FMHS graduates: ‘A force to reckon with’

FMHS graduates: ‘A force to reckon with’

By Marcy Axness, TME

“We’re so unstoppable that even a worldwide pandemic couldn’t keep us from graduating,” Frazier Mountain High School valedictorian Hailey Renfeldt said June 4.

She addressed her peers in seats dotted around …

Mountain residents bring peaceful protest to Lebec

Mountain residents bring peaceful protest to Lebec

By Elke Heitmeyer, Frazier Park

“Enough is enough,” Mary Jo Ritchea-Larez of Pine Mountain Club said Sunday, June 7. She and her daughter Mikala Larez, 25, explained that they had been driving to demonstrations in Santa Clarita. They decided to host a peaceful event in their own …

Kern County deadly force record highest in nation

Kern County deadly force record highest in nation

By Patric Hedlund, TME

Late in 2017, The Atlantic magazine reported about 200 people gathering on a street in Bakersfield. They were protesting the police killing of James De La Rosa. He had no weapon …

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FMHS graduates: ‘A force to reckon with’

By Marcy Axness, TME

“We’re so unstoppable that even a worldwide pandemic couldn’t keep us from graduating,” Frazier Mountain High School valedictorian Hailey Renfeldt said June 4.

She addressed her peers in seats dotted around ...

Mountain residents bring peaceful protest to Lebec

By Elke Heitmeyer, Frazier Park

“Enough is enough,” Mary Jo Ritchea-Larez of Pine Mountain Club said Sunday, June 7. She and her daughter Mikala Larez, 25, explained that they had been driving to demonstrations in Santa Clarita. They decided to host a peaceful event in their own ...

Kern County deadly force record highest in nation

By Patric Hedlund, TME

Late in 2017, The Atlantic magazine reported about 200 people gathering on a street in Bakersfield. They were protesting the police killing of James De La Rosa. He had no weapon ...