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BAKERSFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
Greg Williamson, Chief of Police
Contact: Sergeant Joe Grubbs
Public Information Officer
661-326-3803
jgrubbs@bakersfieldpd.us
For Immediate Release November 29, 2013
Attached is a map of the 2013 Christmas Parade scheduled Thursday, December 5th,
2013. The parade is scheduled to begin at 1800 hours.
On the map the GREEN is the parade route and YELLOW/ORANGE are staging areas
for the floats.
There will be Temporary “NO PARKING” signs placed between F – Q Street and 19th
Street – 23rd Street. The No Parking will be in effect 1600-2100 hours. The area of 21st
– 22nd between H – Eye Street will have NO PARKING from 1000-2100 hours. Cars
that are still inside the parade route by 17:00 hours WILL BE TOWED. Vehicles that
are not on the parade route but contained within the parade route will NOT be allowed
to leave until the parade is finished.
The public is encouraged to stay out of the downtown area and to expect heavy
congestion in the areas surrounding the parade and should plan accordingly.
The downtown area will be impacted from about 1700-2100 hours.
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