California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently approved new fracking permits to Valley oil and natural gas producer Aera Energy.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently approved new fracking permits to Valley oil and natural gas producer Aera Energy.
The KHSD Board of Trustees voted to allow on-campus activities and practices to resume on Oct. 26.
The Kern High School District is exploring the possibility of bringing students back to campus. The Board of Trustees will …
Certain gym locations in Kern County have been deemed essential businesses, meaning they can reopen indoor operations.
Grimmway Farms, one of Kern’s largest employers and the world’s biggest producer of carrots, may be up for sale. Mergers …
The House Minority Leader received more than a dozen protesters at his front door at 4:30 a.m. on Friday.
The Kern County District Attorney’s Office and the county’s criminal defense bar association are waging a war of words.
The appointment by Gov. Gavin Newsom is one of two California State University students on the board that oversees the university system.
The ACLU is challenging the approval of a new ICE facility serving as an extention of the Mesa Verde Detention Center in Bakersfield.
In the Mojave Desert, the long-awaited conflict between California’s ambitious 2014 law to limit groundwater use and the people of California has arrived.