Farmers Group Demands Action Over Rising Power Bills
About 50 in Wasco heard Harry Samarin of the Power Users Protection Council outline fears over PG E price hikes, with projected 20 percent rate increases and a 16 percent PG&E profit claim. Speakers urged Sacramento PUC outreach while noting ripple effects on stores and industry.
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Harry Samarin
Wasco Veterans’ Hall
Pg&e
Power Users Protection Council
Vido Fabbri
Sacramento
PUC
Public Utilities Commission
Samarin
Chris Siemens
Inter
Wayne Montgomery
Wasco Union High School Board
Tom Schroeder
Martha Woods Stone
Wasco-Shafter
Don Jones
Jim Crettel
Harshiran Gil
Jeff Fabbri
Farm Bureau
Kern County Water Resources Board
Roy Easley
Wasco
Halil
Chris
Shafter Council debates parking and annexation issues
The Shafter City Council discussed amending zoning rules to raise minimum parking per dwelling unit in R-2 and R-3 areas and addressed an outside sewer hookup for Spanish Assembly of God Church on West Tulare. They approved park improvements grants, considered 40 acre annexation, and invited attendance at a Main Street Training Program. Community concerns over Rodriguez Wall Ash traffic were referred to police.
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Shafter City
Ron Young
John Gavin
Frank Christensen
Marland Hiebert
Spanish Assembly of God Church
Tularete
Sellar
City Public Works
John Guinn
Tulare Avenue
Stringham and
Rodriguez Parks
Clarence Kattenhorn
Shafter and
Los Angeles Avenues
Planning Commission
San Bernardino
Kern County
Don Zachary
Chamber of Commerce
Hanford
Deanna Root
Rodriguez, Wall and Ash
Root
Pine and Elm
Charges against Gonzales for murder filed
Ralph Garcia Gonzales appeared in Shafter Justice Court on Friday October 4 to answer new murder and manslaughter charges tied to the September 29 death of Jose Perez after a speeding vehicle struck his car at Central Valley Highway and Central Avenue. Gonzales already faced six counts including DUI leaving the scene and evading an officer. He pleaded not guilty and was ordered to return at 10 a.m. October 9 with a trial date set for October 23 in Superior Court. Bail was set at 100000 by Judge Ingle.
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Ralph Garcia Gonzales
Shafter Justice Court
Jose Perez
Perez
Central Valley Highway
Central Avenue
Shafter
Gonzales
Ingle
Community church anniversary honors service at nearby congregations
Crest marks anniversary for long service with Brethren Churches including Shafter Brethren Church Wasco Mennonite Bible Church Laurel Glen Church and Rosedale Mennonite Brethren. The event travels to Bend for a dinner with attendees from multiple churches and counties.
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Shafter Brethren Church
Wasco Mennonite
He County Brethren Coe
Bible Church
Laurel Glen Church
Rosedale Mennonite Brethren
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Paul Young
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Shafter Press
H Street
Bakersfield
Leora Peters
Shafter Merchants
Lucky Shafter
Shop Shafter
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Kern Crest Manor
Annie Hildebrand
Bertha and
Mary Eitzen
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