{"id":172724,"date":"2026-02-11T01:14:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172724\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T01:14:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:14:31","slug":"strong-winds-kick-up-dust-dirt-in-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172724\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong winds kick up dust, dirt in Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 Gusty winds blowing throughout Bakersfield have kicked up lots of dust.<\/p>\n

Winds out of the southeast of around 20 mph were reported in the area at around 2:45 p.m. Gusts are expected to reach around 30 mph into Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

Driving in the fog in Kern County: What to know <\/a><\/p>\n

Air quality readings were at 73, or moderate, according to the California Air Resources Board at around 3:35 p.m. People who are unusually sensitive to particle pollution should limit outdoor activity.<\/p>\n

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Amid the gusty winds, several outages were reported. A power outage in downtown Bakersfield affected 91 homes and businesses, PG&E said.<\/p>\n

A wind advisory is in place through 1 p.m. on Wednesday in parts of Kern County including mountain areas and desert slope areas. Gusts may reach up to 50 mph to 60 mph at time, the National Weather Service said.<\/p>\n

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For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 Gusty winds blowing throughout Bakersfield have kicked up lots of dust. Winds out of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[82658,151,153,152,9458,1048,1931,43518],"class_list":{"0":"post-172724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-air-quality-readings","9":"tag-bakersfield","10":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","11":"tag-bakersfield-news","12":"tag-california-air-resources-board","13":"tag-downtown-bakersfield","14":"tag-gusty-winds","15":"tag-particle-pollution"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172724","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=172724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}