Bakersfield City Council Blocks Radio Tower Plan in Southwest Neighborhood

Bakersfield City Council blocks radio tower plan in southwest neighborhood

Bakersfield City Council voted 5-2 to block a proposed 170-foot public safety radio tower in a southwest neighborhood.

Papaikou Neighbors Fight 60-Foot Verizon Tower Disguised as Palm Tree

A cell tower disguised as a palm tree is going up in the middle of a Papaikou neighborhood, and the families living beside it say they had no idea it was coming until construction crews showed up earlier this year. The roughly 60-foot Verizon structure is planned on Olson Trust land squeezed between the Papaikou post office, Pat & Co. and a nearby household, and neighbors are now exploring legal options to stop it even as county officials say th…