Monthly Archives: August 2019

Sol on the Street: Incoming freshman receive tips from recent graduates about how to succeed in college

August 6, 2019 / By

With the beginning of a new school year about to begin, many students are about to start college for the first time.

COMMENTARY: M.E.Ch.A stands for diversity; does not accept vandalism as ‘protest speech’

August 5, 2019 / By

BY Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán

M.E.Ch.A. de BC values diversity, but that ethic has been called into question by local history professor Erin Miller. 

Department of Child Support Services to hand out free backpacks at back-to-school event

August 5, 2019 / By

Photo courtesy of Department of Child Support Services

The Department of Child Support Services in Kern County invites the public to its 10th annual Ready-Set Back 2 School event taking place this week.

Teen struggling with housing insecurity rescued by family with love

August 1, 2019 / By

Featured photo: Heaven Sanders stands with Ester Valdez.

For years, Heaven Sanders lived homeless. 

Some nights, the Bakersfield High freshman would stay at a Union Avenue motel with her mother as a parade of seedy strangers visited.