mostly nonfiction and bakersfield news | December 31st, 2008
Fresno Police Arrest 1,000 In Anti-Gang Operation
Thank goodness the 1,000 arrested in the Fresno Police Department’s “Operation Gangs and Guns” took three weeks to accomplish. One starts to wonder where all the alleged criminals would be housed if arrested in one night.
Lt. Mike Doyle who oversees the operation said to KSEE about the recent arrest of two men,” There’s no doubt [...]
Hey, Why Does Fresno Get All The Downtown Fixes? A Little Backwards Though…
Maybe it’s just because Fresno is special and Bakersfield isn’t. Maybe it’s because Bakersfield still needs a downtown enema to make its architecture something to marvel at. Or maybe Fresno has a new downtown czar in former City Council Member Craig Scharton.
ABC30 reported that Scharton will head Fresno’s Downtown and Community Revitalization Department.
The TV station said [...]
Tulare County Begins Layoffs, Is Kern County Next?
Thanks to California’s waffling lawmakers who can’t seem to create a budget even if it were a set of child-size super LEGOs, Tulare County may be laying off hundreds.
According to ABC30, two clinics will be shutting their doors because of no state funding. Administrators at the Health and Human Services Agency handed out pink slips and posted [...]
Condors Lay Goose Egg In Loss To Phoenix; Deal Reinhardt Away
After a great win against Ontario in a game scheduled after the failing of the Fresno Falcons hockey club, all the Condors could manage were some wing flaps and a fat egg against the Phoenix Roadrunners, losing 5-0.
The Tuesday game was played before 3,337 fans at U.S. Airways Center. Phoenix goalie Craig Kowalski stopped 27 shots for [...]
Commentary: Big West Refinery, Flying J, Local Rig Layoffs. Is It Just A Catastrophe?
“Our rig is gonna shut down.” That’s what a Kern County oilfield worker told me about a week ago. “Some time in January,” he predicted.
He showed me video of he and others working the rig, moving the giant clamps called tongs onto pipes that shot muddy water into the drilling hole. The sound of machinery was intense, reminding [...]
New Year’s Eve Smash-Up On Interstate 5, 27 Injured
Hopefully Wednesday’s crash on Interstate 5 was the last big smash-up of 2008 as a dozen people were injured when a big rig lost control while heading downhill on the Grapevine.
According to the California Highway Patrol, northbound lands on Interstate 5 near Fort Tejon were closed on Wednesday after a multi-vehicle injury crash just after 1 p.m. [...]
Suspects In 7-Eleven Shooting, Robbery
7-Eleven Clerk Shot During Robbery
Hero Report: Kern County Fire Department Crews Perform 2 Rescues
Yes, our local firefighters are heroes again. We at FaceBakersfield don’t mind saying it.
Kern County fire Department crews have been hard at work, not trying to be heroes, but just doing their jobs over the past few days performing vehicle rescues in both Cummings Valley and Lake Isabella. One of the rescues was stumbled upon by fire crews.
According [...]
Truck With Propane Tanks Fries, Day Care Saved
Once again we’re reminded who our community heroes are: your local fire crews. A mobile tool truck with propane tanks on board caught fire on Tuesday, but luckily didn’t explode or catch a nearby house on fire, the Kern County Fire Department said.
At 9:08 a.m., fire officials said they resonded to a vehicle fire in the 11000 block [...]
