Jose Gaspar
José Gaspar is a veteran journalist and former news anchor/reporter with Telemundo, Bakersfield. Prior, he worked 28 years at KBAK-TV as a reporter.
Email him at jose@southkernsol.org. Posts by Jose Gaspar:
High schools in Kern County hope to improve dismal college requirement courses rate
While most high school students are out on summer vacation, school district offices remain open as administrators continue to work and prepare for the new school year which is only a few weeks away.
Latino sisters in landmark desegregation suit continue fight to have case taught in California schools
Sylvia Mendez just turned 88 years old this year and vividly remembers the day in 1943 when her aunt Soledad Viduarri took her and her brothers, Gonzalo and Gerónimo Mendez along with cousins Alicia and Virgina Viduarri to enroll them at the Seventeenth Street School in Westminster, Orange County.
Farmworkers killed in 1948 plane crash near Coalinga to be honored
Then-Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno Bishop Armando X. Ochoa presides at the Mass and blessing honoring the victims of the 1948 Coalinga plane crash.
Afghan refugees resettled in Mojave adjust to a new life in a new country
The remote Kern County desert community of Mojave 61 miles east from Bakersfield has one grocery store, limited transportation service, and hasn’t had a hospital in more than 50 years, according to Ted Hodgkins, president of the Mojave Chamber of Commerce.
Parishioners saddened, dismayed as Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno announces upcoming bankruptcy
For the first time in its history, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August.
Kern County Elections Office reviewing proposed Delano rent control ordinance
Advocates of a proposed rent control ordinance carry boxes containing petitions with voter signatures to the Delano City Clerk’s office.
Immigrant rights advocates hail court ruling against ICE “knock and talk” practice
In what is considered to be a significant legal victory for immigrants, a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that the so-called “knock and talk” practice by U.S.
Petition for rent control in Delano moves forward, City might put up a competing measure
The city of Delano might become the first city in Kern County to have a rent control ordinance with a bundle of additional protections for tenants.
In rural Kern, schools embrace community concept education
“We are the hub of this community, there’s nothing out here. No grocery stores, no banks, no libraries,” said Cindy Castro, Superintendent for the Vineland School District southeast of Bakersfield.
Wonderful Company asks court to throw out new card check unionization law
Farming empire Wonderful Company filed a lawsuit in Kern County Superior Court against the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, ALRB, claiming that the state’s new unionization card check law is illegal and should be nullified.