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When the federal government reduced how much arsenic it would allow in drinking water in 2006, the water system in Jim Maciel’s Central Valley community…

The Arvin City Council is scheduled to vote on a new oil and gas ordinance tonight finalizing the decision whether the city adopts new regulations making…

Kern County Supervisors have adopted new district lines following a legal settlement with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The…

A federal judge has ruled in favor of a Latino civil rights group in a lawsuit against Kern County over voting rights. The ruling found county…

The Kern County city of Arvin has received funding to drill a new drinking water well to serve its nearly 21,000 residents. The EPA has agreed to provide…

The city of Arvin, south of Bakersfield, is struggling to stay healthy. Nearly a quarter of its 20,000 residents fall below the poverty line, and…

The state estimates that over a million Californians lack access to safe drinking water. After 15 years with arsenic contamination, one small Kern County…

This week on Valley Edition FM89's Kerry Klein reports on water challenges in the town of Arvin. We also hear from KVPR's Jeffrey Hess about a vote that…

Governor Jerry Brown signed a pipeline safety bill today authored by Bakersfield Assemblymember Rudy Salas.Assembly Bill 1420 will now require operators…

Last year, several Kern County families were forced out of their homes for more than eight months because of a gas leak. Now, a bill in the California…