Robert Forbes dies over the weekend after being struck by vehicle at protest

June 8, 2020 / By Lizette Chavez

A black man struck by a car near downtown Bakersfield during a protest on Wednesday night has died, the Bakersfield Police Department confirmed.

COMMENTARY: The unrest in my community haunts me at night

June 5, 2020 / By Edith Mata

I feel it is no longer safe for folks to be out after 5 p.m. Where is the medicine to alleviate the pain I’m feeling for my nation?

PHOTO GALLERY: Tensions rise at Bakersfield’s George Floyd protest after driver hits woman

June 1, 2020 / By Kern Sol News
Tags: Bakersfield Police Department, Black Lives Matter, BPD, George Floyd

PHOTOS BY HENRY A. BARRIOS

At Friday’s George Floyd protest in Bakersfield, a man driving a car drove through the crowd and hit a woman.

PHOTO GALLERY: Protesters chant ‘I can’t breath’ at George Floyd protest in Bakersfield

June 1, 2020 / By Kern Sol News
Tags: Bakersfield Police Department, Black Lives Matter, BPD, George Floyd, Henry A. Barrios

BY HENRY A. BARRIOS

Photojournalist Henry A. Barrios captured the hundreds of people protesting the death of George Floyd Friday, May 29, 2020, in front of the Bakersfield Police Department in downtown Bakersfield.

Kern to Launch Relief Program for Small Businesses and Nonprofit Organizations Affected By COVID-19

May 19, 2020 / By Elizabeth Sanchez
Tags: COVID-19, Kern County, Kern County Board of Supervisors, Kern Small Business Relief Program, pandemic

Kern County anticipates to launch the Kern Small Business Relief Program after Memorial Day weekend, County officials said Tuesday at the morning Board of Supervisors meeting.

74-year-old detainee dies at Mesa Verde

May 19, 2020 / By Kern Sol News

Choung Won Ahn, who had been held at the Mesa Verde Detention Facility in Bakersfield since Feb.