Brian O. Harris, the chief executive of Clinica Sierra Vista, resigned from the Bakersfield-based, Valleywide nonprofit chain of healthcare clinics.

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Brian O. Harris, the chief executive of Clinica Sierra Vista, resigned from the Bakersfield-based, Valleywide nonprofit chain of healthcare clinics.
Amid a series of protests, the McFarland City Council approved two proposals on Thursday that will convert two state prisons into ICE detention centers.
During its Tuesday meeting, Kern County Supervisors made it clear they have no desire to move the November election to the mailbox.
California appears near its peak demand of healthcare resources, according a projection from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
After designating Fresno County for one of eight regional triage centers, Tulare and Kern County are making moves to launc their own.
Coronavirus has begun to spread among employees in California’s prison system, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.
The Golden Empire saw a one-day jump in the number of cases of coronavirus within its borders. Meanwhile, Fresno County reported an additional viral case.
With some exceptions, the San Joaquin Valley may be ripe to repel a coronavirus-led recession, a new study from Moody’s and the Brookings Institution says.
One week after signing a disaster relief bill into law, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is announced its first batch of funding allocations
The first coronavirus patient in Kern County is not a local, public health authorities announced on Tuesday.