Laura Lanfray, Reporter

November 21, 2018 • No Comments

Kern County, a mostly conservative populous, has voted to keep its ban on medical and recreational marijuana in this latest Nov. 6 general election. Last year, the Kern County Board of Supervisors voted to ban the commercial use of marijuana within the county. This local ban included both medicinal and recreational use despite the previous year’s legalization of recreational marijuana in California and the “Compassionate Use Act of 1996.” This act allowed doctors to legally recommend marijuana to patients who suffered from diseases such as cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, or other illnesses related to chronic pain. In an attempt to end the ban, Jeff Jarvis and Heather Epps, with the Kern Citizens for Patient Rights, petitioned for Measures...

Miranda Defoor, Web & Social Media Editor

November 21, 2018 • No Comments

The addition of both Cynthia Brakeman and Janice Graves to the KHSD Board of Trustees marks the first time in twenty years that two women will be on the board.

Laura Lanfrey, Reporter

November 9, 2018 • No Comments

Shannon Grove claimed the Republican win for California’s sixteenth Senate District as of election night, Nov. 6. The sixteenth Senate District consists of several cities across the Kern, Tulare and San Bernardino counties of the Central Valley. With over 900,000 people, it is one of the largest districts in the state. The two candidates, Republican Shannon Grove, and Democrat Ruth Musser-Lopez focused their campaigns around job creation and solving water issues in the Central Valley. Grove is an Arvin High School graduate and a military veteran, having served in the Headquarters Company 5th Corps for three years. She began a temporary staffing agency with her sister-in-law where she helps people acquire jobs. To Musser-Lopez, this...