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Monthly Archives: April 2019
Grand Jury recommends city council select Measure N Oversight Committee through random drawings
The Kern County Grand Jury released a report Wednesday recommending the Bakersfield City Council hold random drawings to choose Measure N Oversight Committee members.
BCSD to use summer school funds for revamped after school programs
After community members and education advocates have asked the Bakersfield City School District for months where summer school funds are being disbursed, the district announced Tuesday it will put the money into revamped after school programs for the next school year.
‘World class kids in a world class division’: Cesar E. Chavez percussion ensemble to compete in world competition for the first time in school’s history
The Cesar E. Chavez Indoor Percussion Ensemble headed to Dayton, Ohio Tuesday to compete in the Winter Guard International Championships in Percussion Scholastic World Division — the highest division in the world for high school ensembles.
Las Cafeteras to perform at Dream for Social Justice Concert
Please join South Kern Sol in partnership with Project Conexiones of Bakersfield College for this special musical performance, Dream for Social Justice Concert, featuring Las Cafeteras and Velorio.
Bakersfield College to celebrate Dolores Huerta Day with book talk and panel discussion
Bakersfield College is celebrating Dolores Huerta Day with a book talk with Stacey Sowards, the author of “Si, Ella Puede,” a story on the rhetorical legacy of Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers.
Nonprofit submits entrepreneur charter school petition to KHSD board; board to make decision next month
Ahead of a slew of proposed legislation that would reign in charter school growth statewide, a consortium of local business owners are seeking to establish a charter high school in central Bakersfield that would focus on business and entrepreneurship.
Community to celebrate completion of indoor soccer field in Southeast Bakersfield
The Greenfield Walking Group and Building Healthy Communities are hosting a community celebration to honor the youth who advocated for an indoor soccer field in Rexland Acres Park.
Nipsey Hussle the Great
BY JAMES LUCKEY JR.
Publisher/Editor, Observer Group Newspapers of Southern Ca. Inc.
I spent the last 10 years watching Nipsey grow, not just through his music but through the relationships that were built as a result of our weekly local newspaper delivery, in and around South Central Los Angeles.
Q&A: CSUB professor talks about social justice
Ivy Cargile is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at California State University, Bakersfield. Her research focus is in American political behavior.
UFW Foundation to host citizenship workshop
The UFW Foundation is hosting a free citizenship workshop Saturday.
Those interested in attending should bring a green card, a driver’s license, a social security card, green sheets, a passport to services or most recent tax return.