Growth
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Ask TBC: When will the Mount Vernon Avenue construction be finished?
Q: When will the work on Mount Vernon Avenue be done? It is a pain to get to my house and to work, takes an extra 10 minutes, especially when the light on Columbus is flashing.
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Shopping center plan gets booted by board
Kern County Planning Commissioners denied a request from Neighborhood Development to build a shopping center on Rosedale Highway at Driver Road.
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Developer returns with Rosedale shopping center proposal
In August, a 3-2 vote of the Kern County Board of Supervisors killed a plan to build homes and apartments along Rosedale Highway at Driver Road in northwest Bakersfield.
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Ask TBC: Why is Highway 119 being repaved again?
Q: I would like to know why Taft Highway is being repaved only after five years of previously being paved? Nothing is or was wrong with the road. I understand that 119 is under review to be widened, but this new paving looks to have nothing to do with that. Is this just a way to spend (WASTE) stimulus money?
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Ask TBC: Can we silence ambulances during quiet times?
Q: Is there anything that can be done about the nightly assault on the neighborhood peace by the local ambulance company?
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Our water-hogging ways are about to cost more
There's one house in Mel Cochran's neighborhood near Bakersfield Country Club that always gets him steamed.
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Supervisors delay vote on concrete-crushing facility
A concrete-crushing plant proposed in Rosedale faces at least a four-month delay after Kern County supervisors struggled with a final decision on the project Tuesday.
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Ask TBC: Why is the San Lauren dog park such a mess?
Q: The condition of the dog park at San Lauren Park has been a problem for many months. Irrigation water from over-watering sits stagnant in a massive "pond" along the south side of the fenced-in area, while there are patches of bone dry bare dirt in other areas due to poor sprinkler maintenance. It's so bad they won't even mow the soggy area, and grass is left to grow wild.
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Ask TBC: What's with the dirt pile at 24th and Oak streets?
Q: The large mound of dirt at Oak Street is slowly being trucked away. Where did it come from? Where is it going? And what will become of that corner lot?
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Development boundaries drive general plan talk
Monday night's meeting didn't lock down a final draft of the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan.
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Bridge work rises from riverbed
If you travel regularly on the Truxtun Avenue extension, you've no doubt noticed a swarm of poles growing from the riverbed opposite Mohawk Street.
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Ask TBC: What's the big tower behind Sam's Club?
Q: What is the tall concrete structure standing approximately five stories tall and located behind the Sam's Club on Gosford and Harris Road? It looks similar to a Fire Department training tower.
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Public invited to weigh in on how Bakersfield should grow
Bakersfield's future will be on display Monday night at the Kern County Administrative Center.
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LOIS HENRY: City sued over development! No one's shocked
Hey! The Sierra Club sued Bakersfield over The Canyons housing development!
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Ask TBC: When will Fairfax-178 be completely done?
Q: The Highway 178 expansion looks almost finished. However, they seem to have stopped with finishing the off-ramp when you are going westbound on 178. All the other on-ramps and eastbound off-ramp are complete. When is that one going to be completed?
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Planners OK new Frazier Park development
Frazier Park Estates moved forward to the Kern County Board of Supervisors with unanimous support of the Kern County Planning Commission Thursday.
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Lawsuit likely after supervisors approve Tejon project
The next hurdle for Tejon Mountain Village will be the courtroom.
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Ask TBC: Whom do I complain to about bike path conditions?
Q: I'm on the bike bath daily, and there's a spot that is really dangerous for bikers. I'm wondering: How can I request to get it fixed? It's a very bumpy entrance for the underpass at Coffee Road and Truxtun Avenue. The two bridges that follow, especially the middle one, also have a bumpy entrance and exit.
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Ask TBC: What's with all the spiders?
Q: Several area residents who communicate with The Californian on the social networking site Twitter have remarked recently about a perceived increase in spider populations in neighborhoods around Bakersfield. Many say they have never seen so many spiders on their patios and porches, or in their garages and houses.
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Ask TBC: What's going up by Sam's Club?
Q: I was wondering if anyone knows what is being built at the Sam's Club parking lot in the southwest; there seems to be some construction going on there.
