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 …
Breaking News: Suspect Apprehended in Frazier Park Market Robbery
UPDATE–FRAZIER PARK (MONDAY, Jan. 25, 2010, 2:30 p.m.)—This is from the Kern County Sheriff’s Press Release just issued:
On the evening of January 21, 2010 a Frazier Park Substation deputy was contacted by a Los …
Breaking News: Snow Play Visitors by the Thousands Meet Frazier Mountain
LEBEC, FRAZIER PARK (Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, 4:30 p.m.)—Frazier Mountain Park Road was transformed into a 405 Freeway lookalike Saturday afternoon as thousands of snow play visitors from Los Angeles, Bakersfield and other areas began …
Breaking News: Bor Family Sentenced for Cruelty against Horses
LOCKWOOD VALLEY (Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, 7:45 p.m.)—Ernie, Cecilia and Joan Bor were all sentenced to six months in jail with five years probation Friday. Each is to pay a $2,500 fine. All three of …
Breaking News: Coroner Says Jukka Hellsten Death ‘Accidental’
FRAZIER PARK (Thursday, Jan. 21. 2010, 4:59 p.m.)—The Kern County Coroner’s preliminary "cause of death" report has just been released in the case of Jukka Hellsten, 42. Hellsten’s body was found in Cuddy Creek about …
Man Killed As Storm And Tree Crush Home
By Patric Hedlund
Young Devin Storz, 21 was killed instantly Monday, Jan. 18 when a 90-foot pine tree was uprooted by storm winds and slammed into the house where he was sleeping.
Storz was a …
Tributes to Devin Flow in As Benefits Slated for the Storz Family
UPDATE: PINE MOUNTAIN (Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, 12:38 p.m.)—The Sunday, Jan. 24 Sunday Jam at the Pine Mountain Clubhouse will be a benefit for the Storz family. A condolence book will be available to sign …
Changes At Pine Mountain as General Manager Seat Becomes Vacant
PINE MOUNTAIN (Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, 12:30 p.m.)—Jerry Fossler has been replaced as manager of the Pine Mountain Club Property Owners Association (PMCPOA) this week. Lori McChesney, former administrative assistant, is serving as the acting …
News Alert: Free Cinders Available for Slick Roads
UPDATE: FRAZIER PARK (Thursday, Jan. 21, 2:40 p.m.)—Tom Cadd has explained how he uses the cinders: "People should carry some of these cinders in a bucket when they drive. If they have a problem they …
Grief, Shock Greet Loss of Nick Bettis
By Patric Hedlund
For the second time in eight months, last week tears flowed freely in the gymnasium of Frazier Mountain High School as students gathered to remember a classmate.
For the second time …
Nick Bettis Mourned and Celebrated at Two Thursday Gatherings
Frazier Mountain High School and Frazier Mountain Park Services Tearful
By Pam Sturdevant
I attended the celebration of life for Nick Bettis at Frazier Mountain High School on Thursday, Jan. 14. I did not know …
An Even Bigger Fish Tale
By Cat Buckles
“Do you remember me?” the impish smile beneath the red fishing cap said as it walked into The Mountain Enterprise office last week.
We did: Martin and Rosie Kegel donated a bulging …
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News and Features
Tips on Market Gunman Are Called in by Readers
By Patric Hedlund
Last week The Mountain Enterprise ran a front-page editorial calling for the community to send a message to wannabe copycats and to the man who robbed Frazier Park Market at gunpoint ...
Spill Closes I-5, Brings Out HazMat Crew
A spilled shipment from a truck splattered 200 feet across two lanes of the southbound Interstate 5 on Thursday, Jan. 14 at 12:40 p.m.
A full hazardous materials team responded to clean up fifty-three 50-pound ...
‘Burn Cleaner’ Program Starts
Incentives from $100 to $1,500 are being offered starting January 19 (until funding runs out) by the air pollution control district for this area.
See www.valleyair.org or call (559) 230-5800 for applications from the ...
Frazier Park Estates Seeks March Date for Hearing
“Looks like Frazier Park Estates will be on the March Board of Supervisors agenda instead of February’s,” Linda MacKay of the Mountain Communities Municipal Advisory Council said this week.
Kern County Planner Lorelei Oviatt wrote ...
School Board Ponders Construction and Contract Oversight
A moment of silence in remembrance of Frazier Mountain High School junior Nick Bettis began the Wednesday, Jan. 13 meeting of the El Tejon Unified School District (ETUSD) board.
Acting Superintendent Danny Whetton commended ...
Frazier Water District Hears of County’s New Roadscape Plans
By Gary Meyer
Kern County Roads Department Design Engineer Mark Evans dropped by the Frazier Park Public Utility District (FPPUD) board meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 12 with a friendly alert about the upcoming construction schedule ...
Our Banner Photo
This view of Mount Pinos and Frazier Mountain at sunset on Saturday evening (Jan. 16) was sent by Jim and Fae Lumsden, from their property inside Tejon Ranch.
“Sure tests the old saw about, ‘Red ...
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- Bonnie M. Glasser: May 24, 1924 – January 11, 2010
- Inge Brunnengraeber: September 16, 1934 – January 5, 2010
- In Loving Memory: Nicholas James Bettis: January 24, 1993 to January 12, 2010
- Hipolito Carillo Salas Passes