Rural McFarland has been in the nation’s public eye for about a year as residents battled city officials to keep their library open. A grant secured by two Kern County
As regular as the swallows return each year to San Juan Capistrano, Bakersfield City Council members are once again talking about asking voters to give them a pay raise.
Although this Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting covered a lot of ground and the new radio contract seemed to have the biggest impact, another important item was also discussed. Item
Representatives from the city of McFarland are pressing the Kern County Board of Supervisors to reconsider the city’s plan to turn the community library into a police headquarters. A city presentation on Tuesday prompted the board’s first public discussion about the fate of McFarland’s library. When the proposal to convert the library into a police station was made public earlier this year, it faced. <span class="read-more"><a href="https://edsource.org/2022/once-again-mcfarland-city-leaders-lobby-the-county-to-turn-its-library-into-a-police-station/679010">read more</a></span>