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Chris Frazier tapped to replace retiring Reider as Kern County Superintendent of Schools (Kern Valley Sun)
The Kern County Board of Education voted unanimously June 9 to appoint Christine Frazier as Kern County’s 20th superintendent of schools. The appointment is effective July 1. Frazier replaces Larry E. Reider who will retire June 30.Obama Administration's Action Paves the Way for Hydrogen Energy's Low-Carbon Power Plant in California with $308 ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) LONG BEACH, Calif.----Hydrogen Energy International has won $308 million of Department of Energy funding for its Kern County, California, Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle power plant which will capture and permanently store 90% of its carbon dioxide.
Travel advisory: Highway 46 closed all Friday morning (KGET 17 Bakersfield) Highway 46 -- one of the main roads between Kern County and the coast -- was closed in both directions Friday morning after a fatal accident. The California Highway Patrol...
Kern County implements 'ReadyKern' (Kern Valley Sun) Residents, businesses can sign up to receive critical alerts during disasters.
$300 million clean power plant coming to Kern (KGET 17 Bakersfield) The federal government has funded more than $300 million in stimulus money for a Kern County plant that makes electricity from hydrogen.
Five grass fires knocked down in minutes (The Bakersfield Californian) Firefighters successfully battled five separate grass fires on both sides of Highway 99 Friday afternoon. While the blazes were separate, they all occurred between Airport Drive and Olive Drive at close to the same time, according to a release from the Kern County Fire Department.
SCE Seeks Proposals For Renewable Power (Energy Business Review) Southern California Edison (SCE), a utility for renewable energy, has launched its annual call for more renewable contracts. SCE is seeking proposals for all renewable technologies in all locations. The utility is especially interested in solar generating facilities, which produce power on hot summer days that can connect to the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project in Kern county, ...
Potential state oil tax could have negative impact on Kern County (The Ridgecrest Daily Independent) Although Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has promised to veto another attempt to impose a tax on oil production, just the threat of a near 10 percent tax on every barrel of oil produced could be enough to cause oil companies to cut production, despite a rise in oil prices.
Dairies hope to reduce milk supply (The Fresno Bee) As the state's dairy operators scramble for ways to stop one of the worst industry downturns in years, a proposal to cut California's milk production is slowly moving forward.
Law enforcement on hunt for impaired drivers (The Bakersfield Californian) Officers from several law enforcement agencies will be out in force during the Fourth of July holiday weekend, cracking down on impaired and drunken drivers, the Kern Avoid DUI Campaign Task Force reported Friday in a news release. The holiday enforcement push will include a DUI checkpoint that will operate from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. in an undisclosed location in greater Bakersfield.