🌱 How an Oildale woman is rebuilding life after a horrific attack.
Oildale, California Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Oildale! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How an Oildale woman is rebuilding life after a horrific attack.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Near-record temperatures, with a high of 101 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Record-tying temperatures, temps: high: 104, low: 72.
- Monday: Near-record temperatures, with a high of 101 and low of 70 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• California Woman Left With Horrific Injuries After Being Doused in Gas and Set on Fire During Wild Fight (pulptastic.com) — An Oildale woman is recovering at home after being doused in gasoline and set on fire during a July confrontation at a Kern County encampment, leaving her with severe burns and multiple surgeries. With no local burn center in the Bakersfield area, she and her family now shoulder complex medical care while traveling back to Fresno, and she’s still waiting for fuller justice and victim support. 
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🗞 Nearby News
Bakersfield
- Riverview Marketplace gets one step closer to approval; Bakersfield City Council to consider EIR (kget.com)
- Bakersfield Police Department welcomes 19 new officers after academy graduation (turnto23.com)
- Kern County man acquitted of all charges in assault case involving neighbor's pit bull (kget.com)
Shafter
- Norris School District to build new elementary school in Shafter (turnto23.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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