Winterizing Thoughts

What do well-liked and highly professional water system managers think about once they’ve retired? Water, of course. Lance Rosmaier managed the Mil Potrero Mutual Water Company in Pine Mountain for years. He retired this summer. …

Sugar Plum Memories of the Holiday Season

Sugar Plum Memories of the Holiday Season

Lingering images and warm memories of the festive holiday season still make us smile.

On Thursday, Dec. 20 Kristina Graves and a group of children from the Boys & Girls Club came to The Mountain …

Bomb Discovery Leaves Mystery in Cuddy Valley

By Patric Hedlund

For the second time in two years, what appeared to be a small bomb was found in a field at the northwest corner of Dusty and Steinhoff Roads in Cuddy Valley.

Terry …

News and Features

Driver Killed Near Ft. Tejon

Matthew Noel, 20 of Redondo Beach, was killed at 10:49 a.m. on New Year’s Eve in Lebec, just south of the Fort Tejon exit of the northbound Interstate 5. According to the Kern County coroner’s ...

Hearings for Building Projects Scheduled

As we go to press, two hearings for more building in Lebec have been scheduled.

On January 24 Shelter on the Hill will ask the Kern County Planning Commission for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) ...

Brownies See the Giving Side of Holidays

By Larri Marasa

Girls Scout Brownie Troop 329 was nervous. It was the third food drive that the Mt. Pinos Girl Scouts had run in just two months. The Brownie Troop wanted to make baskets ...

CHP Officer Retires After 25 Years

By Pam Sturdevant

On Friday, Dec. 28 a retirement party for Officer Maurice (Mo) Tondreau was held at Los Pinos Restaurant in Lebec. Approximately 35 people attended the celebration, including four of his past Commanding ...

Michael Karr Graduates from CHP Academy

Michael Karr has completed California Highway Patrol (CHP) cadet training and has been assigned to duty at the CHP’s Newhall Area office.

Officer Karr, who lives in Lebec, is a 2001 graduate of Frazier Mountain ...