Air District launches flexible smoke management for Kern Valley
The Air District unveils a new burn system dividing the Valley air basin into more than 100 zones with zone based emission limits. Farmers may request burn authorization from 8 a.m. the day before via phone or the website and call center hours run 6 to 11 a.m. daily. Affected permit holders receive guidance by mail before going online.
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Valley Air Basin
Valleyair
Valleyair.org
Kern County
Clock ticks for 80 000 Americans on organ donor wait list
April is National Donate Life Month as the National Kidney Foundation of Southern California urges Americans to sign up as organ donors. It notes only about one third on the 80,000 waiting list will ever receive a transplant and an average of 17 people die daily while waiting.
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National Kidney Foundation
U.S
Foundation
Mohammad Akmal
NEF
Southern
California
Akmal
National Kidney Foundation of
Southern California
Kidneysocal.org
AmeriCorps Tutors Sought in Central Valley Program
Kern County seeks volunteers for a year of service with Central Valley Communities for Children AmeriCorps. Tutors assist reading and math, recruit volunteers, and lead weekend projects in Bakersfield Delano Lamont Shafter and Taft. Monthly living allowance $900. education award $4,725 after 1700 hours. deadline May 14 at KCSOS Bakersfield.
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Central Valley
AmeriCorps
Bakersfield
Delano
Lamont
Shafter
Taft
U.S
Kern County
Superintendent of Schools Office
KCSOS
17Th Street
Richland
Shafter Avenue
KernCog to announce 2004 priority road projects
KernCog releases the 2004 Draft Federal Transportation Improvement Program outlining about 20 priority highway projects for Kern County. The plan focuses on widening Highways 14 46 58 and 395 and Westside Parkway environmental work, amid funding constraints from the state budget crisis and delayed federal authorization. A public workshop at Bakersfield Kern County Fairgrounds is scheduled for Saturday May 1 2004 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Bakersfield
Kern County Fairgrounds
Kern
Congress
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