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Representatives from the city of McFarland are pressing the Kern County Board of Supervisors to reconsider the city’s plan to turn the community library into a police headquarters. A city presentation on Tuesday prompted the board’s first public discussion about the fate of McFarland’s library. When the proposal to convert the library into a police station was made public earlier this year, it faced... <span class="read-more"><a href="https://edsource.org/2022/once-again-mcfarland-city-leaders-lobby-the-county-to-turn-its-library-into-a-police-station/...

The library will expand services to five days a week starting Sept. 12.

Hearing the protests of its youngest readers, Kern County has blocked McFarland city leaders’ plan to convert its library into a police station.

Hearing the protests of its youngest readers, Kern County has blocked McFarland city leaders&#8217; plan to convert its community library into a police station. The Kern County Board of Supervisors passed a budget last week that not only ensures the small town library will stay open, but that its service will be expanded from two to five days a week.  The plan to move McFarland’s library... <span class="read-more"><a href="https://edsource.org/2022/amid-community-pressure-county-blocks-mcfarlands-plan-to-convert-library-into-a-police-station/677...

Kern County's top officials came to Taft last week to outline the need for a sales tax increase in unincorporated areas.