Big Rig Catches Fire on Interstate-5

Big Rig Catches Fire on Interstate-5

This tractor-trailer big rig was fully engulfed in flames Saturday, Sept. 6 on the southbound I-5 between Lebec and Gorman. A small grass fire was extinguished. According to CHP the truck was hauling sugar. No …

9/11 Brings Memories

9/11 Brings Memories

By Katy Penland

What will you remember this September 11?

Karrie De Mascio, 36, and Karina, 2, Lebec. Animal Control Officer for Los Angeles County: I really want the troops to come home. The war …

News and Features

Job Market Down, Home Sales Up

Employers in the Bakersfield area expect to hire at a weak pace during the fourth quarter of 2008, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey announced Tuesday, Sept. 9.

Meanwhile, Realtors report that Bakersfield’s median ...

Film Projects Visit the Mountain

By Gary Meyer and Richard Olsen

The bulls were running Thursday, Sept. 4 at the Best Rest Inn. Hall Ambulance Service was on-hand…just in case.

Cable TV network Animal Planet was filming a segment called, ...

Stacey Havener Voted New Chamber Head

Stacey Havener, co-owner of All Seasons Realty, has taken up the gavel for the Mountain Communities Chamber of Commerce. Havener follows Pam Low as president. Pete Carroll is Vice President, Pam Sturdevant is secretary, Sue ...