Community advocates forge on despite strained relationship with Bakersfield city officials

August 11, 2023 / By JaNell Gore
Tags: Bakersfield, BPD, city officials, featured, Kern County

If a friend were in a toxic or abusive relationship, most people would agree that they’d urge their friend to leave or fight back.

Families speak against the unjust killings by Kern law enforcement

February 8, 2023 / By JaNell Gore
Tags: Bakersfield, Bakersfield Police Department, BPD, KCSOS, Kern County, Kern County sheriffs office, Police Beating, Wasco

The docu-series “Killing County” launched its first season earlier this month focusing on a string of killings from the Bakersfield Police Department and Kern County Sheriff’s Office.

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.