Kern County Juvenile Hall to get new building with indoor and outdoor basketball courts, meeting rooms

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- The Kern County Planning Commission approved adding a new building to the Probation Youth Detention Center in east Bakersfield. The Planning Commission approved the conditional use permit for the proposed building during its meeting Thursday. The project is a two-story, 15,239-square-foot multipurpose building on 15.3 acres at the James G. Bowles [...]