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Monthly Archives: May 2017
ACSD Receives Funding to Replace Contaminated Well
By Michael Wafford, Arvin Tiller
After several years, the Arvin Community Services District will be receiving a grant for the Brown and Bryant Superfund site from the Environmental Protection Agency.
‘13th’ Sheds Light On America’s Broken System of Mass Incarceration
By Chris Romo
Hundreds of Kern County residents filled Maya Theater on May 11 in Downtown Bakersfield to watch a screening of the eye-opening documentary “13th,” a film that looks at the racial inequalities that have existed for centuries in our nation’s prison system.
More Investments Need to be Made Into High-Need Students
By Randy Villegas
Parents, students, and community organizations held a press conference May 23 to launch an educational media campaign to encourage community participation in the school budget process known as the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP).
Living In Fear In A Place You Call Home
By Luis, 19
Editor’s note: The Kern County Board of Supervisors recently adopted a resolution opposing California’s Senate Bill 54.
Students Protest By Walking Out Of School To Join March
By Phoenix Hailing
On the morning of May 1, I sat anxiously in my seat waiting every passing second seeming eternal.
“Raising Zoey” Shows How Family Support Means An Abundance
By Randy Villegas
Residents of Kern County packed a theater room at Maya Cinemas on May 17 to watch “Raising Zoey,” a film that illustrated just how important family support is to transgender kids who are going through transition.
Youth Commentary: Sexual Assault Needs To Be Taken More Seriously
‘My body, my choice, you will never silence my voice’
By Cassidy Sheppard
Did you know that in our nation, every 98 seconds someone is sexually assaulted, and 9 out of 10 of those victims are female?
Speech Calls for Youth to Rise Up
By Phoenix Hailing, Photo by Kody Stoebig
Editor’s Note: Phoenix Hailing of Highland High School, 18, gave this speech at the “Day of Resistance” community march and rally held on May 1 at Mill Creek Linear Park in downtown Bakersfield.
Board of Supervisors undermine the community by opposing SB54
By Randy Villegas
Attorneys, Immigrant rights advocates, and local citizens took the podium last week on Tuesday to try and convince the Kern County Board of Supervisors not to oppose Senate Bill 54.
Time to Ban ‘Roundup’
By Randy Villegas
A court ruling in March made California the first state in the nation to require that chemical maker Monsanto label its weed killer Roundup as potentially cancer causing.