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For the first time in more than 100 years, the Kern River is headed back to the California Supreme Court where justices may overturn or uphold an order mandating flows be kept in the riverbed through Bakersfield.

“There needs to be a voice. There needs to be a light that shines on what’s been going on with all of us.”

Dr. Jasmeet Bains, a Bakersfield assemblymember, hopes to harness voter outrage at Valadao’s decision to support President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill, which experts say could strip health insurance from millions of low-income Californians.

The Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences are headed back to court after failing to reach a settlement agreement in mediation over $55 million in "poaching" fees.

While Merced’s farming fields and packing plants appear to be operating as usual, advocates and workers say the more fragile, migrant cash-based economy of the region’s swap meets, colloquially known as “remates,” is showing signs of strain.

In the early days of the pandemic, Delano school officials quickly provided the tools needed for remote learning and made sure students stayed engaged.

Two former prison facilities in Kern County could soon augment the federal government’s immigrant detention capacity as the Trump Administration looks to ramp up its mass deportation campaign.

Federal authorities now say they arrested more than 360 people at two Southern California marijuana farms. The Trump administration says last week's operation is shaping up to be one of the largest raids since January.

Health advocates say the bill in several ways will limit health care access in addition to cutting social safety net resources for residents.

A study by a Bay Area think tank suggests California’s key industries would suffer without undocumented immigrant workers.