Abandoned shopping carts causing blight through Bakersfield should soon be a thing of the past.

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Abandoned shopping carts causing blight through Bakersfield should soon be a thing of the past.
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.
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.
Low-income housing projects are always the target of criticism over cost. But should a dorm cost $619,000?
A tax loophole is helping massive solar farms pop up in the Central Valley without paying full property taxes. One county is fighting back.
The farming giant, led by Stewart and Lynda Resnick, continued growing its education-focused philanthropy.
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.
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.
A 1-cent sales tax hike may soon be hitting the residents of unincorporated Kern County.
Bakersfield City Councilman Chris Parlier is hitting the exits at the end of 2022. His work has extended a hand, and now a Council seat, to Bakersfield’s Sikh community.