{"id":105555,"date":"2025-12-22T23:55:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T23:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/105555\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T23:55:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T23:55:06","slug":"kern-county-prepares-sandbag-stations-ahead-of-heavy-rainfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/105555\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern County prepares sandbag stations ahead of heavy rainfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Kern County Public Works has established sandbag stations at nine locations throughout the county in preparation for potential heavy rainfall. <\/p>\n<p>Residents are advised to bring their own shovels and sandbags, which can be purchased at local hardware stores. <\/p>\n<p>The sandbag stations are strategically located in Bakersfield, Frazier Park, Lake Isabella, Lamont, Lebec, McFarland, Mountain Mesa, Tehachapi, and Wofford Heights. <\/p>\n<p>For precise locations, residents can use Google Maps&#8217; Plus Codes, which are provided by the county below.<\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield Sandbag Station<br \/>Exit from Alfred Harrell Highway onto Goodmanville Access Road. On the east side of Alfred Harrell Highway.<br \/>Google Maps Plus Code: C3P9+QF9 Bakersfield, CaliforniaFrazier Park Sandbag Station<br \/>At the intersection of Mt. Pinos Way and West End Drive, head northbound on West End Drive.<br \/>Google Maps Plus Code: R2FQ+F4M Frazier Park, CaliforniaLake Isabella Sandbag Station <br \/>Located north of the intersection of Kneale Avenue and Suhre Street. <br \/>Google Maps Plus Code: JGHG+G3C Lake Isabella, CaliforniaLamont Sandbag Station<br \/>At the intersection of Hall Road and San Diego Street, head northbound on San Diego Street and make a left into the parking lot.<br \/>Google Maps Plus Code: 736J+848 Lamont, CaliforniaLebec Sandbag Station<br \/>Just off Exit 207. South end on Lebec Road.<br \/>Google Maps Plus Code: R4PP+HFR Lebec, CaliforniaMcFarland Sandbag Station<br \/>Northwest to the intersection of Elmo Highway and Scheitlin Avenue.<br \/>Google Maps Plus Code: MQQF+M4H McFarland, CaliforniaMountain Mesa Sandbag Station<br \/>Head south at the intersection of Dogwood Avenue and McCray Road and the Sandbag Station will be on the right.<br \/>Google Maps Plus Code: JHMR+P6H Mountain Mesa, CaliforniaTehachapi Sandbag Station<br \/>On the southeast corner of Tucker Road and Highline Road.<br \/>Google Maps Plus Code: 4G5M+P2C Tehachapi, CaliforniaWofford Heights Sandbag Station<br \/>Off East Evans Road, east of Wofford Heights Park, toward the lake.<br \/>Google Maps Plus Code: PH42+3CP Wofford Heights, CaliforniaComment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kernpublicworks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">kernpublicworks.com<\/a> or follow them on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KernCountyPublicWorks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Kern County Public Works has established sandbag stations at nine locations throughout the county in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-105555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}