Shafter Agencies Announce Hours, Reunions, and Local Services
The Shafter Police Department sets new business hours Monday through Saturday eight to six with Sunday and holiday closings. After hours report crimes via front door intercom. Patrols run 24/7. A Narcotics Anonymous meeting starts June 19 at 8 p.m. at 588 Lerdo Highway. Call 746-2763 or 746-3770 for details. Shafter Chamber works with Courtland Publishing on a 10,000 copy map and guide. call 746-2600 for info. The Kern County Fire Department warns drought risk elevates brush fire danger to stage one. Shafter Rehabilitation Center offers crisis counseling. more on 3a.
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Shafter Police Department
Narcotics Anonymous
Shafter Rehabilitation Center
Lerdo Highway
Shafter
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Courtland Publishing
Sherman Oaks
Kern County Fire Department
Fire at Shafter labor camp kills 9-year-old girl
A 9-year-old handicapped girl died in a 15 minute fire at the Garza residence on 680 Fresno Avenue Shafter. Fire crews arrived at 9 55 a m and had it under control within five minutes and fully extinguished shortly after. The wooden 10 by 30 foot structure housed six Garza family members and the two teen sisters escaped. cause and damage estimates are under investigation.
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Fresno Avenue
Shafter
Kern County Fire Department
Tom Pulcher
Garza
Pulcher
Goreal Aikuwrades
Cobar
Alt
Llanas
Balderas
Veronica Garza
Shafter OKs grants to fix interim water for three districts
Shafter City Council approved two emergency water grants to supply Smith's Corner North Shafter and Cherokee Strip with temporary water. The plan, funded by state Health Services, includes storage tanks pumps aluminum mains and hoses, with costs totaling about 19 200 for Cherokee Strip and 18 573 for North Shafter plus 60 000 plus for Smith's Corner. The city aims to act as interim operator and pursue annexation with county planning to curb sprawl.
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McKinney
Smith’s
Comer and
North Shafter Water Companies
Tim Miller
Cherokee Strip
North Shafter
West Tulare Street
Vath Lane
Smith’s Corner
Smith's Corner
Smith's Comer
PUC
Seventh Standard Road
Shafter Airport
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John Snively
Georgette Jones
Ola Mae King
Sandra Robinson
Mark Costello
Tina Maldonado
Shafter Blaze
Darlene Williams
Council
Peterson
Cathy Prout
Kern County Health Department
Miller
California Public Utilities Commission
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