07/02/11 Ypsilanti's annual Fourth of July Parade has become a long standing patriotic tradition for the area as Americans across the country take pause to honor the men and women whom have made the ultimate sacrifice.
06/30/11 Starting Friday, Californians will see their statewide sales and use tax rate decrease slightly, but few local retailers believe that will do much to jump start the region's sluggish consumer spending.
06/30/11 California taxpayers will get a welcome tax break on Friday, July 1st. The two-year, 2009 tax increases are set to expire at midnight. Republicans claim the reduction in the sales, car, and income tax increases will save the average California family $1,040 per year. On Friday, the sales tax in Bakersfield will drop to 7.25 percent. But, in areas like Arvin and Delano the sales tax will only ...
06/24/11 Ypsilanti's annual Fourth of July Parade has become a long standing patriotic tradition for the area as Americans across the country take pause to honor the men and women whom have made the ultimate sacrifice.
06/17/11 Italian lemons make a comeback at Southern California farmers markets, and dry-farmed Blenheim apricots make an early appearance.
06/15/11 source: Joey Villar | philstar.com A pair of Fil-Am cagers are coming over this month to backstop the Energen Pilipinas Under-16 basketball squad seeking a berth in the second FIBA-Asia U-16 Championship for Junior Men slated Oct. 18-28 in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Guard Louie Boy Brill and forward Adam King Gupilan are joining team practice late this month with both players tipped to land spots in ...
06/14/11 For the health, safety and comfort of our residents, the Kern County Parks Department, in cooperation with the Department of Aging and Adult Services, other Kern County agencies and districts and PG&E, will open Cooling Centers throughout the County when temperatures are forecast by the National Weather Service (NWS) to exceed certain highs.
06/02/11 Bakersfield will have three players competing in the 100th California State Amateur Championship later this month after the trio finished in the top four in qualifying May 26 at Bakersfield Country Club.
06/02/11 After all the anticipation, apricots, cherries, plumcots, Boysenberries and other tempting fruits are showing up at Southern California farmers markets. After all the anticipation, apricots, cherries, plumcots, Boysenberries and other tempting fruits are showing up at Southern California farmers markets.
06/01/11 Things were looking up for Kern County's growers and ranchers last year after three devastating years of drought.
05/26/11 Only two police departments in California have a fleet of hybrid cars for patrols. One of the cities is here in the Golden Empire. The Arvin Police Department joins the city of Lindsay by beating high fuel prices and protecting the environment. When it's time to hit the streets, Arvin's police force depends on a fleet of six Toyota Highlander Hybrids. "They're easier to get in and out of and ...
05/25/11 BOYS GOLF RESULTS CENTRAL SECTION INDIVIDUALS GOLF TOURNAMENTMadera Golf and Country Club (par 7
05/24/11 An Arvin man who was driving with a blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit in an April 2010 crash that killed three young women pleaded no contest Tuesday to three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
05/23/11 The Arvin Police Department has recommended prosecutors file battery charges against an Arvin High School Junior ROTC teacher alleged to have struck a student there, police said Monday.
05/20/11 The unemployment rate in the Kern County was 16.0 percent last month, down from a revised 17.5 percent in March, and below the year-ago figure of 16.2 percent, the Employment Development Department reported Friday. Kern added jobs nearly across the board, from farming to leisure and hospitality. The only sector to lose traction last month was government. The unemployment rate in Arvin was 39.3 ...
05/20/11 Kern County's unemployment rate fell to 16 percent in April, down from a revised 17.5 percent in March. Bakersfield's unemployment rate was 11.3 percent. Neither rate was seasonally adjusted.
04/19/11 Aletheia Research and Management, Inc. , a leading independent registered investment advisor, today announced that Steve Olson will join the firm as President and Jorge deNeve will join as General Counsel.
04/15/11 Kern County unemployment is creeping precariously close to the two-year peak of 17.8 percent from March of last year. Last month the county's unemployment rate was 17.5 percent, compared with 12.3 percent for the state and 9.2 percent nationally, according to California Economic Development Department figures released Friday.
04/14/11 Stuck in his submerged car in fast-moving canal water, the 93-year-old former president of Bakersfield College managed to stay calm Wednesday until his dramatic rescue by helicopter.
04/13/11 Students and representatives from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) held a press conference Tuesday to shed light on the Student Activism Team (SAT) - administrators' efforts to monitor campus action. | 
