Shafter AARP Chapter Meets With Potluck at Veteran's Hall
Shafter-Wasco Chapter 2909 of AARP meets Monday March 16 at 11 30 a.m. at the Veteran's Hall for a potluck with drinks provided. Sheriff Carl Sparks will be guest speaker and Lee Bergman program chairman. Shafter Woman's History Week quilt show runs March 7 13 at the Depot Museum with varied daily hours and free admission donation welcome.
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Shafter-Wasco
AARP
Veteran's Hall
Kern County
Carl Sparks
Lee Bergman
Shafter Woman's
Depot Museum
Shafter
Cinco de Mayo and Shafter community events calendar
Cinco de Mayo observance at 4 p.m. today in Shafter Library welcomes all. W C Walker Senior Center offers free income tax help with HICAP rep on March 12 by appointment via Barbara Tisler 746 4049. Shafter Street Faire set for April 4 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with food games dancers Mariachi. entries due March 20. contact Kevin White 746 6868 or Don Jones 746 4068. Richland Lerdo schools close Friday March 6 for teacher in service. inservices 8 a.m. to 3 15 p.m.. details from Chris Frazier 746 3904.
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W.C. Walker Senior Center
HICAP
Barbara Tisler
Shafter Business Association
Shafter
Richland-Lerdo
Chris Frazier
Shafter RTC audit sparks questions amid mismanagement claims
The California Department of Corrections contracted a $100,000 audit of the Shafter Return to Custody facility covering Nov 21 1989 to June 30 1991 amid persistent allegations. The audit is second in a year. Kern County DA previously investigated no criminal violations. City manager rebukes state contract practices while officials dispute contract terms and ownership structure linked to the RTC project.
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Shafter Press
California Department of Corrections
CDC
State Controllers Office
Shafter Rtc
Christine May
RTC
Kern County District Attorneys
Shafter City
Sacramento
Shafter
Wade McKinney
McKinney
Taft
Delano
Coalinga
Shafter Police Department
Greg Greeson
John Porter
Greeson
Shafter City Atorney
John Brown
Porter
Stephen M. Tauzer
Michael Hair
Hair
McFarland
California
Sacramento River
Trial of Wasco High senior Offord Rollins begins
The Wasco High School senior Offord Rollins faces trial unfolding in Kern County with jury selection under way. Media coverage draws public scrutiny as family questions bias while prosecutors and defense spar over courtroom strategy about the murder of Maria Madera Rodriguez.
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Wasco High School
WHS
Offord Rollins
Rollins
Maria Madera Rodriguez
Shafter
CNN
Fox
Miriam Madera Rodriguez
Lisa Green
Tim Lemucchi
Lemucchi
Kern County
Alvis
Rodriguez
Espreme
Superior Court
Len M. McGillivray
Greenoe
Lemacchi
Kern County Sheriff's Department
Mirasol
Unsettled weather to persist after spring like warmth
Forecasters warn of continued unsettled conditions in the Kern County area after a spell of above normal warmth and light rain. March average rainfall sits around 1.6 inches with February about 2 inches and recent storms boosting totals to about 2.25 inches.
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Pacific Ocean
Alaska
San Joaquin Valley
Earl Welliver
National Weather Service
Meadows Field
Kern County
Sacramento
Fresno
California
Bakersfield
Los An
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