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Coming up on the calendar:
- Senior Sunrise at Shafter High School
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Weather forecast:
- Thursday: Sunny and sweltering heat, with a high of 106 and low of 72 degrees.
🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Hot with plenty of sun, temps: high: 106, low: 74.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and very hot, with a high of 108 and low of 75 degrees.
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Tuesday August 11
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Senior Sunrise
Shafter High School
Shafter, CA 93263
5:15 am
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🗓 Events Nearby
Monday August 10
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Bakersfield Back to School Park Day-Heartland Charter School →
Polo Park, 11801 Noriega Rd, Bakersfield
9:00 am
Tuesday August 11
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Senior Sunrise
Shafter High School
Shafter, CA 93263
5:15 am
Wednesday August 12
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TK/K/SDC Meet & Greet
William B Bimat Elementary School
Bakersfield, CA 93312
8:30 am
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Shafter Wasco ID BM — Friant Water Authority →
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District, 16294 Central Valley Hwy, Wasco
9:00 am
Saturday August 15
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2026 California's Best Hip Hop Music Festival - Saturday →
Mechanics Bank Arena,, 1001 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield
7:00 pm
Friday August 21
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The Monache Marauders vs. the Wasco Tigers →
Wasco High School Stadium, 1900 7th St, Wasco
7:30 pm
Saturday August 22
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Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live →
Mechanics Bank Arena,, 1001 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield
6:30 pm
Sunday August 23
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Dustin Nickerson →
The Well Comedy Club, 1517 18th St, Bakersfield
5:00 pm
Friday August 28
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The Menlo-Atherton Bears vs. the Liberty Patriots →
Liberty High School, 925 Jewetta Ave, Bakersfield
7:30 pm
Thursday September 3
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petty and the wilbury super group traveling wilbury's TRIBUTE →
Bakersfield Music Hall of Fame, 2231 R Street, 2230 Q St, Bakersfield
7:00 pm
Thursday September 10
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Justin Willman →
The Nile Theater, 1721 19th St, Bakersfield
8:00 pm
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🗞 Nearby News
Shafter
- Kern Women's Business Center workshop offers local businesses 'zero risk' hiring strategies (turnto23.com)
- ENR West Announces 2026 California Best Project Winners (enr.com)
Oildale
- Coroner ID's man killed in fiery crash on I-5 near Hwy 43 (kget.com)
- New hearing date set in deadly Westside Parkway crash (kget.com)
- Wildfires burn along Hwy 58 near Fairfax Rd, Bealville Tuesday (kget.com)
Bakersfield
- How Bakersfield turns river water and groundwater into safe drinking water for residents (turnto23.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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