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What's happening across the street from 24 hour fitness at Bernard? Northwest corner of Reina and Old Farm? What to do about the cars that go boom Something huge just past Kimberlina Road off the 99 Is the East Hills Wal-Mart going to expand? Questions on a new bridge over the Kern River What's happening to the huge empty lot on Oak Street? Why are the Highway 178 Oleanders dying? What's up with the WinCo planned for the southwest? Why doesn't Joseph's move to a larger location? June 06 July 06 August 06 September 06 October 06 November 06 December 06 January 07 February 07 March 07 April 07 May 07 June 07 July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 |
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Q: I am a big fan of open-wheel racing, especially the IndyCar Series and the Champ Car World Series. I would like to know why those series get so much less national TV attention than NASCAR (not that I don't like NASCAR)? Neither series gets qualifying shown on TV and they have stopped showing the IRL's Indy Pro Series (the "feeder series" for the IndyCar Series) on TV, leaving the Champ Car Atlantic Series as the only "feeder series" in open-wheel racing to...
Location:
Highway 178 and Comanche Drive ,
Bakersfield, CA
Q: What is the status of the proposed shopping center to be built on Highway 178 and Comanche Drive supposedly in the near future? Those of us living in the City of the Hills are especially interested. Thank you. — Christine Stapp A: Plans for a small, 4.5 acre commercial development on the northwest corner of Highway 178 and Comanche Drive will go to the Bakersfield Planning Commission on Sept. 20, according to city planner Marc Gauthier. According to Gauthier, the...
Location:
420 34th St.,
Bakersfield, CA
Q: Why did Bakersfield Memorial Hospital on 34th Street remove the large cross on the front of its building? — Janice Montoya A: Memorial took down its large Catholic Healthcare West cross due to construction of its new $84 million tower that will be five stories tall and have 114 new beds, said Ken Keller, Memorial’s vice president for physician and business development. The hospital plans to replace the cross and maybe recolor it, he said. The tower is slated to be...
Location:
1001 Truxtun Ave.,
Bakersfield, 93301
Q: I would like to know when the city of Bakersfield is going to finish the walkway stones at the front of the Rabobank Theater. This was a sponsored effort by the groups and businesses of Bakersfield to have a piece of history etched in stone for people to enjoy as they visited the plaza. I know that the large stones cost $5,000 each to have some sort of story, history, etc. for the people to read and learn about our city. As I walk to events at the Rabobank Center and see many of...
Location:
Stockdale Highway and California Avenue,
Bakersfield, CA
Q: What has happened to the remodeling of the Krispy Kreme building? — Caroline Liles A: Nothing much. National retailers Circle K and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf had been in negotiations to occupy the former Krispy Kreme building at 5300 Stockdale Highway, at the northeast corner of the intersection with California Avenue, but both walked away. Now the property’s owner, LS Realty Group Inc. of Sherman Oaks, is working to identify other potential tenants. Company...
Location:
California Avenue and Stockdale Highway,
Bakersfield, CA 93309
Q: What has happened to the remodeling of the Krispy Kreme building? — Caroline Liles A: Nothing much. National retailers Circle K and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf had been in negotiations to occupy the former Krispy Kreme building at 5300 Stockdale Highway, at the northeast corner of the intersection with California Avenue, but both walked away. Now the property’s owner, LS Realty Group Inc. of Sherman Oaks, is working to identify other potential tenants. Company...
Q: On any given day, I have to spend a few moments to sweep my front porch. Not because of dust, dirt, or even dead leaves, but because of the dozens of business cards, coupons, and door knob hangers that are littering my front porch. I’ve posted “No Soliciting” signs which include a list of items not to be brought to or left at my door (business cards, door hangers, religious material, etc.). But still, I come home at night to find little paper annoyances at my door.
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Location:
Highway 178 and Fairfax Road,
Bakersfield, CA
Q: What’s going on at 178 and Fairfax? — Pat Brunni A: The Kern County Water Agency is lowering a water line behind the Bakersfield Country Club golf course some 10 feet in preparation for construction of the new Highway 178 interchange at Fairfax Road, said Ted Wright, city program manager for the Thomas Roads Improvement Program. The freeway will be extended east of Oswell Street beyond Fairfax, involving a mile or mile and a half of freeway. It’s all part of a...
Location:
Fairfax Road and Auburn Street,
Bakersfield, CA
Q: What’s going in at the northeast corner of Fairfax Road and Auburn Street? — Pat Brunni A: This was previously answered by Ask TBC: “Expect a gas station to join the two fuel stops already at the intersection. The site will have a mini-market, gas pumps and a drive-through automated car wash, according to Bakersfield city planning department documents. ARCO and Circle K stations also occupy spots at Auburn Street west of Fairfax Road.” Now we’ve...
Location:
Stockdale Highway and Old River Road,
Bakersfield, CA
Q: My question is plain and simple. What happened to the Shops at the Riverwalk? I have been waiting and wondering as to what shops and restaurants are on the way, but nothing is happening. Why? What gives? Also, what shops are slated to go in at the shopping center at Panama and Gosford? Any word yet? Thank you, –– Moe Adame A: The 48-acre mixed-use Shops at River Walk development on Stockdale Highway is not expected to be fully completed for another four...
Q: Since reading the article about all the new subdivisions that are planned all over our area, I’m wondering who, if anybody, has considered where all the water for lawns, pools and so on is going to come from? We’re constantly on the verge of drought conditions as it is. Surely the planning commission must have some explanation.
— Richard Greene
A: There are land use and water supply policies with which proposed development must comply, said county planning director...
Q: Recently the Californian ran an article that indicated the population of Bakersfield is estimated to be greater than 308,000. Does that estimate include the unincorporated areas of the city (communities just outside the city limits and the "county islands") or just the number of people within the actual city limits?
–– Donald Waln
A: That’s just the city limits. The state Department of Finance estimated the population of the City of Bakersfield at 323,213...
Location:
Rosedale Highway and Renfro Road,
Bakersfield, CA
Q: It was stated some time ago in The Californian that a traffic light at Rosedale Highway and Renfro Road would be added. Originally, I believe the article stated that it would be going in this past spring, but there is still no traffic light. Is there any updated schedule for this? –– Steven Debuskey A: The project was originally slated to start this past May, but interagency bureaucracy pushed it back. The project is now expected to start in early September, and end in... |
