Browsing Category
Bakersfield
367 posts
The Sun’s home for news in Oiltown.
Valley drivers get divine relief from hellish gas prices via unlikely source: a church.
Hundreds of drivers in the south Valley lined up for a bit of relief from gas prices thanks to a local church.
Valley schools brace for later start times. One district is already making the switch.
A school district in the south Valley approved a plan Tuesday that would shift 21 of its schools — nearly half — to an 8:50 a.m. start.
Crime rate continues to soar, Bakersfield cops warn lawmakers
Crime in Bakersfield is getting worse by the year, a new report from the city's police finds.
Bakersfield lawmakers urges Calif. to lift oil permit restrictions
Amid historic high gas prices, the City of Bakersfield is calling on the state to suspend its limitations on oil drilling.
Kern Co. lawmakers excoriate Salas-led efforts to strip map-making power
An effort to remove Kern County’s redistricting power has been met with stiff resistance from the county supervisors.
First Lady Jill Biden set for return to Bakersfield for Cesar Chavez celebration
First Lady Jill Biden is making a return trek to Villa La Paz, the headquarters of the United Farm Workers, to celebrate Cesar Chavez Day next week.
McCarthy, Kern leaders press Newsom to boost Calif. oil production
“We should become not just energy independent in America, we should be dominant,” House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R–Bakersfield) said.
Could Kern Co. courtroom offer pathway out of sky-high gas prices?
California's oil industry is pinning big hopes on an April trial resolving in their favor to clear the path for increased energy production.
Bakersfield fire officials see growing demand for service, homeless calls
Firefighters aren’t merely in the business of extinguishing blazes in buildings, Bakersfield lawmakers were reminded on Wednesday.
Voters were “duped.” Kern Co. leaders back repeal of Prop. 47.
"[Voters] were told that this is the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, and a lot of people don’t read much past that so they voted yes for that," one lawmaker said.
