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Tour of California organizers set to unveil stage details (The Bakersfield Californian)
Exactly how riders in the 2010 Amgen Tour of California wind their way to the finish of Stage 5 in Bakersfield on May 20 will be revealed by tour organizers Thursday. AEG, presenter of the fifth annual cycling race, will release individual stage details by videos two stages at a time beginning today. The videos (which can be seen at AmgenTourofCalifornia.com) have been created in collaboration ...Series of storms headed our way (Kern Valley Sun) Amber SirattKern Valley Sun The Kern River Valley was spared the brunt of the storm that battered Bakersfield on Monday; by week’s end Kern Valley residents might not be so lucky. The first in a series of five storms, that are expected to last throughout the week, arrived Sunday evening bringing steady rainfall across the Kern River Valley.
Revitalization update (Kern Valley Sun) Valerie CassitySpecial to the Sun Kern River Valley Revitalization (KRVR) held its monthly Community Meeting last Wednesday, Jan. 6, to discuss local current events and topics.
Birds canât count, birders do it for them (Kern Valley Sun) Alison SheeheySpecial to the Sun For some, the holidays are not just for visits with family and presents but an opportunity to see our feathered friends. For three days between mid-December and early January bird watchers (birders) scoured the Kern Valley countryside counting all of the birds they could see. Why do we do this? For the past 110 years, the National Audubon Society has compiled ...
Judge: Restart pumping (Madera Tribune) A federal judge temporarily lifted pumping limits Friday designed to protect endangered wild salmon in order to speed more irrigation water to California's drought-addled fields.
Fuller named Outstanding Legislator of 2009 by State Sheriffâs Association (Kern Valley Sun) Dana CulhaneSpecial to the Sun Assemblymember Jean Fuller, R-Bakersfield, has been named as an Outstanding Legislator of 2009 by the California State Sheriffs’ Association for her tireless dedication and support of law enforcement.
Lowdown On LoJack (KERO 23 Bakersfield) Since LoJack detectors were installed in law enforcement squad cars throughout the county five years ago, it has proven to be a very useful tool.
Sales of small, mid-size Kern businesses down year-over-year (The Bakersfield Californian) Sales of small and mid-sized companies completed in Kern County last year were down by nearly a third compared with a year earlier. The 333 sales in Kern last year marked a 30 percent decrease from 2008, according to BizBen.com, a Web site that matches buyers and sellers and tracks acquisitions across the state.
Taft Inmate Walks Away from Taft Correctional Institution Minimum Security Satellite Camp (The Taft Independent) Taft, California. On February 7, 2010, at 10:00 PM, while conducting the official count, staff at the Taft Correctional Institution discovered one inmate was missing from the Institution's Satellite Camp facility.
Recurrent Energy To Build 50 MW of Solar PV for Southern California Edison (Renewable Energy World) Recurrent Energy has signed agreements with Southern California Edison (SCE) to develop solar photovoltaic projects. Under the terms of the deal, the utility plans tol buy 100 percent of the power from three of Recurrent Energy's California solar projects. Recurrent Energy will build and operate the solar power systems, located in Kern County and San Bernardino County, which have a combined ...