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Mosquito activity on the rise in Kern; public encouraged to take precaution
Recent rainfall has caused an increase in mosquito activity in Kern, according to Kern Mosquito and Vector Control District.
“We have detected more mosquito activity earlier in the year than normal,” said Gene Abbott, District Manager of Kern Mosquito and Vector Control.
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COMMENTARY: California Surgeon General advocates for health equity in Kern
BY CAROLINE FARRELL
California’s first Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris held a listening in Bakersfield in May, with hopes to hear about local challenges and to share the Administration’s priorities, which advocate for health equity, advancing the social determinants of health and screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) from lifelong exposure to toxic environments (social, physical, and natural).
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Advocates rally against fracking proposal at public hearing; public comments not recorded at meeting
A public hearing on a proposal to open up more than a million acres of federal land in the Central Valley and the Central Coast to hydraulic fracking drew a large crowd at the Kern County Administrative Office Tuesday night.
City of Arvin illegally approved four oil and gas wells, judge rules
The City of Arvin illegally approved four oil and gas wells within city limits in 2018, a Kern County judge ruled Friday afternoon.
California moves to ban chlorpyrifos — commonly used pesticide in Kern; advocates remain skeptical
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation plans to ban a pesticide commonly used in Kern County — chlorpyrifos — after research found health risks related to the pesticide, officials said Wednesday.
Data shows Valley Fever cases in Kern increase for the fourth year in a row
The number of Valley Fever cases in Kern County has increased for the fourth year in a row, according to the Kern County Public Health Department.