The following is a schedule of freeway closures for the NORTHBOUND I-5 Freeway at Hasley Canyon Road, according to CalTrans:
Full one-directional scheduled I-5 freeway closures are as follows:
The northbound I-5 freeway is scheduled for full closure on Tuesday 8/19/08 from 11:59 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., Wednesday 8/20/08.
Northbound I-5 traffic will detour around the closure by exiting at 126 west; continuing south on Commerce Center Drive; then east on Henry... [more]
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Reported by Patric Hedlund
California’s Second District Court of Appeal issued a 44-page ruling on Friday, Aug. 8 that said, “California statutes permit homeschooling as a species of private school education.”
With that, the court reversed its own ban on parents who lack teaching credentials but choose to teach their children at home.
The court added that these statutes may be overridden in the case where a child’s safety is in question.
The rehearing of the issue followed a... [more]
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A satiric vision of life in Frazier Park is a star of the feature film to be made here by the award-winning Trost brothers of Lebec.
By Brandon Barrera
Brothers Brandon and Jason Trost, who swept the awards at the Kern Projections Film Festival last year, are at it again. The brothers are taking their award-winning 2007 short film “The FP” to new lengths.
They are now in preproduction to shoot a full 90-minute feature version of... [more]
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Southbound I-5 Briefly Blocked by Big Rig, Northbound I-5 Open Following Vehicle Fire Thursday, Diesel Spill Wednesday in Gorman
Thursday, Aug. 14, 1:05 p.m.—The #2 lane on southbound Interstate-5 was briefly blocked by a big rig near Grapevine Road. The far right and two left lanes remained open. By 1:26 p.m. Jim’s Towing was on scene and helping to clear the lane.
Thursday, Aug. 14,... [more]
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By Patric Hedlund and Gary Meyer
Rumors circulated through email lists between Pine Mountain neighbors Friday, Aug. 8 to Sunday, Aug. 10, as residents began lobbying each other over an item that will be on their November ballot.
If two-thirds of Pine Mountain’s voters agree to a $70 per parcel tax, starting in 2009- 2010 they will set in motion the first firefighter-paramedic program to be established in Kern County.
They have reached this decision point through... [more]
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Tuesday, Aug. 12, 10:20 a.m.: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has announced it will close northbound I-5 lanes near the Grapevine to perform roadway repairs from Tuesday, Aug. 12 through Friday, Aug. 15.
Two to three lanes of northbound I-5 will be closed from Vista Del Lago to Quail Lake Road nightly, from 5 p.m. to 11 a.m. One to two northbound lanes will remain open to motorists.
These lane closures... [more]
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