Amtrak Collision Injures Nineteen Passengers Near Shafter
A collision between an Amtrak passenger train and a semi truck carrying tar paper near Central Valley Highway and Shafter Avenue injures nineteen passengers. Emergency crews treated travelers. the truck driver refused medical aid and a police investigation is underway. Amtrak buses transported displaced passengers to Bakersfield, the Oakland to Bakersfield route's final stop.
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Central Valley Highway
Hall
Shafter
Luis Camargo
McFarland
Amtrak
Bakersfield
Oakland
Community events and notices from Shafter area calendar
The Shafter High Marching Band hosts a tri-up dinner at 7 p.m. August 17 in the Starrh Performing Arts building to fund the band program. Shafter Children’s Summer Theater performs The Aristocats on August 21 at 7 p.m. at Starrh Arts Center with no admission.
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Shafter High
Starrh Performing Arts
Shafter Children’s
Starrh Performing Arts Center
Shafter High School
Learning Center wraps up summer program in Shafter
Amanda Foster and Elise Fitzgerald led AmeriCorps and United Farm Workers supported after school activities at Casa Amelia Cadena, hosting 25 to 30 students daily. The 13-center NFWSC network offered weekly themes from earth history to culinary arts with field trips to Insectiore Buseum and CALM. A pool party and family dinner capped the season as volunteers helped foster a Si Se Puede mindset.
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Amanda Foster
Elise Fitzgerald
Casa Amelia Cadena
AmeriCorps
United Farmworkers
National Farm Workers Service Center
NFWSC
United States
Fitzgerald
Foster
Shafter
Kern County
Insectiore Buseum
California Living Museum
CALM
Shafter Pool
Si Se Puede
High Speed Rail study trims route through Shafter Wasco
California High Speed Rail officials visited Sequoia Elementary in Shafter to outline three potential routes and begin design in 2012. An Environmental Impact Report is underway and expected to conclude in winter 2010. One of the three routes through Shafter and Wasco has been eliminated.
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California High Speed Rail
Sequoia Elementary
Shafter
Shafter-Wasco
High Speed Rail Authority Board
Wasco
Two Visitors Arrested at Lerdo Detentions Center
On August 12, 2010 Detentions Deputy arrested Donelle Flores and Billy Evans for attempting to visit Lerdo grounds. Flores, 29, had outstanding felony warrants and was found with syringes, methamphetamine, marijuana, a handcuff key, and a knife. Evans, a felon on jail grounds without permission, possessed suspected stolen checks.
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Lerdo
Donelle Flores
Flores
Billy Evans
Evans
Donelle Marcel Flores
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Aristocats
Coconut Joe’s
Shafterhigh School
Poso Street
Shafter Recreation and Park District
E. Tulare
Angel Food
Shafter Recreation and Parks
Angel Food Ministries
E. Tulare Avenue
the Roses
By Alexis Stokes
Central Avenue Subway
Chamber of Commerce
Citizens Service Unit
City Council
Cathy Prout
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