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: New Superintendent Hired by School Board
Veteran Educator to Head School District
LEBEC (June 3, 2010, 8 p.m.)—It has been confirmed late today that Katherine (Katie) Kleier of Bakersfield has been signed to the job of superintendent by the El Tejon …
Bank Robbers Get 10 Years for Oregon Job
By Patric Hedlund
Last week, Robert Alan Peters, 46 was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Anthony George Arrigo, 56 had received the same sentence a week earlier. U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner …
Ren Faire and Ridge Route Run Make a Hot Weekend
Forget that we had two to six inches of snow last week—because Frazier Mountain will be sizzling on Saturday. Two amazing events—and the Heartbreak 100 endurance bicycle race as a bonus—will make this a weekend …
Breaking News: ETUSD Board Votes to Lay Off 13 Employees, Hire New Superintendent
The El Tejon Unified School District Board of Trustees voted Thursday, May 27 to lay off 13 classified (non-credentialed) employees, effective July 14.
The positions to be cut are: ten instructional aides, one school secretary, …
Watchdogs To Sue Over Frazier Park Estates EIR
Continued—Part Three [Read Part One, Part Two] By Patric Hedlund
Supervisor Ray Watson did all the talking May 11 when it came time for the Kern County Board of Supervisors to vote to …
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, …
Parent Calls For District Accountability On ASB Funds
On May 12 concerned parents attended the El Tejon Unified School District Board meeting. One rose to make a three-minute statement. These are her words.
By Susan Bates
My child was an active member of …
CalNeva Makes Strides to Improve Cable TV System
By Patric Hedlund
Cable television and its broadband internet service have been earning both positive and negative comments on the mountain following CalNeva’s acquisition 18 months ago.
Some customers tell of improvements in the television …
One Man’s Lonely Quest to Guard his Neighbors’ Votes
By Patric Hedlund
Howard Meythaler’s Long Journey Isn’t Over Yet
To some he is a gentle giant. To others Howard Meythaler is likely considered a plague—deaf as a doorpost, persistent as a tax collector… and …
Citizens Observe Memorial Day in Frazier Park
FRAZIER PARK, CALIF. (Monday, May 31, 2010, 1:30 p.m.)–Mountain Communities residents attended Memorial Day services at the Cody Prosser memorial in Frazier Mountain Park this morning. About 60 people participated. See The Mountain Enterprise Thursday …
Editorial: Cuts in Safety to Save Money Is No Bargain
Is the Kern County Board of Supervisors Gambling with Public Safety?
The Kern County Board of Supervisors has so far rejected requests by fire department officials for full crews and staffing to operate both of …
COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Upcoming & Ongoing
Ongoing May–June
- Preschool Story Time is every Saturday at 2 p.m. at FP Library, 3015 Mt. Pinos Way.
- Lori Murphy is June’s Artist of the Month at Work of Heart Gallery (3011 Mt. Pinos …
News and Features
Sale of Tait Ranch is ‘Just a Facebook Rumor’
FRAZIER PARK (Friday, May 28, 2010, 11 a.m.)—An amusing bit of misinformation has been posted on Facebook and is causing a flurry of rumors around town. It reads: "Frazier Park-Lebec-Pine Mountain News the Enterprise doesn’t ...
High Country Gardener: Memorial Day Is a Time To Remember
A community Memorial Day Ceremony will be held at the Cody Prosser Veterans Memorial in Frazier Mountain Park May 31 at 11 a.m.
By Michelle Maga
On Monday, May 31 we honor those men and ...
Jayson Schimmel to Stand Trial for Son’s Death
FRAZIER PARK, CALIF. (Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 5:51 p.m.)—Ventura County Superior Court Judge Charles Campbell today denied a motion by Jayson Schimmel’s lawyer to dismiss a murder indictment against his client. Schimmel, 33, will return ...
Financial Notes: Gas Prices And Unemployment Rates Fall As Tejon Ranch Stock Tumbles
- Unemployment in Kern county fell in April to 16.5 percent, from 18.3 percent in March.
- Madcap economists at The Motley Fool and slightly more staid brethren at TheStreet.com reported last week that Tejon ...
Deputy Wonderly Wins Medal for Valor
By Gary Meyer
“For his heroic actions on May 10, 2010, when he entered a burning house in Frazier Park and safely rescued a sleeping family,” Deputy Darren Wonderly of the Frazier Park substation ...
OpEd: Don’t Let Arts and Tourist Programs Get Kern County Budget Ax
By Jill Egland, Kern Arts Council
It’s happening. Arts and Culture programs are on the Kern County Board of Supervisors’ chopping block. The final vote is on June 7. Here are some of the organizations ...
Girl Harassed By Two Men In White Truck
A 15-year-old-girl was walking in the 4200 block of Poplar Trail in Frazier Park at about 5 p.m. on May 20 when two men in an older white pickup pulled up next to her and ...
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- Man Dies in I-5 Crash
- Blues & Jazz Club Hosts Kwan Hearns
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- Four Given Awards
- Mountain’s Scouts Walk The Bridge