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Q: There are flagmen stopping traffic for earth-moving-type vehicles on Panorama about halfway between Fairfax and Morning Drive. Can you tell me what is being constructed between the power towers?
— Laura Gardner
Teichert Construction has a permit which allows its heavy equipment to cross Panorama Drive between Fairfax Road and Morning Drive.
The company is in the process of balancing earthwork on both sides of the road in preparation for putting in a new housing development,...
Q: The telephone books in all the cities I’ve lived in and nearly all the cities I’ve visited in the past 15-plus years — except Bakersfield — have separate sections for their business and residential listings.
Since it’s much easier looking up a business name and number when they’re listed in a section apart from residential names and numbers, I’m baffled (and a little irritated) as to why the Bakersfield business community hasn’t gotten on the ball and contacted AT&T to do...
Q: A few months ago you had an article on some artificial pine trees off Rosedale Highway that were used to hide transformers or some type of electrical equipment.
Do you know what company put the trees there? I'm interested in locating some artificial trees.
— Janet Cooper
Jim Eggert, principal planner with the city of Bakersfield, said antennas for cell phone reception are disguised to look like trees or phone poles and embedded into tall buildings.
The cell phone towers are...
Q: I’m all for equal opportunities for the disabled but am curious about why drive-up ATMs have Braille dots? Are there really blind drivers out there?
— Molly McKean
Due to the Federal Disability Anti-Discrimination Law of 1973, all ATM machines have to be handicapped compliant, regardless of whether the ATM is a drive-up or freestanding machine, said Chris Gilchrist, customer service representative at ATM Financial Services LLC in North Carolina.
Most ATMs are also fitted with...
Q: I’m curious as to what is going on with the work on Morning Drive at Highway 178. I’ve heard everything from installing an overpass/
cloverleaf interchange or just widening 178 in that area or perhaps moving Morning Drive a few feet east due to it being too close to the proposed Fairfax/178 interchange. Currently Morning Drive is blocked off from 178 as they work on it. I’m also curious as to the proposed timeline of this work.
— Michael Edgerle
Caltrans is working on a little...
Q: Does Bakersfield offer any kind of cooking classes?
— Cynthia Lopez
Unfortunately, the Bakersfield Recreation & Parks Department does not offer cooking classes.
But if cakes and cookies are your thing, Bakersfield College is offering a fundamentals of baking course this fall semester, which begins Aug. 28. More information is available at www.bakersfieldcollege.edu.
And the popular restaurant Cafe Med routinely holds cooking classes. The classes on Aug. 23, Aug. 30 and Sept. 6...
Q: Why does no one care for the 13 to 15 locust trees on the corner of Airport and Skyway drives? It is the old entrance to the airport. Someone used to water them, but the last year or more, no one has. They are so attractive on that corner; it is a shame to see them all die.
— Mona Carver
Californian reporter Sarah Ruby drove out, looked at the trees and didn’t see any in danger of death. The county has cut back on landscaping since passengers stopped using that airport entrance,...
Q: The old PG&E power plant on the corner of Rosedale and Gosford remains inactive. Can an investigation provide an update of that property?
Any information will be appreciated.
— Craig L. Pelz
PG&E is in talks with an unnamed buyer to sell the Kern Power Plant, which has been inactive since 1985. It is unknown what the buyer intends to use the property for. The city of Bakersfield has been vocal against allowing a plant to reopen so near the commercial developments of northwest...
Q: Just about every night when you look up in the sky, you see the Kern County Sheriff’s Department helicopter with its bright light looking for crimes and assisting ground units. I’m not an expert, but I’m pretty sure that helicopters help ground officers out a lot with various activities, including vehicle and foot pursuits.
My question is, with this city growing by the day at an unheard-of rate, why doesn’t the Bakersfield Police Department have a police helicopter? Why do they...
Q: What’s going on with the median directly across from Centennial High School on Hageman? For months it’s looked as if dirt was dumped inside the concrete curbing, then abandoned. Are there plans for landscaping or bricking over?
— Melissa Howard
The dirt was left there a couple of months ago by the contractor who was pouring the cement median. The dirt was not removed that day because it was raining. According to Bakersfield Parks Supervisor Terry McCormick, the dirt will be...
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