Breaking News: Six-Vehicle I-5 Crash in Lebec Involves Big-Rig

UPDATE: LEBEC, CALIFORNIA (Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 at 10:35 a.m.)--Injuries reported, so far, are minor including two complaints of pain. Still unclear as to the number of vehicles involved. One green Toyota Camry, one possible overturned RV and still a possible big-rig involved. Three tow-truck companies are on-scene.

LEBEC, CALIFORNIA (Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 at 9:30 a.m.)--CHP and fire crews are working...

Veterans Day Salutes from school children

Fourteen veterans were honored by the students of Pine Mountain Learning Center on Friday, Nov. 9.

World War II veteran Richard Hoegh, 91 told his...

Parents, newly-elected trustees and lame-duck board talk school closing

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Breaking News: School Board Votes Not to Close El Tejon School

UPDATE —LEBEC, CA (Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at 12:44 a.m.)—This evening, in a meeting that lasted until 11 p.m., the El Tejon Unified School District Board of Trustees voted 3-1 to continue operating El Tejon School.

The trustees held a searching and open discussion about the merits of the proposal to close the school, guided by a detailed analysis by Interim Superintendent...

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• Toys for Tots application deadline is November 16. Apply at the Family Resource Center in Frazier Park. Toy donation deadline will be December 7. All toys from our community stay local. Call the Family Resource Center at 245-4303 for more information.
• Coat Drive for Mountain Community residents in need has begun. Bring clean, gently-used, any...

Good-byes and Hellos at Frazier Park Library

The imaginative and personable Terry Thompson, who was supervisor of the Frazier Park Library for its first year, has moved up to...

Traffic Update: Interstate 5 Lane Closures on Grapevine from Lebec to Pyramid Lake

FRAZIER PARK / GORMAN / LEBEC, CALIFORNIA (Friday, Nov. 16 2012 at 4:30 p.m.)--Caltrans has announced intermittent freeway closures between Frazier Mountain Park Road and Vista Del Lago Road. Both northbound and southbound lanes will be affected. See details below.

Closures for I-5 Pavement Improvement Project Vista Del Lago Road to Kern County Line

There will be no construction closures during the Thanksgiving holiday...

OpEd: At least we should know who they are! A Letter to Sheriff Donny Youngblood

By Karen Schott, Cuddy Valley

I am writing this in part to Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood. I want him to know my point of view as the victim of a recent break-in at my property in our mountain area. I would like to draw attention to Sheriff Youngblood’s policy of not releasing booking photos.

Thinking that the good guys wear white hats and...

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