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Adventist Health, Anthem Blue Cross agree to extra time to negotiate
Negotiations between insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross and Adventist Health appear fruitless with mere hours before patients could lose access to their local hospital.
July 18, 2022
Bakersfield cracks down on abandoned shopping carts
Abandoned shopping carts causing blight through Bakersfield should soon be a thing of the past.
July 13, 2022
Contract war between Anthem, Adventist Health raises blood pressure over health coverage
Anthem Blue Cross and Adventist Health face a Monday deadline to strike a new contract for services or potentially leave thousands of patients in the cold.
July 13, 2022
Kern Co. prosecutors blasts judge for tossing case involving McCarthy office break-in
A Democratic activist who broke into House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy's office last January will see her case dismissed. Prosecutors said the judge issued a "get out of jail free" card.
July 13, 2022
Three Valley colleges will rake in millions for low-income housing. The cost to build is swinging wildly.
Low-income housing projects are always the target of criticism over cost. But should a dorm cost $619,000?
July 12, 2022
Kern Co. goes on offense in fight over solar tax revenues
A tax loophole is helping massive solar farms pop up in the Central Valley without paying full property taxes. One county is fighting back.
July 11, 2022
Wonderful Co. awards dozen college scholarships to Valley natives
The farming giant, led by Stewart and Lynda Resnick, continued growing its education-focused philanthropy.
June 30, 2022
Kern Co. unincorporated voters to decide on sales tax hike in November
Will a clamor for increased services for Kern County's unincorporated communities translate to votes to raise sales taxes? We're about to find out.
June 28, 2022
Gill, Bakersfield homeless czar, concedes defeat in Kern Co. Supervisorial battle
Gill kicked off the 2022 election cycle trying to defeat House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy. Now, he's the odd man out of a battle for a Supervisorial seat.
June 26, 2022
Kern Co. weighs levying 1-cent sales tax on unincorporated communities
A 1-cent sales tax hike may soon be hitting the residents of unincorporated Kern County.
June 22, 2022