Caltrans allocates nearly $1 billion for transportation projects, some in Kern County
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated nearly $1 billion to address mobility challenges and bolster the state's highway system against ...
The Bakersfield Californian6d
Point-in-time count captures snapshot of homelessness in Kern County
Hundreds of volunteers gathered in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday at The Mission at Kern County to conduct the annual ...
2025 Point In Time Count volunteers survey homeless individuals around Kern County Wednesday
Homelessness rose by 37% in 2024, to more than 2,600 homeless individuals in Kern County, according to Bakersfield-Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative. The Mission at Kern County serves as the ...
KKEY21d
Kern County response to Los Angeles fires includes much more than firefighters
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Fire Department joined the fight in Los Angeles last week along with additional county departments that are doing their part to assist residents down south ...
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Kern County businesses, nonprofits pitch in to assist Los Angeles fire victims
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – Firefighters and charitable organizations from across the West – including Southern California – came to the aid of Kern County last summer when the Borel Fire devastated ...
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Kern County Sheriff's sergeant Stephen Wells arrested for rape and burglary
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Kern County Sheriff's Sergeant Stephen Wells has been arrested and charged with rape and two other felonies. Wells has been with the Kern County Sheriff's Office ...
The San Joaquin Valley Sun23d
Child rapists among 78 arrested in Kern County immigration sweep
In a surprising and significant enforcement action, the El Centro Sector of U.S. Customs and Border Protection conducted a three-day operation in and around Kern County. The big picture: The operation ...
World Socialist Web Site23d
Outrage grows over the arrest of 78 workers by Border Patrol in Kern County, California
[AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin] Last week US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents carried out mass raids and arrests of immigrants in Kern County, California, even as the fires raging across Los ...
Santa Maria Times23d
Unannounced immigration raid in Kern County raises concerns among farmworkers, businesses
Acres of orange fields sat unpicked in Kern County this week as word of Border Patrol raids circulated through Messenger chats and images of federal agents detaining laborers spread on local ...
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‘Fear is real’: What valley leaders know of border patrol in Fresno County
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Following the latest border patrol action “Operation Return to Sender” resulting in the arrests of 78 people in Kern County, politicians and advocates ...
The Monterey County Herald24d
A surprising immigration raid in Kern County may foreshadow what awaits farmworkers and businesses
you know how Kern County complains about oil? This event would be analogous to shutting down oil production. Economic catastrophe.” Campus Town project in Seaside gets Phase 1 final map approval ...