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  • Most stores begin mandating masks

    Toni DeRosa and Jamie Stewart, Wasco Tribune and The Shafter Press|Updated Jul 26, 2020

    Shafter and Wasco residents are suffering from whiplash after learning July 17 they had been removed from the governor's Watch List and July 18 they were back on it again. The number of coronavirus cases are spiking in Kern County. As of July 20, 332 Wasco residents had tested positive for covid-19 with 137 recovered; Shafter had listed 328 positive cases with 207 recovered, according to the Kern County Health Department. Local businesses in Shafter are requiring all...

  • Local eateries reopen – kind of

    Toni DeRosa and Jamie Stewart, The Shafter Press and Wasco Tribune|Updated May 31, 2020

    Local restaurants are coming alive in varying degrees, with some opening fully and still others taking smaller steps. In Shafter, the entrance into Phase 2 has meant different things to different people when it comes to the restaurants in town. A few of the restaurants have opened back up, with limitations according to the guidelines set up by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Kern County Public Health Department. On one end of the spectrum is China Cuisine, run by Scotty Dang. He...

  • Creating the next new world

    Toni DeRosa and Jamie Stewart, Wasco Tribune & The Shafter Press|Updated May 23, 2020

    As of Tuesday, Wasco has had 36 cases of COVID-19, with 26 recoveries. In Shafter, there have been 34 confirmed cases with 30 of those reported as recovered. No one here has died of the virus, according to the county Department of Public Health’s website dashboard. There were 632 confirmed cases in the county, with 234 recovered and 22 are hospitalized in the county. On the Kern County Public Health dashboard, Wasco (ZIP code 93280) has had 36 test positive for the virus and 26 have recovered with no deaths reported in the c...

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