Stories by Issue
Posts Tagged as "COVID"
Apple Core Project Opens Grace Steet Community Garden
Apple Core Project (APC) has officially opened its gates to its newly upgraded community garden on Grace Street, in North East Bakersfield.
How the City of Wasco helped the community during the COVID-19 pandemic
The City of Wasco played a key role during the COVID-19 pandemic as they held pop-up vaccine clinics and food distributions with the help of the American Rescue Plan funding.
Five vaccination clinics in Kern County this week
The Kern County Public Health Department is hosting five vaccination clinics around Kern between May 10th-14th.
McFarland residents protest city council’s decision to hold GEO appeal hearing during pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t stop McFarland residents and neighboring communities from getting in their cars Sunday to protest the McFarland city council’s decision to hold the crucial GEO appeal hearing during a time the community can not physically gather safely.
OUR VIEW: Time to protect our ‘essential’ farmworkers and not double up on oppressing them
There is a small farm working community in Kern County where essential workers risk their lives everyday by going to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic to provide the nation with the food we eat.