Shafter Farmers Market Brings Old-Time Spirit With Local Produce
Stephanie Bender of Stephen's Produce hosts a Wednesday Shafter market at Central Avenue and James Street across from Stringham's Drug Store. All produce is locally grown and fresh daily, with orders available for elderly or disabled residents through labor day. Call 746-1930 for involvement or delivery.
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Bender
Shafter
Stephen’s
Central Valley Highway
Central Avenue
James Street
Stringham ’S Drug Store
Stephanie Bender
Pacific Bell launches 888 PB Damage outage line
Pacific Bell introduces 888 PB Damage to inform customers of outages affecting 200 or more lines with a 60 second status message by area code and prefix. The line supports over 12 000 calls per minute and lets callers queue to a repair agent if needed.
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Pacific Bell
Fred
Sacramento
Pacific Bell Calling
Correction to Penal Code in Hutchison Arrest Note
Last week’s report misstated the California Penal Code for former SHS teacher Michael Hutchison. He was arrested under PC 288(a) for Lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14, with the correct punctuation in the citation.
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California
SHS
Michael Hutchison
RLSD Grants $50,000 for Healthy Start Initiative in Shafter
The Richland-Lerdo School District secured a $50,000 grant to launch Healthy Start, California's first statewide school site based support program. The plan includes asset mapping, stakeholder focus groups, and a door to door survey to identify services, with training on July 29 and program kickoff by September 1.
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RLSD
Shafter
Richland-Lerdo
Pete Wilson
Superintendent of Public Instruction
California
Healthy Start Collaborative
Tor
Valley Street
Kern County Subtitendent of Schools
Richland Primary School
Adalia Luevanos
Deana Rodriguez-Root
Lyle Mack
Plague diagnosed in Kern County resident
The Kern County Public Health Department reports bubonic plague in a 71 year old Tehachapi area resident. State DHS and DCDC are involved to confirm the diagnosis and investigate exposure sources. Public reassurance is issued as person to person transmission is unlikely. fleas are the typical vector.
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Kern County Department of Public Health
Tehachapi
B.A. Jinadu
M.P.H
Kern County
State Department of Health Services
DHS
Division of
DCDC
Jinadu
Kern County Environmental Health Services Department
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Suzzie Schmidt
Pack Bell
Pac Bell
Eo Health Services
Environmental Health Services Department