Public Health Clinic Dates In February Open By Appointment
The Shafter Kern County Public Health Department lists February clinics at 329 Central Valley Highway Family Planning February 23 from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and February 28 pregnancy screening from 8:30 to 11 a.m. by appointment only. Call 746-7562 for appointments. Also EDD hosts a no cost California State Basic Payroll Tax Seminar on March 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Westchester Corporate Plaza Building Bakersfield. call (888) 745-3886 for reservations.
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Shafter Kern County
State of California Employment Development Department
EDD
Westchester Corporate Plaza
Bakersfield
Spring Book Sale Planned by Friends of Kern County Library
The Friends of Kern County Library announce a Spring Book Sale March 11 and 12 from 10 am to 3 pm at the Beale Memorial Auditorium 701 Truxton Ave Bakersfield with proceeds funding new books and programs. Adult water polo begins in late April at Wasco Pool under Recreation and Parks District. signups close March 30. teams of five cost 130 dollars per team or 30 dollars per person. district help available. games start around 9 pm for about 30 days. for more information call 758-3081.
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Friends of
Kern County Library
Beale Litorium
Truxton Ave
Bakersfield
Wasco
Recreation and Parks District
Inmates escape Lerdo Minimum Facility Sunday
Two Lerdo inmates fled the Lerdo Male Minimum Facility after scaling four fences at about 8 15 p m Sunday. Sheriff’s deputies used canine units and air support in a wide search but found no trace. Suspects Lucas Aguirre Jr 25 and Ramon Bravo 21. both face charges of grand theft auto and burglary respectively with listed addresses in Delano and Bakersfield. Contact 861 3110 if information arises.
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Sheriffis
Lerdo
Lucas Aguirre Jr
HMA
Glenwood St
Delano
Grand Theft Auto
Ramon Bravo
Bakersfield
Sheriffis Department
Shafter approves 151 new homes on 80 acres near schools
Shafter City Council approved a 151 home single family development on about 80 acres east of Manuel and Fresno Avenues across from Sequoia Elementary. The plan includes parcels from 20,570 to 7,892 square feet, 118 conditions, a four lane Fregno Avenue, a six foot wall, and streets named Butte Court Drake Drive Aldrich Drive Sonora Drive Monterey Court Fritz Court Ripon Court Padre Drive with alternate names Livingstone Planada Mono. The Richland School District urged sidewalks on Manuel Avenue and a Mello Roos district to fund future schools.
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Shafter City
Manuel and
Fresno Avenues
Sequoia
Shafter High School
Fregno Avenue
Jeffries
Family Limited Partnership
Ryan William Jeffries
June L. Jeffries
Silver D. Sack
Fresno Avenue
Richland
Manuel Avenue
Tulare
Fresno
Mello Roos
Butte Court
Drake Drive
Aldrich Drive
Sonora Drive
Monterey Court
Fritz Court
Ripon Court
Padre Drive
Livingstone
Planada
Mono
Thieves steal trailer and cable from new Shafter dairy
Deputies from Kern County Sheriff North Area Substation found an unoccupied disabled flatbed trailer with six galvanized cable spools on Lerdo Highway south of Shafter. At a dairy complex west of Shafter investigators learned the trailer and nine spools were taken between February 11 and February 14. Loss estimated over $8000. Rural Crimes Unit to handle the burglary. tips to Detective Danny McGlothlin at 661-392-4369.
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Kern County
Sheriff’s Department
North Area
Buttonwillow
Lerdo Highway
Shafter
Sible
Kern County Sheriff’s Department
Danny McGlothlin
Rural Crimes Unit
Kern County Sets New Construction Record With November Surge
Kern County posted a November value of 1.268 billion dollars in annual construction valuation, up 20.42 percent from 2003. Shafter led with 1.883 percent growth to 693,286, while McFarland and Wasco showed mixed November results. Delano continued steady growth as Interstate Land Company’s Avenida Castro project began phase one.
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Kern County
Board of Trade
Kern
Shafter
Minter Field
McFarland
Wasco
Delano
Interstate Land Company
Avenida Castro Street
Shafter to Begin 2005 Street Improvements
Granite Construction will overlay Pacific Avenue from Central Valley Highway to Lerdo Highway and reconstruct Olive Street. An alley near the Shafter DMV will be rebuilt with drainage upgrades. Project cost is $123,776 funded by the city budget. CDBG funds will support South Shafter Avenue work and STP funds East Lerdo Highway. Jeremy Tobias, director of Community and Economic Development, notes funding sources.
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Pacific Avenue
Central Valley Highway
Lerdo Highway
Olive Street
Shafter Branch
Department of Motor Vehicles
Shafter Avenue
Five Points
East Lerdo Highway
Jeremy Tobias Shafter
Eight year old dies after I-5 crash unrestrained
Sharon Cao, eight, of Sunnyvale died in a southbound I-5 crash while unrestrained in the back seat of a 2000 Honda driven by Jackie Chen, 38, also of Sunnyvale. Chen allegedly drifted into the center median near Highway 119, tried to reenter the roadway, and lost control as the vehicle overturned once, ejecting Sharon from the car.
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Sharon Cao
Sunnyvale
Jackie Q. Chen
Chen
California Highway Patrol
Sharon
Buttonwillow Woman Killed Crossing Railroad Tracks
Mary Young Williams aged 79 of Buttonwillow died last Thursday at about 6 11 p m when her westbound 2003 Mercury crossed onto a dirt road beside railroad tracks and became stuck. An Amtrak northbound train at about 79 mph struck the car on its right side. Local CHP details.
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Mary Young Williams
Buttonwillow
Williams
Kratzmeyer Avenue
Rudd Road
California Highway Patrol
Mercury
Construction bid awarded for new Shafter park Phase I
The Shafter City Council awarded a 569,863 contract to Brown & Fowler for Phase I of the Shafter Community Park Improvements Project at a recent meeting. The park at South Schnidt and West Los Angeles Streets will receive CDBG funding of 608,278 for grading irrigation trees turf and rest rooms in the northern area. Phase II awaits more CDBG funds and other grants.
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Shafter City
Shafter
Brown & Fowler
South Schnidt
West
Los Angeles
Lori Williamson
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New Shafter Dairy
Olive St
Pacific Ave
Margaret Baker
Dief
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