SARB to Aid Richland in Tackling Truancy
Richland School District launches a truancy program with the School Attendance Review Board SARB to analyze why students miss class and coordinate community and law enforcement support. Chair Brandi Swearengin will lead a panel including Linda Riggle and officer Phil Yoshikawa to guide families, issue letters, and refer cases to Kern County Probation with a focus on reducing habitual truancy and its broader impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
SARB
Daryl Thiesen
Kern County
Brandi Swearengin
Linda Riggle
Department of Human Services
Shafter
Phil Yoshikawa
Aleen Simpson
Dina
Swearengin
RSD
Thiesen
Kern County Probation Department
Shafter Veterans Post Opens and City Health Clinics Schedule
A new American Veterans Post opens in Shafter Bakersfield and Wasco for veterans from Sept 15 1940 onward with honorable discharge required. The Shafter Public Health Department lists September clinics at 329 Central Valley Highway including Family Planning Immunization and Health Screening for Seniors with appointments urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Bakersfield
Wasco
Clifford Pierce Sr
Shafter Public Health Department
Central Valley Highway
Shafter Senior Center
SHS
Richland School District Adds Four New Buses for Year
The Richland School District announces four new buses to its fleet including three Bungseenge International Green Diesel models with air conditioning and higher seats, plus a wheelchair lift bus. The International buses cost 139000 each and the wheelchair bus 89000, funded by Medi-Cal Adminis funding. The three International buses arrived Sept. 22 and the wheelchair bus on Sept. 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Brian Hawkins
Bungseenge International
Hawkins
Medi-Cal Adminis
High-speed chase ends with Terra Bella man charged
CAL-MMET investigators traced two Tulare County suspects delivering meth to a Bakersfield truck stop. A pursuit reached 115 mph before a stop in an orchard on Zerker Road. Juan Medrano, 20, hid in a tree and was bitten by a canine. he was treated and charged with meth possession and related counts. The other suspect remained at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zerker Road
Cal-Mmet
Set
J.R. Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Tulare County
Bakersfield
Investiga
Tors
Highway 99
Lerdo Highway
Kern County Sheriff's
Juan Medrano
Terra Bella
Medrano
Kern Medical Center
Kern County
Sheriff’s
See You at the Pole gathers SHS students at park
About 100 Shafter High School students converged at Mannel Park before 7 a.m. for the annual See You at the Pole event due to construction at the school. A multi-church band kicked off the gathering as Valley Bible Church provided breakfast for all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SHS
Mannel Park
Shafter High School
God
Shafter
Valley Bible Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
SAREB
Aldaco
Maria Zachary
Veterans
Shafter High
Lyle Mack
Iva Jo Smith
EAU As
By Melissa Hill
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!