Tehachapi Shafter Seek City Planner Replacement
The search to fill the Tehachapi Shafter City Planner post left by Fred Goodrich is underway with an interim consulting firm. Kern County pays half the salary while Shafter and Tehachapi share the rest. Applicants need a BA in Urban Planning or related field and proven planning, zoning, and land use skills.
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Fred Goodrich
Sacramento
Shafter
Tehachapi
Caires
Goodrich
Shafter Woman Hears Bill Elliott Broadcast From Local Studio
In 1949 Shafter residents mildly stirred as Bakersfield DJ Bill Elliott, known as the Chester Avenue Hillbilly, aired his Coffee Time morning show from Shafter. The report notes local interest in his broadcast and mentions other regional updates.
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Shafter
Bakersfield
Chester Avenue
Bill Elliott
Officer’s car engine burns up in flames
Shafter Police Officer Brad Rood was driving home at 1 40 a m when his 1976 Chevy Chevette burst into flames. He escaped unharmed as Kern County Fire Department found the car fully involved. A broken fuel line is blamed for the blaze that totaled the vehicle valued at about $800.
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Shafter
Brad Rood
Rood
Kern County
Warbird Fly-in funds Minter Air Museum project
The third annual Warbird Fly-in drew over 100 attendees at Meadows Field for a first benefit barbecue to support expenses for establishing the Minter Air Museum. The event at Minter Field near Shafter celebrates wartime aviation and aims to display artifacts and aircraft for public viewing, with donations of five dollars for adults and three for children.
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Meadows Field
Minter Air Museum
Shafter
Minter Field
United States
Battle of Minter Field
Lizers
Multiple arrests and fires reported Sunday and prior week
On Sunday April 8 Darryl Lynn Armstrong faced charges for possession of under an ounce of marijuana and an outstanding vehicle code warrant, bail set at 191. Other theft reports include Keirpal Singh’s loss of luggage and a passport at a Safeway lot and a $20 loss reported by Isabel Acosta on a Wasco warrant. Various arrests and fire incidents are listed with bails, losses, and locations across April 3 to 7, including minors in possession of alcohol, public intoxication, and several fire calls at structures, dumpsters, and fields with damage totals.
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Darryl Lynn Armstrong
Keirpal Singh
Safeway
Isabel Acosta
Wasco
Garvin
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H.C. Hight
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Lerdo Field
HBO
Sophie
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Warner Cable
SRO
George Burns
Tender Merces
Fraggle Rock
the Outsiders
Max Dugan
Porky's
So Weeks
Annie
Paddington
Donna
Anne
China
Septues
Stoker Rcg
Qcowarner Annex
Charles Tye
West Ash
John Estes
Ezequiel Soto
Anthony Barela
Astonia Salazar
Ruby Fraley
Carlos Meza
Joseph Allan Schlesserman
Gladden Trucking
Debbie Barton
Santa Fe
Orange
Euclid
Olson
Kern County Housing Authority
Biloff Manufacturing
Gladden
Superior Farms
The
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Rodney Becker
Central Ave
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