Hugo Maldonado Garcia, Senior Digital Editor

July 20, 2021 • No Comments

Bakersfield College Campus Safety announced that a possible gas leak had been reported on the BC Panorama Campus just after 9 a.m. on July 20 in the Campus Center Cafeteria/Dining Area. Everyone was asked to evacuate ALL buildings on the Panorama Campus immediately.   A later update advised everyone to stay clear from the Campus Center area until further notice and to evacuate to an outdoor area.  PG&E came to campus and shut off the source of the gas leak. PG&E cleared for all staff, students and faculty to return inside, and all face-to-face classes on the Panorama Campus resumed instruction by 10:30 a.m.   

Jaylene Collins, Reporter

May 14, 2021 • No Comments

California Governor's Council for Post-Secondary Education hosted a webinar via Zoom with California student leaders to discuss their plans for how higher educations systems in California can recover after the pandemic with equity on May 11. The panel included Dr. Lande Ajose, Michael Wiafe, Dr. Hayley Weddle, Aidan Arasasingham, Zahraa Khuraibet, and Stephen Kodur. The webinar began with Ajose, the chair of the Governor’s Council for Post-Secondary Education, and a Recovery with Equity Task Force member, discussing the Recover with Equity Task Force’s findings and their suggestions for schools to take on the road to equity. “What we wanted to do was develop up a set of practical, actional steps that were both around policies and...

Razan Makhlouf, Reporter

May 12, 2021 • No Comments

Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services partnered with Creative Crossing for the first Art at the Park event. The three-day event took place at Panorama Drive in Bakersfield, from May 7-9. In honor of mental health month, artists from Bakersfield created 15 different art pieces centered on key mental health issues. The art pieces were spread through Panorama Park at the bluffs, in hopes they would bring a new outdoor art experience to the city of Bakersfield. According to the Bakersfield Californian, Dr. Christina Rajlal, a psychologist at Kern Behavioral Health & Recovery Services, “We hope this is something that will start a discussion about mental health in our community,”. Lizbeth Lopez, program specialist at Kern Behavioral...