City approves pay hike for officials and staff
City Council approved an eight percent cost of living raise for administrative staff and many city workers after surveying 15 Kern County cities. The package raises the Administrative Secretary/City Clerk from range 15 to 18 and includes district pay adjustments for officers and animal control staff as part of the 1901 82 Police pay scale.
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Sears City Council
Shafter Peace 'S Association
Bill Sheldon
Kern County
Essary i Aber
Eaiead
Investionte Mathade
Covine
July 4th Fireworks Set at BE-yoon at 7 30
Fireworks display scheduled for July 4 at BE-yoon begins at 7 30 PM. Organizers urge attendees to arrive early and follow safety guidelines.
Planning Commission seats new members and selects chair
Two new Planning Commission members were seated with returning member Steve Richardson at Tuesday's meeting. Alan Neuman and Med Garcia took oath, Dean Lynch named chair and nominated Dennis Harrison. The panel approved a general plan amendment and annexation south and west of Central Valley High, granting an encroachment into side and rear yard setbacks for a dwelling at 137 West Ash Avenue with a move back and added setback to resolve conflicts. The current two car garage would be reconfigured with one side repurposed as living space while preserving required parking per City Code.
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Planning Commission
Steve Richardson
Alan Neuman
Med Garcia E
Central Valley High
West Ash Avenue
Ste
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Sealet
Cme
Packing shed blaze destroys Wasco pack shed in Shafter
A Sunday night fire in Shafter destroyed a packing shed owned by Associated Rose Growers of Wasco at 175 Commercial Drive. Sealed off area, 15 volunteers and 5 paid firefighters battled for four hours. Losses and cause under investigation. A separate blaze caused $1,000 damage to a Datsun 200SX owned by Armando Rago.
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Associated Rose
Shafter
Brown and Bryant
Shafter Fire Department
Associ
Ated Rose Growers
Wasco
Cliff Ratzlaff
Commercial Drive
Ross Regandanz
Ratzlaff
Police Department
Armando Rago
N. Wall
Shafter E
Accidents send residents to hospital Sunday
Two separate crashes Sunday sent several people to Kern Medical Center and North Kern Hospital with injuries. A Shafter teen, Mickey Koeppel, 16, drifted off Fresno Street then overcorrected, flipping his car three times. passenger Stephen Deleasa, 16, was ejected and critically hurt. A second crash on Valley Highway involved Santos Pimentel, 18, and Jesus Billarreal, 39, with Billarreal family injured. Pimental uninjured.
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Mickey Koeppel
Shafter
Fresno
California Highway Patrol
Stephen Deleasa
Kern Medical Center
Deleasa
Sueene
Santos Pimentel
Stabbing at El Casino Bar Sends Man to Hospital
At about 6 p.m. Sunday at El Casino Bar in Shafter Aquilino Rojel reportedly threw a beer bottle at Mario Sotelo then drew a four inch folding buck knife cutting Sotelo from ear to cheek. Sotelo required surgery and was taken to Kern Medical Center while Rojel was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon after being chased by the bar owner Felix Lopez. Animal Control seeks new owner for a half grown female Afghan dog recently clipped.
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el Casino
Aquilino Rojel
Shafter
Mario Sotelo
Sotelo
Shafter Fire Department
Felix Lopez
Rojel
Joe Smith
Poser Lopez
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