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 …
Frazier Park Estates Vote Is for 557 Homes
A unanimous vote by the Kern County Board of Supervisors May 11 certified the proposal by Frank Arciero, Jr.’s Fallingstar Homes for the 557-home Frazier Park Estates project in Lebec.
For some who had fought …
Lilac Festival This Weekend
Lilac Festival is this weekend, May 15- 16. This is our mountain’s favorite rite of spring—the celebration after the snows are finally cleared from the roads and flowers start blooming again without getting frostbite. The …
Breaking News: Candlelight Vigil Protest for Veteran in Pine Mountain Village May 15
Candlelight Vigil to Protest Destruction of ‘Pauley Pavilion’ by Commercial Center Board By Bent Fredriksen An ad hoc organization, The Pine Mountain Vigilance Committee, has announced with flyers posted throughout Pine Mountain that they will …
Thousands of Dangerous Pills Taken Off Streets in ‘Take Back’ Program
By Gary Meyer
If you never want to read of another drug emergency at the high school or about weekend party deaths and overdoses, you can be a part of the solution. An estimated 6,000 …
Over 130 Cats Removed from Cause 4 Cats in Lebec
By Patric Hedlund, Gary Meyer, Chuck Noble and community reporters
A major operation was conducted at the Cause 4 Cats facility in Lebec on May 6. A convoy of vehicles occupied Circle Drive, including Kern …
New Neighbors in Neenach: West Hills Hounds Moves to the Mountain Communities
By Patric Hedlund
It was a perfect day for a ride across mountain meadows through fields of wildflowers Saturday, May 8. Malibu contractor Michael Zacha finished the West Hills Hounds hunt club’s new kennels and …
Sloppy Tracking of Student Funds Leaves $439,000 Still in Question
Use of 2006-08 ASB Funds for Alcohol, Golf Cart, Facility Repair Called ‘Questionable’
By Patric Hedlund
“Kids raised the money and then the money was used for other purposes,“ said El Tejon Unified School District …
School Accounts Need Full Audit Says Former Student Body President
“No accountability” and “poor money handling” by the high school principal and the advisor to the Associated Student Body (ASB) led to disarray in student accounts for the years 2006-07 and 2007-08, said Nick Onyshko, …
COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Upcoming & Ongoing
Ongoing May–June
- Preschool Story Time is every Saturday at 2 p.m. at FP Library, 3015 Mt. Pinos Way.
- Donations of prom dresses and tuxedos being collected for Community Closet at Believe Thrift Store …
News and Features
Discovering Bears-And Bear Ears-at the Museum
By Gary Meyer
Who says you can’t touch stuff at the museum? On Saturday, May 8, kids were cutting things, squirting glue, sticking fur on it and generally making quite a mess—all so each could ...
Benefit for Amber Kelch’s Family Was ‘Amazing’
Senior Water Operator for Frazier Park Public Utilities District Cheryl Mackey found love and reunions in the wake of tragedy. At a benefit Saturday, May 8 (to raise funds for the funeral of her daughter, ...
Tragedy Averted in 2 a.m. Home Fire
Are Your Smoke Alarms Working?
An early morning fire at a California Trail house in Frazier Park on Monday, May 12 could have turned deadly, but quick action from a sheriff’s deputy and the Kern ...
PMLC Student Council Collects ‘Pennies for Peace’
By Sarah Robinson
The Pine Mountain Learning Center students are collecting “Pennies for Peace.” Their big push will wrap up at this weekend’s Lilac Festival.
Collection jars have been placed from Pine Mountain to Lebec.
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Academia
Calendar and Announcements
- Poker for Shakespeare
- Compassion Film Night to Feature Local Filmmaker
- Sign Up for the 2010 Search and Rescue Golf Tournament
Columns
Community
- Blow Harder! Bubble Gum Thunder
- Dinner Theater Offers Sampler of Mountain Culture
- Rivette Earns Bachelor’s
- Delmos Completes Basic Training
- MAC To Present Survey Results and Set Goals
- Girl Scouts’ Car Wash A Success
- FFA Learns To Be Leaders
- Alpine Lumber & Mercantile Holds Barbecue for Meet-the-Owners Celebration
- Dance Team Victories
- Selling Alcohol To Minors Wins Arrests in Kern
Community Input
Opinion
- OpEds: ‘Li-Lack’ Festival Changes Spur Public Outcry: Where Are the Ponies, Mommy?
- OpEds: ‘Li-Lack’ Festival Changes Spur Public Outcry: Small Group Hurts Community Kids
- OpEds: ‘Li-Lack’ Festival Changes Spur Public Outcry: Why All the Changes to Tradition?
- Festival Coordinators Reply