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Feds push back on Calif. ban on private ICE holding facilities
A showdown over the Federal government's ability to outsource detention facilities of illegal immigrants was on full display before the San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
June 8, 2021
Change of plans: Kern Co. Fair is back for 2021
One month after its Board of Directors voted to cancel the 2021 edition of the Kern County Fair, Fair officials reversed course at a special meeting on Friday.
June 6, 2021
Tejon Outlet stores charged extra sales taxes, now the race is on to recoup them
Shopped at the Tejon Outlets in southern Kern County? It's possible you paid a little extra in sales tax and didn't know it.
June 3, 2021
Kern Co. Sheriff Youngblood not eyeing retirement, will run in 2022
Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood has no plans to retire anytime soon.
June 2, 2021
Generous pension, poor investments left Kern Co. taxpayers with ballooning burden, grand jury says.
Sagging pension liabilities and a lengthy timetable to turn them around led are leading to calls for reforming Kern County's largest pension plan.
May 27, 2021
Fresno Catholic Diocese scores win over ex-priest in defamation row
The Roman Catholic Diocese prevailed in court after a bitter, public battle with a now-former Monsignor.
May 16, 2021
A Los Angeles dining icon is expanding its footprint – in Bakersfield
The Los Angeles donut icon known as much for its oversized plaster donut billboard as it is for its wide variety of pastries is branching out.
April 29, 2021
Calif. mayors seek $20bil to break state’s homeless epidemic in five years
After navigating the choppy waters of pandemic politics, California's 13 "big city Mayors" are looking to tackle California's on-going epidemic: homelessness.
April 29, 2021
Study: Calif.’s 2045 ban on oil production would upend Kern Co. economy
A study projecting 26 years of eliminating oil production found considerable tax revenue declines, job losses, and deep cuts to workers' take-home pay.
April 28, 2021
Cracker Barrel heading to Bakersfield? Here’s what’s cooking in the south Valley.
With a long-vacant Logan's Roadhouse demolished after a fire, could the most sought-after restaurant chain make its debut in central Bakersfield?
April 28, 2021