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Op-ed: AI and ChatGPT Usage Should be Limited
By: Alyssa Ramirez
The new and most popular AI ( artificial intelligence) tool in the world is ChatGPT.
Q&A: Maricruz Ramirez on the Environmental Impacts of Oil Industry
By: Mariangela Velazquez
Maricruz Ramirez, a community organizer with the Center for Race, Poverty, and Environment, spoke about how the oil industry in Kern County impacts the environment and how the community can come together to combat the impacts.
Community Meetings for Sewer Rate Updates
The community is welcome to join several upcoming meetings regarding the proposed sewer rate increases in Bakersfield.
Farmworker communities accuse State pesticide regulation of racism
Angel Garcia of Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR) speaks at the news conference before the Department of Pesticide Regulation’s hearing on the pesticide 1,3-D/Telone in Visalia on January 8, 2025.
Farmworkers and advocates demand exact location in Statewide Pesticide Notification
Byanka Santoyo speaks at the news conference on pesticide notification in Shafter, July 23, 2024. Photo courtesy of CPR.
KEEN Launches Reporting System
By BERENICE SANCHEZ/South Kern Sol
BAKERSFIELD–Community advocates and government agencies joined forces to launch the website that will allow community members and environmental advocates to report environmental and health hazards they see on May 1.