{"id":215629,"date":"2026-03-12T00:02:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T00:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/215629\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T00:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T00:02:46","slug":"park-at-river-walk-parking-lot-to-close-march-12-14-for-bpd-motor-skills-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/215629\/","title":{"rendered":"Park at River Walk parking lot to close March 12-14 for BPD motor skills competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The parking lot at the Park at River Walk will be closed to residents temporarily from Thursday, March 12, to Saturday, March 14, for the <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/bakersfield-police-to-host-3rd-annual-motor-skills-competition-march-13-14-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">third annual Bakersfield Police Motor Skills Competition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The competition setup will begin with course setup at around 1 p.m. on Thursday. Vehicles will be blocked from accessing the entrance from Thursday to Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s Motor Skills Competition drew more than 40 competitors from six different agencies. The competition includes both Harley-Davidson and BMW motorcycles. This year, 29 law enforcement agencies with motor divisions have been invited to compete in Bakersfield\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/bakersfield-hosts-motor-skills-competition-for-law-enforcement-families-invited-to-join\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BPD hosts motor skills competition for law enforcement, families invited to join<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX{p}{\/p}{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/c5ebbc6a-c404-491d-b6e5-1b1c5577af5d-Media34.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The competition is set to begin on Saturday, March 15, at 8 a.m. and will continue throughout the afternoon until all the competitors are finished, with awards determined at the end of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Vendors and food trucks will be available at the event on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free, and the park will remain open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Funds raised through event entry fees and event sponsorships will support ongoing training for BPD motor officers as well as local charities.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s recipient charities will include Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Kern County, Honor Flight Kern County, and the Mendiburu Magic Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The parking lot at the Park at River Walk will be closed to residents temporarily&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-215629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215629","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=215629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}