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 …
NEWS UPDATE: Governor Signs Frazier Park Bus Service Bill
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Tuesday, July 22) — Senator Roy Ashburn (R-Bakersfield) today announced that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed Senate Bill 1263. The measure will allow Amtrak to provide bus service to Frazier Park and the …
Aimin’ For Fiesta Days Fun: Duck the Bullets, Join the Parade
By Gary Meyer and Patric Hedlund
You might want to be on guard at Fiesta Days this year. Rumor has it that a band of crude characters known as The Frazier Park Wild Bunch might …
$306 Million Pot Bust in Forest
The U.S. Forest Service announced Wednesday, July 16 that over 68,000 marijuana plants have been seized in the Los Padres National Forest west of Pine Mountain, in a region spanning Kern and Ventura Counties.
The …
Parent Says High School Math, Science Scores ‘Need to Improve’
By Patric Hedlund
Frazier Mountain High School students are not getting an adequate education in math and science, Gary Sokolowski of Frazier Park maintains. He appeared at the June and July meetings of the El …
Lebec Grass Fire Burns 100 Acres
By Patric Hedlund, Chuck Noble and Gary Meyer
LEBEC-While over 400 fires still raged in other parts of the state Thursday, July 10, Sean Blaisdell was startled to notice a grass fire near Lebec …
High School Drop-Out Rates Announced
Frazier Mountain High School Rates Need Second Glance
By Richard Hoegh, Community Correspondent
State Superintendent of Schools Jack O’Connell on July 16 published data on student drop-out rates throughout the state for the period between …
Board of Trade Elects Maines New President
Lebec Resident Penny Maines was sworn in as the new president of the Kern County Board of Trade at the Wednesday, July 9 mixer.
(l-r, back row): Penny Maines newly elected president of Kern County …
NEWS ALERT: Big Rig Crash Closes Northbound Lanes at Grapevine
FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (Tuesday, July 22 at 5:04 p.m.) — A semi-tractor trailer truck collision on the northbound Interstate 5 at Grapevine, which earlier had all northbound lanes closed, now has one lane closed, according …
News and Features
New Fire Restrictions in Los Padres National Forest
By Kathy Good, Los Padres National Forest
In response to increasing fire danger, Forest Service officials have announced additional fire restrictions in Los Padres National Forest starting Friday, July 18. They will remain in effect ...
Kern County Lures More Tourists Than Disneyland
By Pam Sturdevant
Kern County is the fifth largest tourism attraction in the state, beating out Disneyland and Magic Mountain. That encouraging fact was announced Wednesday, July 9 at the annual Kern County Board of ...
Chevron Donates $3,000 for High School Robotics Team
By Charles Hurst
The Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company has donated $3,000 to the Mountain Arts and Recreation Coalition (MARC) for support of the Frazier Mountain High School Robotics Team in the coming ...
Fire Safe Council to Hold Special Meeting for Volunteers
By Janine Tominaga, FSC President
The July FSC meeting has been rescheduled. It will be for Non Fire Agency members only. We will be meeting next Friday, July 25, 9:30 a.m. at Chuchupate Ranger Station ...
Peak to Peak Hike Slated For July 26
By Mary Anne Lockhart, Sierra Club Condor Group
Saturday, July 26 is the date for the Sierra Club’s traditional mid-summer Peak to Peak hike, six miles or so long. The hike trail goes from Mt. ...
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Academia
- Greg Beigle Wins $1,000 Scholarship
- Gillian Greenfeld Graduates From University of California At Irvine
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Columns
- The Mountain Ride: Carpools Needed July 18, 2008
- Sightings: A review of Living With Bears
- High Country Gardener: Big Flowering Vines
Community
- Enter the Fiesta Days Pet Show
- Sudsin’ It Up for Hip Hop
- Bard’s Faire For Kids
- Flash Flood Warnings Yield No Local Harm
- Shakespeare Festival: Comedy of Errors
- Shakespeare Festival: You Can’t Take It With You
- Brainstorming to End Underage Drinking
Faith Pages
- Back-To-School Clothing Drive Begins
- Field Trip Scheduled to the Pine Mountain Buddhist Center in Lockwood Valley
- Welcome, Baby Girl: Jaidyn Mariah Malone-Chavez