Coronavirus hospitalizations in Kern County have been noticeably shorter over the past two months compared to previous surges, providing a vit…
The coronavirus has hospitalized 3,370 Kern County residents since the start of the pandemic. At its peak last January, 453 patients were stay…
Kern County Public Health reported 490 new coronavirus cases and no new deaths on Tuesday.
Kern County Public Health reported 946 new coronavirus cases and four new deaths from the weekend on Monday.
Customers at 13 Panda Express locations across Kern County raised $155,963 throughout 2020 for the Lauren Small Children’s Center at Bakersfie…
Dignity Health announced a historic donation on Wednesday to its $300 million expansion of Mercy Southwest hospital, which is the only acute c…
Mercy Southwest was already a busy hospital but it's been walloped by COVID-19.
Kern County is likely headed into several more weeks of a stringent coronavirus lockdown, although state officials are not expected to make an…
Administrators from Dignity Health provided an update on efforts to vaccinate its staff against the COVID-19 virus, roll out the vaccine to th…
Reader: I am so tired of being lied to by all the media and now our very own newspaper. I challenge The Bakersfield Californian to physically …
