LOIS HENRY: 8 More Deaths Added to Kern River Warning Signs as Memorial Day Weekend Revs Up

LOIS HENRY: 8 more deaths added to Kern River warning signs as Memorial Day weekend revs up

Early bird Memorial Day weekend traffic barely slowed as it passed the small group of media and Kern County Sheriff’s Office personnel gathered Friday under two sad and cautionary signs at the mouth of the Kern River Canyon.

Eight more deaths added to Kern River warning signs as Memorial Day weekend revs up – SJV Water

Early bird Memorial Day weekend traffic barely slowed as it passed the small group of media and Kern County Sheriff’s Office personnel gathered under two sad and cautionary signs at the mouth of the Kern River canyon. The group gathers every year at the start of this weekend, the unofficial kickoff to summer, to change the numbers on the signs, one in English the other in Spanish. This year, the numbers went from 334 to 342. Another eight souls …