Abandoned shopping carts causing blight through Bakersfield should soon be a thing of the past.
Contract war between Anthem, Adventist Health raises blood pressure over health coverage
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.
Kern Co. prosecutors blasts judge for tossing case involving McCarthy office break-in
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.
Three Valley colleges will rake in millions for low-income housing. The cost to build is swinging wildly.
Low-income housing projects are always the target of criticism over cost. But should a dorm cost $619,000?
Kern Co. goes on offense in fight over solar tax revenues
A tax loophole is helping massive solar farms pop up in the Central Valley without paying full property taxes. One county is fighting back.
Wonderful Co. awards dozen college scholarships to Valley natives
The farming giant, led by Stewart and Lynda Resnick, continued growing its education-focused philanthropy.
Kern Co. unincorporated voters to decide on sales tax hike in November
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, Bakersfield homeless czar, concedes defeat in Kern Co. Supervisorial battle
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.
Kern Co. weighs levying 1-cent sales tax on unincorporated communities
A 1-cent sales tax hike may soon be hitting the residents of unincorporated Kern County.
Bakersfield councilman to vacate seat after two terms
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.
