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Monthly Archives: September 2020
Kern Public Health encourages everyone to get a Flu Shot
With flu season just around the corner, Kern County Public Health is planning for the potential effects of a “twindemic” of influenza and COVID-19 during the fall and winter months and urges everyone to get a flu shot.
COMMENTARY: The Latino community needs to make their voices heard by voting
In the 2016 presidential election, around 138 million Americans had cast their vote; however, this number only makes up 58.1 percent of eligible voters, and based on data from The United States Elections Project, this number is less than previous years: 2008 (61.6%), and 2012 (58.6%).
NALEO makes final pushes to get people counted in 2020 Census
Before the Secretary of Commerce announced the new target Census data of Oct. 5, the NALEO Education Fund worked hard to raise awareness to get people in Kern counted by the former Sept.
CAPK partners with Delano church to ensure their community is well during the pandemic
Every Friday, Delano residents begin lining up in their cars at 6 a.m. in front of Life House Church for a food distribution that starts at 9 a.m.
BCSD Candidate Forum to occur Wednesday
The Dolores Huerta Foundation, in partnership with the Bakersfield Elementary Teacher Association, is holding a Bakersfield City School District Candidate Forum Wednesday.
Dominos from the massive Creek Fire teetering over Central Valley farmers
This story was first published on www.sjvwater.org.
When the Creek Fire erupted on Sept. 5 and chewed through the forest toward Southern California Edison’s Big Creek power system, little did anyone know how that might affect grape growers in Delano nearly a month later.
McFarland seniors wary of college application process; school to offer assistance as application deadline approaches
The deadlines for college applications is quickly approaching, and college seniors in McFarland say they are feeling a bit nervous, as distance learning has made it difficult to receive advice or resources from school staff about college applications.
Housing for the Harvest program to help workers in agriculture industry self-isolate if exposed to, test positive for COVID-19
Community Action Partnership of Kern has launched the Housing for the Harvest Program, a program that provides temporary hotel housing options for essential farm and food processing employees who are either COVID19 positive or exposed, who do not require hospitalization, to have safe and suitable places to isolate and are unable to do so at home.
Bakersfield College opens week-long course to help with COVID-19 contact tracing
Bakersfield College will open a week-long Public Health course on Infectious Disease Contact Tracing next week.
Local health officials push for more residents to receive COVID-19 testing to slow the spread of the virus, move into the next tier
Kern County residents are needed for coronavirus testing to continue to help slow the spread of coronavirus, as well as help the county move out of the state’s most restrictive purple tier, the Kern County Public Health Department said Wednesday in a press release.