A woman who died in a head-on crash this week in Frazier Park has been identified.  Laura Susana Soledad Pensamiento, 55, of Frazier Park died in a head-on crash in the mountain community on Sunday, according to officials with the Kern County Coroner’s Office.  Around 2:20 p.m. Sunday, officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Fort Tejon Area responded to ...

A brush fire has broken out near Frazier Park Friday afternoon. The brush fire, dubbed the Bryson Fire, was first reported around 1:45 p.m. on the northbound 5 Freeway south of Frazier Mountain Park Road in Frazier Park, according to officials. As of 2:08 p.m. Friday, the brush fire was stopped at 1 acre. Officials on scene say no structures ...

Judith Cassis, an award-winning ghostwriter, writing coach and beloved Santa Clarita community leader, died Saturday, July 12. Cassis’s passing was announced by her sons, Gabriel and Ryan on social media. “It is with the heaviest heart and deepest pain that we must announce our mother’s passing from this world,” they said. “She was surrounded and held by her family in ...

Firefighters held the “Park Fire” in Frazier Park to 3 acres Thursday night after a building fire spread to nearby vegetation. Around 8:35 p.m. Thursday, the Kern County Fire Department responded to multiple reports of a structure fire on the 400 block of Pico Trail in Frazier Park, according to the department (KCFD). When firefighters arrived, crews discovered a fully ...

In less than a year, a $1 billion Powerball jackpot winning ticket has been sold in Southern California three times, with the latest winner, $1.73 billion, coming from Frazier Park.   The winning ticket was sold in Kern County’s Midway Market and Liquor at 6032 Frazier Mountain Road, according to the California Lottery. The winning ticket numbers from Wednesday’s drawing were ...

A Frazier Park man has been identified as one of the people killed in a Bakersfield traffic collision that occurred last Tuesday which killed two people and injured four others, including several young children. 34-year-old Valdemar Ajpop, of Frazier Park, was killed in the crash on Dec. 28, 2021, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office. California Highway Patrol reports ...

A pedestrian who was killed in a crash in Frazier Park, several miles north of the Santa Clarita Valley, earlier this month has been identified. Gerardo Lofra Luevano, 59, from Lebec was killed in the crash, said Sheriff-Coroner Donny Youngblood of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office. Around 5:50 a.m. on Friday Nov. 5, Luevano was struck by a vehicle on ...

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing person who was last seen north of Santa Clarita. Brian Redfeairn, from Bakersfield was last seen on June 4, 2021 in the Lancaster area, just northeast of Santa Clarita, off of Highway 138 and 300th Street West, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office. “Brian is ...

A Frazier Park woman was arrested by deputies Monday from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station after they discovered heroin in her vehicle, officials said. On Monday, Dec. 23, deputies patrolling at the Newhall Park and Ride near the intersection of Newhall Avenue and Sierra Highway noticed a parked vehicle with two people inside, according to Shirley Miller, spokesperson for ...

The Gorman Fire broke out Monday afternoon on the 5 Freeway, growing to a quarter acre in size before being extinguished in minutes, officials said.  The brush fire, dubbed the Gorman Fire was first reported to firefighters around 2:30 p.m. on the northbound 5 Freeway near Frazier Mountain Road in Gorman, said Melanie Flores, a dispatch supervisor with the Los ...