Lebec News

A reward of $10,000 is to be issued for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved in a burglary at the U.S. Post Office in Lebec.

A Lebec man is dead after his vehicle overturned near Rosamond. The California Highway Patrol says 77-year-old Earl Cecil Hardy was heading eastbound on Patterson Road and was west of 230th Street West in ...

Have a chat with a Civil War calvaryman Sunday when the Fort Tejon Historical Association presents a battle re-enactment. GO & DO WHAT: Civil War re-enactment by Fort Tejon Historical Association WHEN: 10:30 ...

About 100 acres were burned by a wildfire in Lebec that started Thursday afternoon.

"I bought it from an old hippie in Washington the summer Jerry Garcia died," says Bleeding Irish fiddle player Rhy Thornton of the 1964 school bus his band took on the Warped Tour.

Arnold Schwarzenegger a letter protesting a pact between the Tejon Ranch Co. and environmentalists to set aside a swath of wilderness in exchange for not opposing development on other parts of the ranch.

A wildfire charred nearly a square mile of steep brush and grassland on Friday, threatening about 50 homes in Southern California, before calm winds and high humidity helped firefighters get a handle on the blaze.

Residents in Digier Canyon had been advised to leave as about 100 firefighters and 10 aircraft battled the wildfire about 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles, Kern County fire Capt. Alex Entenman said.

By Friday evening the homes were no longer threatened and no damage was reported. The fire was 80 percent contained, with full containment expected by early Saturday morning, said county fire inspector Tony Diffenbaugh.

The Caribbean monk seal has become extinct. The sea mammal had long been thought to be extinct, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Friday said it was official.

The Digier Canyon area fire near Lebec, which burned some 500 acres and forced the voluntary evacuation of about 50 homes Friday was fully contained by 8 a.m. Saturday, Kern County Fire Department officials ...

A wildfire that briefly threatened 50 homes in the mountains northwest of Los Angeles pass was contained early Saturday, a fire official said.

The blaze in the Grapevine area along Interstate 5 in the Tehachapi Mountains had charred about 500 acres _ less than a square mile _ of grass and brush by the time it was declared surrounded.

'It's not even putting up any smoke this morning,' Kern County fire Inspector Tony Diffenbaugh said.

The fire broke out Friday morning.

Residents of about 50 homes in Digier Canyon were advised to leave but the threat ended and the fire basically had stopped growing by Friday evening.

Calmer winds and higher humidity were helping firefighters in their battle against a wildfire in Tejon Pass that threatened about 50 homes and prompted evacuations Friday, authorities said.

Just four days after leaving for Gilroy and the Summit Fire, Kern County firefighters returned to headquarters Tuesday night after assisting on the blaze.

An aerial of an expanse of land Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Lebec, Calif., that will become part of a vast nature preserve.

A group of Kern County animal lovers celebrated the groundbreaking of a new shelter at the Hill Humane Society in Lebec.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger looks over terrain maps of Tejon Ranch land with developers and environmentalist at Tejon Ranch. via LA Daily News

Spring training as we know it is threatened. Use this link to learn how to support the national pastime in our own backyard. via KVOA-TV Tucson

“In my opinion it's a near certainty that California will never again see a private land conservation agreement of this size and ecological importance”

LEBEC, Calif. - A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of wilderness have reached a deal that would set aside the largest parcel of land for conservation in California history. via KAAL

“I never entered before because I was not interested, but my teacher, Andria Bloom really encouraged me”

Desert High School seniors Richard Martinez and Kaitlyn Wakefield's "Barrier Beat Down" earned second place honors in the Physics and Astronomy category. via News News

“Without them I wouldn't be here now. I mean every one of them were great, like I said there's no kind of payback for your life.”

Four emergency workers were honored today, for saving the life of a Lebec man - three - times. via KGET-TV Bakersfield

Merrick here... Atavacron sent some images from yesterday's STAR TREK shoot at the Pastoria Electric plant outside Lebec, CA. via Ain't It Cool News