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Five different Kern educational institutions have seen a change in leadership in less than a year. What does this mean for Kern County education?
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The ruling found the county's environmental review didn't go far enough to protect farmland, groundwater and communities living within a few hundred feet of oil and gas production.
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With nature providing plenty of water — finally — this year, and groundwater regulation well underway, water managers, farmers and others turned their focus to infrastructure at a Water Summit put on by the Water Association of Kern County.
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The first carbon storage facility in Kern County, California, will only produce a handful of permanent positions.
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The $1.5 billion interchange connects both sides of Highway 58 from Highway 99. The former used to end abruptly in the middle of a neighborhood, causing accidents and traffic jams.
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A public meeting on Jan. 17 provided a glimpse into the tensions surrounding a carbon capture and storage project proposed for the foothills above Bakersfield, California, in the heart of the state’s oil country.
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Kern County is California's largest oil producer and a top producer of agricultural products. But climate change — and the state’s effort to mitigate it — pose a threat to those economic mainstays.
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News of the new Niagara Bottling plant going up in Delano hit the local groundwater agency with surprise and alarm.
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“That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson has been sent to a California state prison to serve his sentence for two rape convictions.
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Farmworkers in the Central Valley often face heightened health risks due to their hard labor, but many don’t have easy access to health care. A group of high-schoolers in Bakersfield are finding solutions on their own.