After two years of precision planning and collaborative effort, the facilities modernization and efficiency program for Pacific Coast Energy Company LP (PCEC) in Orcutt, CA was completed December 31, 2012. When PCEC began the facilities modernization and efficiency program for the Diatomite project on July 1, 2010, they could not have imagined such a success. The program focused on seven...

Since their first production in 2000, Bakersfield Relay for Life has raised awareness and funds to fight cancer. Once again, Cannon participated in this year’s event and the team rallied on May 4th. Bakersfield hosts the largest Relay in the world, and is recognized for record fundraising amounts and for having the largest number of event participants. Not only has...

Food for thought! Cannon will be holding our 3rd annual Well Worth It Drive Thru BBQ on July 31, 2013! With community participation since 2010, the Well Worth It Campaign has funded 7 wells in Africa, and we are pushing for two more this year.  Tickets are on sale now! For $40, you will receive a table-ready dinner that includes...

Cannon’s Jon Mungcal is a motorcycle enthusiast. Don’t believe me? Here’s some proof: Thunderhill Raceway in Northern California. Mounted on a custom 2005 SPEARS Racing bike SV650, Jon takes the hairpin turns on this 15-turn course like a pro. Take a minute to see what it really means to go extreme!...

More than 150 people gathered under Nipomo’s new Highway 101 bridge Friday afternoon to celebrate what officials called “a momentous occasion.” Over the roar of traffic whizzing overhead, more than half a dozen local, county and state officials spoke about the commitment and cooperation required to bring the community its second freeway interchange. “This is a true milestone to bring...

You’ve seen it on TV: Energetic celebrities and hordes of local volunteers working together to build a house for a deserving family—all in two weeks! Now you have a chance to take part in the excitement and fanfare as the Loose Cannons together with the Home Builders Association take part in the upcoming Blitz Build to benefit Habitat for Humanity!...

Want a challenge? Looking for your next adrenalin hit? Join the Loose Cannon’s cycling team “Road Rage” as we take on Hwy 1 from Santa Cruz to San Luis Obispo September 28th-30th. This cycling adventure will prove to be both physically challenging as well as awe-inspiring. From the elevation change of 3,500’ to the thrilling turns and curves, you better...

Communities don’t often celebrate sewer plants, but few cities have as many reasons to cheer as Guadalupe does. The city has just completed a $4.75 million redesign and construction of a wastewater treatment plant that had given its operators and administrators years of headaches, and performed poorly enough to earn the city the attention of the Regional Water Quality Control Board....

Fundraising efforts pursued by Cannon’s Well Worth It Campaign are yielding big results. With more than $30,000 raised since December of 2010, the Campaign has funded five wells and a drilling rig. Having helped fund the rig at the end of 2011—along with more than 1,100 other campaigns—the $1.2m machine is able to drill 80 wells every year. With plans...

Construction crews have completed two seawalls to protect and stabilize eroding bluffs in Shell Beach in an ongoing $2.3 million effort. Next week, crews – some of whom had to rappel and hang by ropes on the side of the crumbling bluffs – will begin the architectural phase with a retaining wall that follows the contour of the bluff. The...