Angel Magdaleno, Reporter

April 6, 2020 • No Comments

More than 240 participants joined in on Bakersfield College President’s all-campus forum with political and community leaders, as panelists, on April 6 to update BC faculty and students on COVID-19 and its impact on the community.  Panel speakers included California State Assembly Vince Fong, Retired California State Senator Jean Fuller, CEO of Kern Economic Development Corporation Richard Chapman, Kern Citizens for Sustainable Government Romeo Agbalog. BC president, Sonya Christian started the discussion with an update of COVID-19 cases using statistics from John Hopkins University. She informed everyone that compared to last week, the projected peak of cases has been pushed back rather than forward which is a good sign.  “My...

Jocelyn Perez, Reporter

April 1, 2020 • No Comments

California Governor, Gavin Newsom, announced schools will remain closed for the rest of the academic school year of 2019-20.  As the number of coronavirus patients that are hospitalized and those in the ICU rapidly increases, it leads to the constant reminder of the urgent need to keep people healthy. “It’s incumbent on all of us to utilize this time thoughtfully and judiciously and what I mean by that, is continue to practice safe physical distancing,” Newsom said.  Governor Newsom also stated that he and the superintendent of schools will keep up with their responsibility of making sure children are receiving free food from schools.  A new waiver has been passed by the federal government to increase access for food distribution...

Collin Koch, Reporter

March 31, 2020 • No Comments

President Donald Trump announced on March 29 that the entire country will keep the social distancing practice until April 30. The social distancing guideline was supposed to end around Easter and return back to business as usual. The president’s decision on the extension was to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic that is affecting the country at a fast pace. The social distancing guideline is for people to stay 6 feet apart from each other, which is aimed to prevent as many people as possible from getting the virus. The guideline also goes against the large group gatherings of 10 or more people. No comments have been made by California state governor, Gavin Newsom directly about the extension on the social distancing as of...