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Former top Bakersfield police official files whistleblower suit, claims retaliation over probe into chief’s son
A former assistant chief of the Bakersfield Police Department said he was forced out of law enforcement because he cooperated with the Attorney General’s Office investigation of a deadly shooting by the son of the then-Bakersfield police chief.
New Clinica Sierra Vista chief looks to break cycle of drama for health clinics
Dr. Olga Meave brings new leadership to a venerable organization that, since the retirement of its longtime leader in 2017, has suffered a string of internal problems the organization tried hard to keep a lid on.
Will Kern Co. really get bailed out by Newsom for oil’s mandated shut down? Here are the facts.
During an economic summit in Bakersfield last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom told attendees California taxpayers would "backfill" Kern County's budget deficit from loss of oil revenues. Is that really true?
Prosecutors charge ex-Bakersfield Condors trainer for contacting minor for sex
Chad Drown, the former head athletic trainer of the Bakersfield Condors was charged this week with two felonies for attempting to meet a minor to commit a sex act.
Judge: Bakersfield baker can’t be forced to bake cake for same-sex weddings
A Kern County judge ruled Friday that Tastries Bakery owner Cathy Miller cannot be forced to bake wedding cakes for same-sex couples.
Bakersfield Condors trainer arrested for contacting minor for sex, fired by club
The Bakersfield Condors fired their head athletic trainer late Sunday night, nearly four hours after he was arrested by the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Calif. wanted to ban private prisons. Court says “not so fast.”
A law to ban private prisons in the Golden State, effectively shuttering ICE operations, was drawn up by California's current Attorney General. It just got gutted by an 11-judge panel.
DA charges Kern Co. school board member with voter fraud, misappropriation of funds
A Bakersfield area school board member is facing a bevy of criminal charges ranging from voter fraud to the misappropriation of public funds.
Oil company is buying out Kern Co. homes. Some residents are blaming Newsom’s latest laws for forcing them from home.
It's one of California's most oil-rich towns and home to a top-flight elementary school. Now, a new California law is forcing oil companies to buy families out of their home.
Kern Co. Sheriff eyes new recruiting tool: ‘COPS’ tapings.
Another taping of the police procedural show hopes to spur applications for hundreds of KCSO vacancies.
