …

Drop Out, Transfer Rates for FMHS Released by State

The California Department of Public Instruction has released its first annual report on public school dropout and graduation rates using its new, and more accurate, tracking system for student performance. Results for Frazier Mountain High …

Immigration Sweep Takes Local Residents

UPDATE (December 16, 2010, 4 p.m.)—There is a report now that 30 people were taken from the Mountain Communities on Friday, Dec. 3 in an early Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sweep through the mountain …

COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Upcoming & Ongoing

Ongoing through December

  • Work of HeART Gallery features a group show in December.
  • Bandit live 6 p.m. at La Sierra Restaurant Tuesdays in Dec. (3500 Mt. Pinos Way)
  • Kern County Regional Transit is accepting …

News and Features

Jousting Tournament in Lockwood Valley Sunday

By James Zoppe

The gates open at 10:30 a.m. on a medieval jousting tournament at the American Jousting Alliance headquarters in Lockwood Valley on Sunday, Dec. 12. The event will be held rain, snow or ...

El Tejon Takes Steps To End Bullying

By Lee Bizzini

Recent tragic student deaths have focused national and local attention on bullying. It is an epidemic in schools across America, and can sometimes lead to suicide.

To help bring an end to ...