{"id":246809,"date":"2026-04-01T15:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/246809\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:12:08","slug":"sen-adam-schiff-secures-5-3-million-for-kern-county-local-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/246809\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Adam Schiff secures $5.3 million for Kern County local projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KERN COUNTY, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff announced more than $5.3 million in new federal funding has been secured for projects in Kern County.<\/p>\n<p>The funding includes $2.5 million for a roundabout project in Shafter, $1.8 million for mental health services at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital and $1 million to expand programs at the Boys and Girls Club of Kern County.<\/p>\n<p>Schiff said the investment is expected to support safer roads, expanded care and more.<\/p>\n<p>This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KERN COUNTY, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff announced more than $5.3 million in new federal funding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[9984,151,155,153,152,110331,7524,735,38528,110332,953,110333],"class_list":{"0":"post-246809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-adam-schiff","9":"tag-bakersfield","10":"tag-bakersfield-downtown","11":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","12":"tag-bakersfield-news","13":"tag-boys-and-girls-club-of-kern-county","14":"tag-federal-funding","15":"tag-kern-county","16":"tag-ridgecrest","17":"tag-ridgecrest-regional-hospital","18":"tag-shafter","19":"tag-shafter-roundabout"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246809","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=246809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}