Victoria Rodgers
Victoria Rodgers is an editor and reporter for Kern Sol News. Born in Bakersfield, CA, she received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Rockford University in Illinois. She can be reached at victoria@southkernsol.org. Posts by Victoria Rodgers:
Governor Gavin Newsom unveils The California Blueprint
During a livestream Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled The California Blueprint, a $286.4 billion state budget plan that tackles the state’s greatest existential threats while building on California’s historic progress.
Kern County Housing Authority reopens Section 8 waiting list
Next month—for the first time in a decade—the Housing Authority of the County of Kern (HA) will be reopening its Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program Waiting List, otherwise known as “Section 8 Vouchers.”
Governor Newsom announces new protective state actions
Governor Gavin Newsom visited a vaccine and testing clinic in Alameda County today to discuss new booster requirements and testing measures that will be going into effect to protect Californians as the Omicron variant becomes the dominant strain in the nation.
County gets big win with Proposition 68 funding
With support from the Parks and Facilities Operation, Boys and Girls Club of South Kern, the Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment (CRPE), and the young people in Lamont’s community, Comité Progreso de Lamont spent the last two years designing the map for the Lamont Park transformation.
First of its kind electric truck stop coming to Bakersfield
With a plan to electrify the heavy-duty transport industry, WattEV Inc. will be building the nation’s first public solar-powered electric truck stop here in Bakersfield, California.
Local coalition continues to spread vaccine equity in Kern County
Since receiving their funding from Public Health Institute’s Together Towards Health Initiative, the United Against COVID-19 (UAC) Coalition has helped over 3,000 residents of Kern County’s hardest hit communities receive their COVID-19 vaccinations.
Los fondos de bonos ayudan a liberar al solicitante de asilo salvadoreño
Después de pasar más de 1000 días lejos de su familia, y casi tres años bajo la custodia de ICE, por un crimen que no cometió, el padre Salvadoreño Willian finalmente pudo reunirse con su familia y comunidad el 25 de octubre.
Bond funds help release Salvadoran asylum seeker
After spending more than 1000 days away from his family—and nearly three years in ICE custody— for a crime he didn’t commit, Salvadoran father Willian was finally able to reunite with his family and community on October 25 with help from a local coalition, the Rapid Response Network of Kern.
CDC now recommends COVID-19 vaccine for children five to 11
Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director, Doctor Rochelle P. Walensky, endorsed the recommendation that children five to 11 years old be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine.
UAC Coalition Continues To Help Underserved Communities Get Vaccinated
As the vaccinated population in Kern County increases, the United Against COVID-19 (UAC) Coalition continues to provide communities with additional access to the COVID-19 vaccine by hosting free vaccination clinics.