Commentary: Bakersfield needs landmark to honor Jaswant Singh Khalra and the Sikh community

By Manpreet Kaur

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the Indian Government waged a “dirty war” in Punjab.

Arvin Community Garden gives residents a fresh start at pesticide-free produce

Featured photo: Estela and Roberto Garcia, who head the committee for the garden, and Gustavo Aguirre from The Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment, stand in front of the Arvin Community Garden.

La Cebolla: Rich in flavor, painful in the body

BY ERICK JARED

I’ve grown up watching my mother cook almost all her meals with one staple ingredient — la cebolla, or an onion.

Not your traditional taqueria: El Taco Nuestro spices things up

It’s not uncommon for Jerry Hernandez to close his taqueria in southeast Bakersfield early after selling out of tacos for the night. 

With help from his family, Hernandez, along with his brother Ramond Mendes, opened the taco stand, El Taco Nuestro, this summer in the parking lot next to 7-11 on S.

Delano students fight to rid of school policy temporarily prohibiting participation in athletics

A group of Delano students expressed dissatisfaction at a school board meeting with with a policy that prohibits students from participating in sports for a year when transferring schools.

Delano becomes first city in Kern to declare itself a sanctuary city

Delano became the first city in Kern County to declare itself a sanctuary city after the city council voted to approve a resolution at the Aug.