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Q: Hi, I got excited when I heard that there will be a new water park built in Bakersfield. I just wanted to know the latest on the water park like where, when and how will it look like?
-- Ignacio Torres
A: The developer, Clearwater Development, hopes to build the project this winter, officials there say.
They say these tough economic times make it difficult to secure financing but they hope to square that away in August. They're also moving forward with the design.
Here's how we...
Q: At the corner of China Grade Loop and Bedford Way there is a dirt median between China Grade Loop and a frontage road. Someone is parking large vehicles at the very end of the dirt median where China Grade Loop and Bedford intersect. This is a problem because these vehicles block the view of oncoming traffic from the west on China Grade.
I would like to have a no parking sign put on this piece of dirt because this is such a dangerous situation for cars pulling onto China Grade as many...
Q: I would like some information on the government and state programs to buy polluting clunkers. When does it start, when does it end. What kind of car and truck qualify.
How much money does a person receive. Is the money received strictly to buy a less polluting car or can that money be used to take a trip to Las Vegas?
— Julian Delgado
A: One option is the valley air district’s Polluting Automobile Scrap and Salvage program, allowing owners of older, polluting cars to...
Q: When is the estimated completion date for the overpass on Merle Haggard Drive (7th Standard Road) at Highway 99?
— Richelle Sempel
A: It should be completed by November, according to staffers in the Kern County Roads Department.
By the way, earlier this month a nearly $50 million widening of 7th Standard Road broke ground. It will transform 7th Standard from a two-lane route into a four-lane expressway between Coffee Road and Zachary Avenue. The estimated completion date for...
Q: I live near Pioneer Drive and Morning Drive. There's a new liquor store just opened. I wonder how those people were able to get the license to sell alcohol near a middle school, high school and a rehabilitation center for alcoholics.
There are already at least five other locations within a mile radius that sell alcohol. I was reading the paper June 14 about the number of people who have been killed by drunken drivers. It concerns me how liquor stores can be opened in such a location. It...
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