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5508 young street,
bakersfield, CA
Q: What is the purpose of that five-story tall, triangle-shaped tower located behind Sam’s Club off Young Street near Harris Road? It almost looks like a tower for communications. It’s located in the back of a lot behind what looks like a very high security building with lots of cameras and no identifying signs on Young Street. The whole structure and building looks very secret and ominous. What business or government entity is this and what do they do in...
Q: I’ve been seeing more and more white Express Transit buses in Bakersfield. Is Express Transit a Bakersfield company? Who are they transporting and where?
— David Dooley
A: Express Transit Inc. is a company formed in Bakersfield in 2007, said the company’s office and human resources supervisor, Anita Aldaco. It receives state money to transport Kern County adults with developmental disabilities from their home to programs run by organizations including BARC...
Q: Is TBC going to have the “Race to Victory” fantasy NASCAR game they had last year?
That was fun!!!
Thanks,
Elizabeth Moore
A: While several hundred people played Race To Victory last year, we were unable to secure a sponsor to help cover our costs. And with no sponsor prospects this season, I opted not to revive the game this year. Tough times require us to focus on critical site features.
I know that decision is a disappointment to many, including myself (I was one of...
Q: Is it only me, or are the signals in town really screwed up? With all the talk of particulates in the air, no fireplace burn days, and how bad diesel trucks are for our air quality, why do I have to stop at a red light on Ming Avenue at the Marketplace when there are no cars pulling out onto Ming Avenue from the Marketplace? Why don’t those low traffic intersections only trip when cars are there? And why don’t we have green signals after a green arrow to turn left when...
Q: We’re all told not to drink the water in Mexico, but how are crops imported from Mexico safe if they are irrigated with the water we are told not to drink? I refused to buy a cucumber from Mexico for this reason. — Bea Bunten
A: With the recent salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter, we all may be a bit wary of where our food comes from these days, and how it’s grown and processed.
In terms of food from Mexico, or from any other country that’s sold...
Q: Are our lawmakers in the state Assembly and Senate taking time off without pay too or are they just pushing this down on the poor people who can’t do anything about it?
— Beverly Tatum
A: We’ve reported this before, but it’s probably worth repeating: Employees of the Legislature, including lawmakers and their staff, are not under the authority of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger so they are not subject to the unpaid time-off order. Schwarzenegger has ordered the...
Q: I am continually amazed at the numbers of illegal drivers and vehicles found at police roadblocks. What do they do with all the impounded vehicles?
— Don Enebo
Q: Just wondered what the BPD is doing with all the impounded vehicles from these checkpoints. What are the statistics for total types of violations, and is there a dollar profit to the city? I think this is a great program, and would think that we should be gaining on people driving without driver’s licenses. What...
Q: If the present stimulus package of $819 billion were broken down into one dollar bills (or fives, or tens), how far in distance would it reach?
— Don Siglin
A: A dollar bill is 6.14 inches long. 819 billion of these would be 5,028,660,000,000 inches long. There are 63,360 inches in a mile. So that many dollar bills laid side by side would stretch for 79366477.3 miles long or wrap around Earth about 3187 times.
When I was a substitute teacher I used to read from a book of...
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