{"id":240276,"date":"2026-03-28T03:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240276\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T03:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:10:07","slug":"wilson-park-playground-upgrades-added-for-children-with-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240276\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson Park playground upgrades added for children with autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Children with autism in Bakersfield have a new place to play this summer after the city dedicated upgrades to the playground at Wilson Park.<\/p>\n<p>City leaders were on hand at the park today for the dedication. In addition to repairs made to benches, light poles, and sidewalks, the park now has new playground equipment and a newly installed four-foot fence surrounding the playground for families of kids who have autism.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/new-fence-at-wilson-park-aims-to-keep-children-safe-from-wandering-off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New fence at Wilson Park aims to keep children safe from wandering off<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wilson Park. KBAK\/KBFX{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d7defe8b-a8a6-4d48-9ba9-7eca460f9f83-Media20260327T192420.226.jpg\"\/>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Improvements to the park took three months and cost $30,000 from the city\u2019s general fund to build.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson Park is located at 2400 Wilson Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Children with autism in Bakersfield have a new place to play this summer after the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-240276","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\/240276","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=240276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}