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  1. Judge allows composting facility to continue operating

    Monday, Feb 06 2012 06:24 PM

    A judge on Monday prodded a Lamont composting company to move forward with a county-ordered environmental review but rejected requests that he shut down or otherwise intervene in the operation pending final resolution of the case.

    Kern County Superior Court Judge J. Eric Bradshaw called on county lawyers to draft and return by Feb. 17 a set of conditions that essentially turn back the clock to July 2010. That's when county supervisors ordered the company, Community Recycling & Resource Recovery Inc., to pay for its first environmental review of the operation and come up with clear definitions of what kinds of waste the company can accept and...

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  2. Crabtree report: Housing market weakens slightly

    Monday, Feb 06 2012 03:30 PM

    The median sale price for existing single-family homes in the Bakersfield area was $130,000 in January, down 3.7 percent from December but up 2.4 percent year-over-year.

  3. Land owners howl about proposed bullet train tracks

    Sunday, Feb 05 2012 01:05 AM

    If you want to build a rail line between Anaheim and San Francisco, people are going to have to get out of the way.

  4. County: Lamont utility has sewer water options in composter case

    Saturday, Feb 04 2012 08:00 PM

    County officials engaged in a court fight with a Lamont composting facility say they have identified several alternatives for disposing of more than 1 million gallons a day of sewer water, a contention that strikes at the heart of claims that closing the business would endanger nearby residents.

Strictly Business

  1. Strictly Business: Q&A with Brent Green, Shafter business development director

    Friday, Feb 03 2012 12:00 PM

    Officials in Shafter are working on a multimillion-dollar project that could make the city a regional hub for rail and international trade. We asked the man in charge of that initiative to give us an...

  2. HOLLY CULHANE: Common sense, rather than hiring law is needed

  3. Market Intelligence: Shafter's adult population drops 32 percent

  4. PAUL ANDERSON: Kids' allowances teach big money lessons

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Real Estate News

  1. Crabtree report: Housing market weakens slightly

    Monday, Feb 06 2012 03:30 PM

    The median sale price for existing single-family homes in the Bakersfield area was $130,000 in January, down 3.7 percent from December but up 2.4 percent year-over-year.

  2. New bill seeks to make some property fees deductible

  3. Upside-down borrowers face little-known tax deadline

  4. Housing market improving...slowly

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People in Business

  1. Edward J. Thomas

    Tuesday, Jan 31 2012 12:29 PM

    Edward J. Thomas has been named the Southern California Family Law Lawyer of the Year for 2012 by the Southern California Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Thomas is a local...

  2. Cary Marsella

  3. Steve Eisenberg

  4. Kern Schools Federal Credit Union

  5. Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

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