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‘Virtual library fun’: Kern County Library closure doesn’t stop staff from providing services online
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kern County Library branches will be closed effective immediately at the direction of the Kern County Administrative Office and Kern County Department of Public Health.
KCSOS task forces to provide essential services to students during school closure
Kern County Superintendent of Schools is constructing a plan to provide services to students throughout Kern while schools are temporarily closed for the next month, KCSOS said during a press conference Monday morning.
COMMENTARY: It takes a special person to be a great foster parent
When people think of foster care, they often think of the youth in the system. But foster parents play a key role in helping these youth grow into responsible young adults.
COMMENTARY: California Surgeon General advocates for health equity in Kern
BY CAROLINE FARRELL
California’s first Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris held a listening in Bakersfield in May, with hopes to hear about local challenges and to share the Administration’s priorities, which advocate for health equity, advancing the social determinants of health and screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) from lifelong exposure to toxic environments (social, physical, and natural).
State officials recommend new rules for controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos
In an effort to protect “human health and the environment,” state officials issued temporary recommendations this month for growers in California regulating a pesticide commonly used in Kern County — chlorpyrifos.
South Kern Sol breaks down public charge
Immigrants who have received public assistance may soon have a more difficult time obtaining a green card under a new rule announced by the Department of Homeland Security this week.
District 4 Kern County supervisor candidates to debate next month at CSUB
Just weeks before election day, the District 4 Kern County Supervisor candidates will participate in a student centered debate next month that will give voters a better idea of what their vision is for Kern County.
Q&A: Bakersfield Police Chief Lyle Martin
By Ja’Nell Gore
More than a year ago, Lyle Martin took the reigns of the Bakersfield Police Department.
Local LGBTQ Youth Share Their Experience Living in a Conservative County
By Andrew Alvarez
Kern county is a place where social change is infrequent while conservatism is common.
Why are black people stereotyped? Because y’all allow us to be
BY: Ja’Nell Gore
Why is every black woman so ‘angry’? Why is every black man ‘in a gang’?