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Kern County Observes World AIDS Day in Powerful Series of Events
South Kern Sol, News Report, Dean Welliver
Kern County recognized World AIDS Day 2017 with a comprehensive series of events focused on awareness, education, prevention, and remembrance, including the Kern County HIV Partnership’s World AIDS Day Resource Fair and the Bakersfield AIDS Project’s 24th annual World AIDS Day Vigil.
Thousands Could Lose Health Care, Student-Aid Under New Tax Bill
South Kern Sol, News Report, Veronica Morley
According to a local CSU Bakersfield professor, the Senate GOP tax bill could devastatingly affect thousands of Kern County residents hoping to afford higher education and basic health care needs.
Lawsuit Claims Past Board Of Supervisors Redistricting Violates Federal Voting Law
South Kern Sol, News Report, Emma Gallegos
Kern County diluted the voting power of Latinos when it drew district lines for the Board of Supervisors in 2011, according to a case that goes to trial in a federal court in Fresno today.
World AIDS Day: Community Event, Dec. 1
South Kern Sol
On Friday, December 1, the Kern County HIV Partnership will be hosting a World AIDS Day Resource Fair for community members.
Youth Commentary: Jobs Lost, Minors At Risk in Kern County Marijuana Ban
By Cassidy Sheppard
On Oct. 24, nearly a year after California voted to allow the commercial use of marijuana, Kern County’s Board of Supervisors banned all commercial sales of the drug, citing family values and a disregard for wanting to regulate the local pot industry.
Bakersfield Residents Hold Die-In, Demand Police Accountability
South Kern Sol, News Report, Dean Welliver
The day before ACLU released a report detailing civil rights infractions by local Bakersfield law enforcement, a peaceful die-in was held to demand police accountability.