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🌱 Where Bakersfield residents can turn during the extended Oildale power outage

Bakersfield, California Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good day Bakersfield! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Where Bakersfield residents can turn during the extended Oildale power outage
  • How Bakersfield’s 2026 Heart Walk aims to make you CPR-ready
  • Will Bakersfield’s new budget protect the city’s disappearing shade trees?

Today's riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Sunny and toasty conditions, with a high of 97 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Sunny and seasonably warm, temps: high: 92, low: 58.
  • Saturday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 91 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Red Cross opens shelter at North High School for extended Oildale power outage (bakersfieldnow.com) — An emergency Red Cross shelter is open at North High School in Bakersfield to support residents dealing with an extended Oildale power outage, offering a safe place, food, and health services. Officials are also sharing detailed tips on staying safe, protecting food, and using generators properly until electricity is restored.
   

• Local healthcare executive to lead 2026 Kern County Heart and Stroke Walk and county-wide push for CPR readiness (heart.org) — Bakersfield residents will see a big push for CPR readiness as local hospital CEO Ken Keller again chairs the 2026 Kern County Heart and Stroke Walk. The walk is set for September 26 at CSU Bakersfield, with local leaders aiming to train more residents to confidently respond to cardiac emergencies.
   

• The need for trees: Bakersfield residents demand tree conservation amid city budget talks (kget.com) — Bakersfield residents are pressing City Council to protect and plant more trees as officials finalize the city budget on the 24th, criticizing a contract that extends tree trimming and removals. Speakers argue shade and cleaner air are vital in one of California’s hottest cities, while Vice Mayor Manpreet Kaur urges shifting spending toward expanding the urban canopy in vulnerable neighborhoods.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Have there been any posts about the accident that occurred on University and Wenatchee yesterday?
    The shuttle Van was flipped on its side and people were in it with smoke coming out of the rear. I just have to say that the Big Man who stopped,… (Nextdoor University Central)
  • Update: Pet Reunited
    Merlin, a cat who went missing in Bakersfield, CA, has been safely reunited with their family after 7 hours, 51 minutes. Message from Owner: "Merlin… (Nextdoor Lower Country Club)
  • Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Inventory Control Associate in Bakersfield. Apply here.
  • Kaiser Permanente posted a job opening for Medical Office Assistant in Bakersfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bakersfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Oildale

  • Oildale Eco-Friendly Commercial Construction Debris Removal Announced (commercialappeal.com)
  • Help keep Kern County cool this summer (kget.com)
  • Driver of stolen pickup admitted fleeing from police, running stop sign in Tejon Hwy deadly crash (kget.com)

Taft

  • ‘We're very conscious of the notion that data centers are in the public eye': CRC proposes data center outside of Taft (kget.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: An egg (Thank you LaJean D. for sending it in!)
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