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- Glance at the Past
A fish ladder should be put in at once at the new dam across Pudding Creek so that the salmon can get in the pond and go up the creek to spawn.
- Snow closes Highway 58 to Tehachapi
The Highway Patrol has closed eastbound Highway 58 at Towerline Road, closing the principal route from Bakersfield to Tehachapi.
- Old Time Notes
A short time ago we had a call from Messrs. McFaul and Keene, the proprietors of the Switzer Gulch sawmill.
- Train hits abandoned car near Keene
A train hit an abandoned vehicle early Monday morning near Keene. Firefighters began investigating the crash near a tunnel about three miles west of Bealville Crossing at about 5 a.m., according to the Kern ...
- Kern Co. Looking For Seasonal Firefighters
Kern County fire officials are taking applications from people interested in working as seasonal firefighters.
- Fire Department to conduct burning operations
With the arrival of cooler and wetter weather, personnel from the Kern County Fire Department plan to begin burning brush piles generated from hazard reduction projects in the greater Tehachapi area and in ...
- Working like dogs to find survivors
Kern County Fire Department Cpt. Danny Solis, of Tehachapi Valley's hand Crew-81, had just completed his shift for the day when a westbound commuter train collided head-on with an eastbound freight train in the ...
- Local poet wins Editors Choice Award
Description: The poem, Agbayani, appears in a just published poetry book called Collected Whispers.
- Firefighters battling over 1,400 blazes
Kern County firefighting helicopter number 408 and the Keene helitack crew fightis the 500-acre-plus Grapevine fire, south of Bakersfield.
- Investigation of vulgar e-mail stalled for now
The Kern County District Attorney's investigation into the vulgar and provocative e-mails sent to city council members and others in March is stalled, according to the man in charge.
- Local firefighter runs for seat on city council
County firefighter Shane Reed has announced his candidacy for the Tehachapi City Council seat being made available by Mayor Deborah Hand's decision not to run for a third term.
- UFW to endorse Obama
The United Farm Workers today in Salinas will endorse Sen. Barack Obama in his quest to be the next president of the United States, the union announced in a press release Friday.
- WAR to headline Chavez Center's Song & Celebration Outdoor Festival
Famed 1970s funk, rock, Latin and R&B band War is coming to Keene to perform at the National Chavez Center's second annual Song & Celebration Outdoor Festival Saturday.
- Wildfire burns along I-5, threatens homes
Firefighters work on a fire line on the side of a steep mountainside, Friday while battling the Grapevine fire.
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City DescriptionKeene is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California in the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains at the southern extreme of the San Joaquin Valley. The population was 339 at the 2000 census.
The headquarters of a national farmworkers organization organized and led by Cesar Chavez is located in Keene, and is sometimes referred to as "Nuestra Señora Reina de La Paz.
Keene is located in the greater Tehachapi Area.
Keene is located at 35°14′21″N 118°34′57″W / 35.23917, -118.5825 (35.239090, -118.582510).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.7 square miles (25.2 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 339 people, 136 households, and 99 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 34.8 people per square mile (13.4/km²). There were 177 housing units at an average density of 18.2/sq mi (7.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 81.71% White, 2.95% Native American, 7.08% from other races, and 5.60% from two or more races. 10.91% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 136 households out of which 22.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.6% were married couples ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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