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LOCAL REPORTING
The Kern County Network for Children lists an Oildale Community Collaborative hosted through Standard School District family advocacy services at 1200 North Chester Avenue.
California air regulators requested expanded truck-route analysis for the planned Airport Commerce Center project near homes in Oildale. The revised assessment and enforceable routes remain central questions.
Supervisors approved land-use entitlements for a roughly 1.5-million-square-foot industrial development near Merle Haggard Drive and Airport Drive October 13; approval is not a completed warehouse.
The state allocated $1.8 million toward flashing beacons, clearer markings and ADA ramps at crosswalks near seven schools in Oildale and East Bakersfield.
A water main break over the October 24–25 weekend caused a sinkhole and lane restrictions at Airport Drive and Roberts Lane; reports dated October 27 should not be…
FREE PUBLIC SAFETY · OFFICIAL SOURCES
Find verified crime reporting sources for Kern County and participating local agencies. Not every police department releases weekly data. Missing information does not mean zero crimes.
Reported incidents are not convictions. Data definitions and reporting schedules vary; emergencies: call 911.Developments that may matter across California. Not every story affects this community directly. Local reports remain separate.
STATEWIDE PUBLIC-SERVICE GUIDE · NOVEMBER 3 ELECTION
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Read California Election Sign Laws → Nonpartisan legal explainer, not candidate advertising. Applies statewide; no unsupported claim about a particular sign in Oildale.FROM THE COUNTY NEWSROOM · REGIONAL COVERAGE
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