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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…
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A new USC study points to system-wide failures related to deaths in ICE detention centers. The study comes on the heels of an initial report in July showing ICE violated its own medical standards in 55 deaths from 2011 to 2018.
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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…
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The California Department of Justice has reached an agreement Monday with the Bakersfield Police Department to implement a wide-range of policing…
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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…
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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…
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In the 1950s, a new style of country music, influenced by rock-n-roll, emerged from Bakersfield’s honky-tonk bars. Pioneered by music legends like Buck…
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Over a four year period, police officers in Bakersfield broke 45 bones in 31 people, and in no case did the officers involved in those encounters violate…
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On Nov. 24, 2017, Robert Cruz Jr. biked north along Baker Street, on a quiet block straddling Bakersfield’s once-thriving old town and struggling new,…
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On this edition of Young Artists Spotlight, host David Aus features Bakersfield violinist Brian Shih, performing Mozart with the Bakersfield Symphony…