Lake Isabella Stocking With Fish For Upcoming Season Nov 12, 2009
LAKE ISABELLA, Calif ... Major sponsors are the valleys independent market co-sponsors Charlies Market, Lake Isabella Market and Mt. Mesa Market; Kern River Corporation; Alta One Federal Credit Union; Subway, Little Caesars, and Taco Del Mar; Budweiser; General Plumbing; California Land Management, Sierra Gateway Markets; French Gulch & North Fork Marinas; and YUM / Troutkrilla. (KERO 23, CA)
Harry 'Skip' Suekut Nov 11, 2009
He is survived by his wife, Loretta Suekut, of Galt; daughters, Stacy Suekut, Paula Leonard, Amy Van der Veen and Sara Ming; sons, Matthew "Bo" Suekut, Able Suekut and Aaron Suekut; sisters, Donna Pullen, of Camarillo, DiAnn Randleman, of Lake Isabella, and Sharon Skibo, of Woodland; and nine grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Harry Harvey Suekut Sr., and mother, Mabel Suekut. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Public Can Get Behind Scenes Look At KCSD Oct 23, 2009
LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. -- The Kern County Sheriffs Office, Kern Valley Substation (located 7046 Lake Isabella Dr.) will be holding an open house on Sat. (KERO 23, CA)
Plea withdrawn in Utah hired beating case Oct 14, 2009
Pamela Ott was administrator of the Kern Valley Healthcare District, where the elder abuse allegedly occurred at the district's Lake Isabella nursing home. VERNAL, Utah -- A Utah teenager who pleaded no contest to hiring a man to beat her in an effort to induce a miscarriage has been released from jail after a judge ruled that she was seeking an abortion and was not criminally liable. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Local briefs: Homeless camp used to sell dope, police say Oct 9, 2009
A modified Alternative 3 was added in answer to concerns on access to Lake Isabella and impact to California condor roost areas, said Mary Chislock, forest spokeswoman. Hand-delivered comments must be received at the Forest Supervisor's office no later than 4:30 p.m. Nov. 9. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
PI pleads no contest in California conspiracy case Oct 7, 2009
Pamela Ott was administrator of the Kern Valley Healthcare District, where the elder abuse allegedly occurred at the district's Lake Isabella nursing home. Hawk jury deliberates for first day. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
San Bernardino Co. elder home director arrested Sep 16, 2009
The state alleges that Ott knew the nursing director at the Kern Valley Health Care District's nursing facility in Lake Isabella had ordered high doses of mood-altering drugs for dementia patients to make them more tranquil. The alleged drugging went on from September 2006 to January 2007. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Ex-CEO of Kern County nursing home charged Sep 9, 2009
Pamela Ott was administrator of the Kern Valley Healthcare District, where the eld 0000372A er abuse allegedly occurred at the district's Lake Isabella nursing home ... The state alleges that Ott knew the nursing director at the Kern Valley Health Care District's nursing facility in Lake Isabella had ordered high doses of mood-altering drugs for dementia patients to make them more tranquil. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Kern County Nursing Home Employee Enters Plea Aug 21, 2009
The California Attorney General's office says Debbi Hayes, a pharmacist at the Lake Isabella nursing facility, pleaded no contest this month to conspiracy to commit an act injurious to public health. Prosecutors say Hayes was placed on probation and agreed to cooperate with the attorney general's office in its prosecution of the two remaining defendants, Gwen Hughes and Hoshang Pormir. (KERO 23, CA)
DEATH NOTICES Aug 12, 2009
She is survived also by twin sister Verlie Davis of Lake Isabella, California, and sister Gussie McBride of Jerome, Idaho, along with numerous in-laws, nieces, nephews, and caring neighbors. A memorial celebration of Lou s life will be held at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, August 12, at the First Church of the Nazarene in Ontario. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Former Community College Instructor Sentenced For Child Porn Jul 29, 2009
-- Acting United States Attorney Lawrence G. Brown announced today that Chief United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced Paul Edward Monk, 38, of Lake Isabella, today to six and a half years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography ... At the time of his arrest, MONK was employed as an adjunct instructor in history and personal development at Cerro Coso Community Colleges Kern River Valley campus in Lake Isabella. (KERO 23, CA)
Crow Causes Power Outage In South Lake Isabella May 22, 2009
LAKE ISABELLA, Calif ... The Lake Isabella Senior Center was opened as a shelter for residents, but most folks decided to wait it out at home. (KERO 23, CA)
Assembly Member Jean Fuller Visits Lake Isabella Apr 18, 2009
LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. -- For the past two months, Republican Assembly member Jean Fuller has been traveling all over Kern County speaking with residents about local issues, as well as educating them about Californias water crisis. (KERO 23, CA)
Giant Sequoia National Monument plan in gear Mar 19, 2009
All begin at 6:30 p.m.: April 14: Visalia Convention Center, 303 E. Acequia Ave., Visalia April 15: Lake Isabella, site to be determined April 16: Porterville Supervisor's Office, 1839 S. Newcomb St., Porterville April 20: Hume Lake Ranger District Office, 35860 E. Kings Canyon Road, DunlapSuggestions and concerns about the plan and proclamation can be submitted online at gsnm-consult ... Public forums on the plan will be held in April in Visalia, Lake Isabella, Porterville and Hume Lake. (Fresno Bee)
Two People Die In Rollover Accident Mar 1, 2009
The California Highway Patrol said Saturday that two people died after the vehicle they were traveling in veered off the road, overturned and landed on its roof in a cement drainage culvert in Lake Isabella. The CHP said 45-year-old Sheryl Muncy was driving her 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse eastbound on Highway 178 and exited onto SR 155 when she left the roadway for unknown reasons. (KERO 23, CA)
3 Arrested For Allegedly Drugging Patients At Nursing Home Feb 19, 2009
Gwen Hughes, the former Director of Nursing at the skilled nursing facility of the Kern Valley Healthcare District in Lake Isabella, Kern County on charges of elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon ... Kern Valley Healthcare District operates a small community hospital and skilled nursing facility in Lake Isabella. (KERO 23, CA)
3 Kern County nursing home employees arrested Feb 19, 2009
All three worked at the Kern Valley Healthcare District's nursing facility in Lake Isabella. Authorities say Hughes, the former director of nursing, ordered that dementia patients be given high doses of the mood-altering drugs not as part of their therapy, but to make them more tranquil. (Fresno Bee -- State)
