Assemblyman Rudy Salas is holding a highway dedication ceremony in Shafter on Wednesday in honor of a staff sergeant who died in Iraq in 2006.
The AIS Cancer Center will host its annual holiday party for patients and survivors on Monday.
Mercy and Memorial Hospitals are providing $339,541 in funding to local nonprofits on Thursday.
K-12 and college facilities are banding together for a new initiative called Kern Education Pledge.
A groundbreaking ceremony will be held for the third phase of the Centennial Corridor project on Dec. 20.
Caltrans has announce a multi-day ramp closure of the off-ramp from southbound Highway 99 to Highway 223 (Bear Mountain Boulevard) from Sunday at 6 p.m. until Wednesday at 6 a.m. A posted detour will be available. The closure will allow for roadway maintenance.
Hoffmann Hospice is holding its annual Light Up a Life event on Tuesday.
Bakersfield College is the recipient of the 2018 state Chancellor’s Student Success Award.
The city of Bakersfield will hold its annual Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony on Saturday.
Truxtun Avenue will be closed to all traffic near the Westside Parkway on- and off-ramps in the evenings starting next week.
HealthSouth Bakersfield Rehabilitation Hospital is looking to hire full-time registered nurses during an Interview Day on Thursday.
Multiple lane reductions are scheduled to begin Tuesday in the Rosedale area to allow for safety inspections on a natural gas pipeline, according to SoCalGas.
The Havilah Historical Society presented a certificate of appreciation award to Raul Estrada of the U.S. Forest Service on Sunday.
After a nationwide search, Bakersfield-based Houchin Community Blood Bank has selected its own chief operating officer, Galen Kline, to serve as CEO after the Dec. 31 retirement of Greg Gallion, who is also president.
The deadline is approaching to sign up for Medicare coverage for 2019.
The northbound Highway 99 exit to Wible Road/Stockdale Highway will be permanently closed on Nov. 14, according to the Thomas Roads Improvement Program.
Cal State Bakersfield is hosting an event today celebrating first-generation college students as part of a national movement acknowledging the obstacles they've overcome and the hard work they put in, according to a CSUB release.
The Junior League of Bakersfield is partnering with a months-old entertainment complex for a fundraising event on Wednesday.
The northbound Highway 99 offramp to California Avenue will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday for slab replacement operations.
The westbound Westside Parkway on-ramp from Truxtun Avenue will be closed part of next week.
The Kern County Superintendent of Schools has contracted with a third-party agency to conduct an audit of an out-of state-bank account opened by the former business manager of the Taft Union High School District.
A person working at Urbane Cafe on Mount Vernon Avenue has been diagnosed with shigellosis, according to Kern County Public Health.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is hosting public meetings in Lake Isabella and Kernville next week to discuss blasting operations for the Isabella Dam Safety Modification Project.
Senator Jean Fuller is receiving the 2018 Impact Award from the Kern Citizens for Sustainable Government for her service to the county.
Several ramps on highways 58 and 99 will be closed next week for new pavement, according to the Thomas Roads Improvement Program.
Bakersfield College will continue its Distinguished Speaker Series with several events next week.
A foster youth organization based at Bakersfield College will be the beneficiary of a trivia night fundraiser on Monday night, Oct. 1.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles has redesigned portions of its website to make it easier for customers to access the most frequently used online services.
Highway 99 is scheduled to be closed to all traffic early Sunday between 1 and 6 a.m. in the vicinity of the Belle Terrace overcrossing.
The Bakersfield College campus is will be closed Thursday to students and the outside community for an all-campus professional development day.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish and School has announced its new pastor.
Kern County animal lovers will be able to enjoy Twilight at CALM Saturday evenings this summer starting July 14 and going until Aug. 25.
A few streets in downtown Bakersfield will be closed for the Craft Beer Festival on Saturday.
Just a year after it opened, Happy Hour Bar & Tapas has closed.
As part of its annual community-wide blood drive, Houchin Community Blood Bank will conduct daily drawings June 18-23 for $50 dry cleaning gift cards. A grand prize drawing will take place June 25 for a $250 certificate to Today Cleaners.
Funeral services for Mary K. Shell, the former Bakersfield mayor and three-term Kern County supervisor, will be held June 21 at St. Francis of Assisi Parish.
Kern County has its first reported human case of West Nile virus this year, the county Public Health Services department said Thursday.
Former Cal State Bakersfield President Horace Mitchell received another award to add to his list of accolades earlier this month.
Bakersfield Heart Hospital has been designated as an accredited Heart Failure Center by the American College of Cardiology. It was the only hospital in the state to receive that accreditation.
Bakersfield residents will soon pay a little more for refuse and recycling services provided by the city.
The Community Action Partnership of Kern is holding two farmers’ markets over the next two Saturdays, one in Bakersfield and the other in Wasco.
State Sen. Jean Fuller, R-Bakersfield, has named Houchin Community Blood Bank as the 16th Senate District’s Nonprofit of the Year as part of California Nonprofits Day.
The Bakersfield City Council will discuss community feedback to a sales tax measure during its June 6 meeting.
The city will be closing lanes on some bridges in town for repairs next week.
Houchin Community Blood Bank is holding its month-long Community Wide Blood Drive June 6-30.
Parts of Truxtun Avenue will be closed Thursday through June 18 as part of the city’s widening project.
The city will be closing lanes on some bridges in town for repairs.
The California State University board of trustees gave outgoing Cal State Bakersfield President Horace Mitchell the title of president emeritus on Wednesday.
The Kern High School District has announced that three schools have been named to the 2017-18 California Honor Roll.
The Kern County Veterans Service Department said it has drastically reduced wait times at its main office thanks to a restructuring.
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