A coalition of local social justice organizations is calling on the Bakersfield City Council to rescind “rules of decorum” newly established t…
Kern's Board of Supervisors unanimously approved $22.2 million in premium pay for employees who worked during the pandemic as part of Tuesday'…
The final approval of the 2021-22 fiscal year Kern County budget is set for Tuesday, which would lock spending priorities in place for the nex…
Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer hopes his experience running a city of Democrats as a Republican will propel him into the governor’s office.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced an additional day to visit inmates starting from Friday, August 13 at al…
Right now only a slim fraction of 4-year-old Californians qualify for transitional kindergarten. The most recent state budget changes that wit…
What a difference a year has made for K-12 school budgets in Kern County. As districts prepared for the 2020-21 school year last summer, they …
The pounding, steady drumbeat began to build as members of Danza Azteca, dressed in colorful garb, twirled faster in a circle. Stomping and ju…
It appears local renters may be in for more bad news — or at least more of the same.
To understand a sharp-elbows squabble that’s developing behind the scenes in the state Capitol, one must first understand “pumped-storage hydr…
