Rio Bravo School tackles hazardous waste facility dispute
Rio Bravo-Greeley school board adds disposal facility to agenda after parent concerns. Kern County Health Department official explains hazardous waste definitions and truck-route worries as soil samples are tested and regulators weigh permit steps and federal state oversight.
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Rio Bravo
Pat Bryant Shafter
Rio Bravo-Greeley
Linda Pavletich
Candy Millett
Richard Casagrande
Kern County Health Department
Environmental Health Office
Casagrande
Health Department
California
Rick Cole
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
RBDF
Shafter Sports Complex Progress on Schedule
Shafter Recreation and Park District Director Mike Kelley reports the Shafter Sports Complex remains on schedule with landscaping finished north of Shafter High Stadium. The Kerg High School District seeks bids for backstops fencing and softball materials as the joint project nears completion for spring use by schools and the community.
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Shafter
Shafter Recreation and Park District
Mike Kelley
Shafter High
Kerg
Kelley
Superior Court
James Stuart
Shafter Recreation and Parks District
Warn residents after string of home entry ruses
Shafter Police Chief Frank Christensen urges residents to demand proper ID from anyone claiming government agency ties such as Social Security or welfare. A recent robbing involved a couple deceived by a caller claiming the welfare department owed them 800 dollars, with the impersonator taking savings as well. Authorities warn of a possible larger ring targeting the elderly and advise calling police before opening doors.
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Social Security
Shafter
Kern County
Welfare Department
Bakersfield
Shafter Hearing on New Fire Station Location
Area residents urged to attend 7 p.m. city council meeting at City Hall on Monday Nov 26 to discuss locating the new fire station between the Shafter Branch Library and Shafter Police Department. The site also hosts the Bicentennial Flag Platform and Memorial Garden dedicated July 4 1980.
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Shafter
City Hall
Shafter Branch Library
The
County Fire
Body Found in Field Near Shafter in Apparent Suicide
Kern County Sheriff's Department located a man's body in a rural field at Poplar and Imperial avenues in Shafter at 1:30 p.m. The 28-year-old victim's identity is withheld while coroner toxology results are awaited. Authorities described the death as a probable self inflicted incident.
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Kern County Sheriff's Department
Kern County Coroner's Office
Shafter
Poplar
Imperial Avenues
Death by own action: prevention efforts in teen youths
A Kern County crime prevention group met at Wasco Elementary to discuss suicide awareness among teens. Augie Flores presented a county film warning signs of death by own action and ways to intervene, including open talk, listening, and seeking help to reduce teenage suicides.
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Shafter-Wasco
Wasco
Augie Flores
Kern County Probation Department
National Center For Health
Flores
Probation Department
Delbert Regier
South Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church
Shafter Ministerial Association
Shafter
Paul Peterson
Fresno Police Department
Kern County Sheriff's Department
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Rio Bravo School
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Frank Christensen
Michele Lopez
Vanessa
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Stringham Park
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