Bianca Cacciola, Reporter

December 11, 2019 • No Comments

The Kern County Homeless Collaborative is reaching out to community members who want to volunteer for their next point-in-time (PIT) count on Jan 24, 2020. The KCHC is asking for 500 volunteers to help identify the trends in homelessness throughout the county. "Kern County is a very caring community. A lot of people want to do something to help the homeless, but are not sure where to start. The Point-In-Time count is a way you can make a real difference,” Ian Sharples, Director of Public Affairs for the Income Property Association of Kern, said. “The data gathered from this event will help determine what federal resources we receive to address homelessness. PIT also provides crucial information to service providers and policy makers that...

Tiarra McCormick, Reporter

December 11, 2019 • No Comments

The local Greyhound bus transportation service will soon face competition when it comes to transporting local passengers from the Bakersfield area to LAX. Amtrak train company will soon be selling tickets to travel from Bakersfield to Los Angeles train station so passengers can get to Los Angeles. The service named National Railroad Passenger Corp. was approved on California’s Senate Bill 742 on Oct. 8. The program is subsidized by tax-payer dollars. The appeal to ride Amtrak maybe the price, the times when trains will run, and the time it will take to get to LA. There are alternative transportation options to get to Los Angeles by driving, but for those who choose to not drive and avoid the nuisance of traffic trying to get to and from...

Mariah Olivarez, Reporter

December 11, 2019 • No Comments

The chancellor's office of the California Community Colleges, located in Sacramento Calif., announced that it had received an anonymous donation of $500,000 to be invested in fighting against food insecurity and encourage more hunger free campuses in California. It is known throughout the boards that hunger amongst the students in these community colleges is an issue. They have previously addressed this problem by establishing food pantries. However according to a study, that was published by the CCCCO, indicated that a recent survey held by the community colleges called #Realcollege revealed that out of the 40,000 of students that participated in taking the survey, about half had experienced food insecurity within the past month. This...