A small “charm offensive” organized by a group suing the City of Bakersfield over the Kern River was rewarded Wednesday with news that current flows through town will continue through the end of July. The city had estimated it would only have water for flows through the July 4th holiday, but Bakersfield Water Department Hydrographer Miguel Chavez reported that he anticipates being able to squeeze a few more weeks out of this year’s snow pack. “Overall, it was a pretty successful water year,” Chavez said at Bakersfield’s Water Board meeting. Chavez’ report came after two recent Stockdale High School graduates asked the board, run by City Council members Bob Smith and Andrea Gonzalez, to continue working toward a solution to get water in the river more often.