Under a new ordinance that took effect Jan. 7, Delano’s Planning Commission is changed from seven members to five with appointees selected by each member of the City Council.
Entries for Delano’s annual Christmas Parade are being accepted until Dec. 5 which is the pre-registration deadline for the Thursday, Dec. 8, parade. Entries should be submitted online.
Delano’s 77th annual Delano Harvest Holidays Festival closed down Oct. 8 after a busy day of activities.
DELANO — Steve Kinsey, lifelong Delano resident, has been chosen as grand marshal of Delano’s 77th annual Harvest Holidays celebration. He was born in Delano in 1956 to Wayne and Betty Kinsey.
DELANO — The 77th annual Delano Harvest Holidays Festival is holding its annual Queen’s scholarship pageant later this month, which for the second year will combine with a “King” portion as well.
A Delano Union School District educator and administrator has received a state award for outstanding leadership and significant contributions in the areas of health, physical education and recreation.
Tulare County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Delano man on April 21 in an ongoing ag-related chemical thefts investigation.
To help celebrate diversity on campus, Delano Union School District’s Harvest Elementary School held its Autism Acceptance Week from April 4 to 8.
Broad smiles, joyful faces, bunny ears and candy were in abundant supply during the 40th annual Kiwanis Easter celebration event held Saturday, April 16, at Memorial Park.
Children at Delano Union School District’s Del Vista Preschool participated in activities leading up to St. Patrick’s Day March 14-17 that explored science, technology, engineering and mathematics — or STEM — while celebrating the holiday of the leprechaun.
A man wanted in the 2017 shooting death of a 28-year-old Delano man was taken into custody last week in Tijuana, Mexico.
The Delano Union School District is assisting the Kern County Children’s Dental Health Network in providing drive-thru dental screenings during April.
On March 22 during her town hall address to Wonderful College Prep Academy faculty and staff, Lynda Resnick — philanthropist, vice-chairman, and co-owner of The Wonderful Company — announced an annual $3 million gift to recognize and celebrate teachers for their unwavering dedication and pas…
Creating and marketing T-shirts, McFarland Early College High School has a class for that. TIG welding, the Cougars have a class for that too. Recording and editing podcasts, you guessed it, McFarland Early College High School has a class for that too.
Students competed through Zoom earlier this month in the Delano Union School District’s 2022 Region 10 Oral Language Festival on March 3.
The senior quartet and its internet-meme namesake robot appeared at the 2022 Southern California Vex Robotics Championship last week.
The Delano Union Elementary Schools Teachers Association is offering scholarships to college students pursuing careers in education. The association is continuing the tradition started more than 20 years ago to assist local students who want to enter education as teachers in the Delano community.
The McFarland Unified School District has planned a memorial service for boys basketball coach Fernando Alaniz.
The Delano Union School District heard 11 seventh and eighth grade students discuss “What was the biggest impact the pandemic had on society?” during the annual virtual Henry Greve Speech Contest held Thursday, Feb. 17.
A longtime Delano Union School District staff member is being remembered for her dedication to the district’s students, and to the Delano community. Wava Billingsley-Hocking passed away in January at her home in Bakersfield.
Outside physical activity does not stop at the elementary school level, said McFarland Unified School District Superintendent Aaron Resendez.
Tulare County Sheriff's Office investigators said they took into custody a teenage suspect in a series of armed robberies that occurred over the last several weeks, including a Christmas morning robbery at the Speedway Gas Station in Earlimart.
The McFarland Unified School District staff is getting creative during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic to serve students every day.
German Jun Gordove, a registered nurse at Adventist Health Delano, was recently honored with The DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation's programs to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day. This is Adventist Health's first DAISY Aw…
Tulare County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested two teenagers and are seeking a third in a Christmas morning armed robbery at the Speedway Gas Station in the 200 block of E. Sierra Ave. in Earlimart.
The Wonderful Company, a global company dedicated to harvesting health and happiness around the world, announced Tuesday its most recent class of Wonderful Community Grant recipients, including two Delano-area recipients.
Thousands of local residents received free COVID-19 supplies at a drive-thru and walkup giveaway on Jan. 15.
Adventist Health Delano will bring its mobile health clinic to McFarland several times this month.
Just as another highly contagious variant of COVID-19 is starting to make its way to California, Adventist Health Delano received a significant donation of personal protective equipment that the hospital can now share with other local groups.
Just after 1:30 a.m. on Christmas morning, Tulare County sheriff's deputies report they were called to the Speedway Gas Station in the 200 block of East Sierra Avenue in Earlimart for an armed robbery that had just happened.
My name is Lydia Soto. I am employed by McFarland Unified School District. I have been a Toys for Tots committee member for over 16 years helping with toy collection and distribution.
Yasir Rubio gets excited about the parts, especially when he can put them together.
On Nov. 19, cadets from the Delano Police Department and Kern County Sheriff’s Office explorer programs visited the Kern County Superior Court in Delano.
This Thanksgiving Day, on a crisp-cool 30-degree morning, runners and walkers throughout the city came together to honor a special young lady, Shaylyn Pinoliar.
The Delano Police Officers Association raised $2,000 during October for the Adventist Health Delano Foundation.
After qualifying for the state championship the week before, the Robert F. Kennedy High School Band was off to the finals at Newport Harbor High School last Saturday, Nov. 20.
From the moment Horizon Elementary School opened its doors as McFarland Unified School District’s newest elementary school six years ago, its motto has always been "Spot on for students."
Oct. 25 marked the start of a new era at the Delano Police Department as Tyson Davis was sworn in as the agency’s new chief of police.
Continuing to sail forward, Delano Union School District’s Morningside Elementary School has been named a best elementary school in U.S. News and World Report’s first-ever ranking of public elementary schools in the country. Morningside received this honor as a result of their outstanding ac…
Delano Union School District’s Morningside School unveiled a mural of Filipino labor leader Larry Itliong on Monday morning at the campus library.
The Hispanic-American experience was explored by students and staff at Delano Union School District’s Harvest Elementary School during September and early October. Students learned about accomplishments of Hispanic Americans during their classroom social emotional learning time.
McFarland High School celebrated homecoming the first week of October, beginning with a Monday rally to pump up the students and players. After all the games were played and the judging was completed, the juniors were the champions of the rally.
Heather Frank, director of Philanthropy for Adventist Health Bakersfield and Delano, has been chosen for this year’s class of “40 under 40” for the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy.
The science of magic was evident during assemblies held Sept. 23 at Delano Union School District’s Nueva Vista Language Academy.
On Sept. 21, McFarland High School Early College launched its latest career pathway: industrial automation.
Students and staff from Delano Union School District’s Harvest Elementary School honored the 20th anniversary of 9/11 during a presentation at the school on Friday, Sept. 10.
The Kern County Board of Supervisors met last week and highlighted two water conservation programs available to Cal Water customers and also implemented a $3,000 premium pay to all county essential workers.
If eating a meal fuels the body, then sharing a meal fuels the soul.
Positive Cases Among Kern Residents: 307,235
Deaths: 2,609
Recovered and Presumed Recovered Residents: 298,307
Percentage of all cases that are unvaccinated: 71.34
Percentage of all hospitalizations that are unvaccinated: 83.15
Updated: 2/2/23
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