Bakersfield

TED Talks, the popular videos about “ideas worth spreading,” invited Fresno’s Irma Olguin Jr. to take the stage this year to share her ideas about how to…

The Central Valley’s reputation as an affordable place to live has been challenged by skyrocketing housing prices. To learn what is behind the sharp…

On this week’s Valley Edition: We continue our podcast Escape From Mammoth Pool. This week: the heroes, big and small, who helped more than 200 campers…

A never-before-seen collection of works by contemporary art legends like David Hockney, Helmut Newton and Jean-Michel Basquiat is headed to the…

On this week’s Valley Edition: We continue our series Escape From Mammoth Pool, about the dramatic rescues of hundreds of campers during the first days of…

Why is food insecurity so common in Kern County, and what can people do to solve it? Those two questions are at the core of a new documentary called…

Next spring, construction is expected to start on the Dolores Huerta Peace and Justice Cultural Center in Bakersfield. In addition to being home to the…

The California Department of Justice has reached an agreement Monday with the Bakersfield Police Department to implement a wide-range of policing…

In the small town of Wasco, north of Bakersfield, the city council voted this week 4 to 1 to remove Mayor Alex Garcia from his position because of a…

A project is underway throughout July to remember when the now dry Kern River flowed through the city of Bakersfield. The organization Bring Back the Kern…