Growth
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Ask TBC: When will Super Wal-Mart open?
Q: When is the Super Wal-Mart on Panama Lane going to open?
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Commission punts 178 decision back to staff
The proposed reclassification of Highway 178 as a "collector" from Rancheria Road to the mouth of the Kern River canyon was referred back to planning staff by the Bakersfield Planning Commission Thursday night.
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Ask TBC: What items can go in the blue recycling bins?
Q: An article written about recycling would be helpful to the community. It should go into reasonable detail as to what should go into the blue containers and what shouldn't. For example, should milk containers, wrapping paper, plastic holders for soft drinks (the loops that hold six packs together), non-CRV containers, etc., go into the container?
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Planners give blessing to Tejon project
Tejon Mountain Village was blessed by the Kern County Planning Commission Thursday night in a marathon meeting.
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Canyons a go; new hurdles loom
With a 6-1 vote, it was over: the Canyons had been approved.
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The Canyons, at last, to get council vote
The controversial Canyons development, nearly two decades in the making, heads to the Bakersfield City Council tonight for likely approval.
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Where do Bakersfield's freeway projects stand?
Four years ago, Bakersfield got the news that then-Congressman Bill Thomas had secured $630 million to build an epic network of freeways around the city.
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Ask TBC: Why aren't the 24th Street lights synchronized?
Q: According to the article I read previously in The Californian about the new signal light at 24th and L streets, the lights were to be synchronized with the lights at 24th and M streets.
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Massive Tejon project headed to first vote
The land flows upward from the lake in waves to the horizon, covered in grass dried golden by the summer sun and a lacework of oaks.
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New interchange nearing completion
The most-used segments of the long-anticipated Highway 178-Fairfax Road interchange are now open to traffic, and one business owner says more customers are rolling in.
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Frazier Park Estates project delayed after heated debate
The hotly-debated Frazier Park Estates project will be delayed more than three months by a split vote of the Kern County Planning Commission Thursday night.
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Contentious concrete plant OK'd by planners
Third time's a charm for Mark Polhamus.
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City won't freeze development
There will be no development freeze in Bakersfield.
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City talks homebuilder suit...in private
A legal fight between local homebuilders and the city of Bakersfield took a quiet step forward Wednesday evening when the city council agreed to postpone consideration of three large projects, including the Canyons, until they better understand the lawsuit's impact.
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Supervisors reject northwest home development
Kern County Supervisor Jon McQuiston cast the deciding vote against a northwest Bakersfield development Tuesday, saying it goes against the spirit of legislation to reduce climate change and global warming.
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Lawsuit may delay development approvals
A lawsuit challenging Bakersfield-area traffic impact fees could trigger a delay for city building projects Wednesday.
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Development freeze? City strikes back
Talk about a line in the sand.
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Builders sue city; Thomas money at core
Local homebuilders are suing the city of Bakersfield over Bill Thomas.
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Extra time, smaller lots face commissioners
A major homebuilder wants to temporarily shelve a southwest tract; a major developer wants to squeeze more houses into a partially built senior's community.
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Tejon Ranch asks court to lift gag on negotiations
Tejon Ranch Co. is lobbying a federal court to lift a gag order on environmental lawsuit settlement negotiations.
