{"id":152919,"date":"2026-01-28T06:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/152919\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T06:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:16:06","slug":"kern-county-grand-jury-urges-cities-to-update-disaster-plans-by-june-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/152919\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern County Grand Jury urges cities to update disaster plans by June 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A new report from the Kern County Grand Jury reveals that not all cities in the county have current disaster plans.<\/p>\n<p>The report highlights a significant gap in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kerncountyfire.org\/education-safety\/ready-kern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ReadyKern emergency alert system<\/a>, which lacks a mechanism to notify officials about disabled residents, potentially causing delays in evacuations. <\/p>\n<p>The grand jury recommends that all incorporated cities establish an emergency plan by June 1. Additionally, the report suggests the county should assist the elderly and disabled in preparing go-bags for emergencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A new report from the Kern County Grand Jury reveals that not all cities in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-152919","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\/152919","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=152919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}