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Kern Coalition outlines plans to bring quality jobs to residents

September 10, 2024 / By
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Dolores Huerta addresses audience at the Kern Coalition Summit meeting. Huerta urged job and safety protections for farmworkers

An ongoing effort to bring new jobs to Kern County is generating excitement but is still in its planning stages led by the Kern Coalition.

$60,000 donation expands Kern’s Art4Rehabilitation program for juvenile youth

September 6, 2024 / By

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Kern County’s 5th District Supervisor Letica Perez held a joint press conference with Kern Family Health Care CEO Emily Duran on September 4th.

Community invited to help shape future air quality and climate research

September 6, 2024 / By
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The community of Lamont has been invited to participate in a public, in-person workshop on September 12 to provide input on the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) future research on air quality, climate change, health, and sustainable communities.

State delays oil well monitoring by more than 3 years

September 5, 2024 / By

Kern County has a high concentration of oil wells. The State has found hundreds of them to be leaking methane.

CSUB students share why voting matters to them

August 30, 2024 / By

With less than 70 days until the Presidential General Election on November 5, students at California State Unistivity Bakersfield (CSUB) share their reason why voting in this upcoming election is important to them. 

Kern County well represented at Democratic National Convention in Chicago

August 22, 2024 / By
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Camila Chávez and her mother, Dolores Huerta at DNC in Chicago.

Once again, Dolores Huerta (who else?)