California’s most overworked Federal district court has a new judge in its ranks.

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California’s most overworked Federal district court has a new judge in its ranks.
The agency that regulates California doctors is facing stiff criticism over its reinstatement of doctors that committed sexual abuse. Two are from the Valley.
Grand jurors described the northern Kern County city as being “The report described the city as being “at an intersection where politics, special interests and conflicting public sentiments come head to head.”
The Kern Community Foundation will have a new boss to kick off 2022, the philanthropy’s board of directors announced on Wednesday.
As President Joe Biden dips into the U.S. strategic energy reserve to bring costs down, California energy producers are striking at a de facto ban on fracking.
Jose Bello made national headlines after media portrayals painted ICE as targeting a simple Bakersfield College student. Now, authorities have him in custody for a murder.
Could one of Kern County’s most senior lawmakers be heading for the exits?
The ban, while narrow enough to survive scrutiny from courts, is still reliant on adequate resources from Kern County officials for enforcement.
A highly-publicized battle with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement turned Jose Bello into a brief local celebrity. Now, he’s wanted in connection with a murder.
While home ownership among millennials is on the rise, one Valley community finds itself among the worst in the nation for that demographic.