November 25, 2018
Bakersfield College’s Sexuality and Gender Acceptance (SAGA) club held the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20 at Levinson Hall.
This wa...
Katalina Quintanilla, Reporter
November 25, 2018
Filed under Campus, News, Top Stories
Many students dismiss the idea of attending a community college right after high school. Why?
The reputation of attending a community college is that many never finish what they start and end up dropping out.
However, Bakersfield College changed that stigma with an increase with their graduation and transfer rates.
According to the California Community College’s webs...
Issy Barrientos, Photo Editor
November 25, 2018
Filed under California Recall, Front Page, News, Top Stories
The Kern County Fire Department sent 70 firefighters to aid those who are currently fighting the fires in Northern California.
According to the Associated Press, about 1,000 people are still unaccounted for.
Additionally, Kern County provided aid in the form of a helicopter.
The helicopter’s night vision will provide assistance to firefighters and service people work...
November 21, 2018
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...
Miranda Defoor, Web & Social Media Editor
November 21, 2018
Filed under News, Top Stories
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 Lanfray, Reporter
November 9, 2018
Filed under News
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 Democr...
Bryana Lozoya, Reporter
November 9, 2018
Filed under News
The Southern California American Civil Liberties Union (SoCal ACLU) marked the opening of its new office in Kern County with a press conference at the Kern County Liberty Bell on Nov. 1.
Community engagement policy advocate Rosa Lopez and staff attorney Jordan Wells are first staffers to the new office.
Lopez commented that the office will later gain three people to join their team: anoth...
Bryana Lozoya, Reporter
November 9, 2018
Filed under News
The unofficial results for the Kern County’s 2018 midterm election arrived early Wednesday morning.
Multiple measures for cities like Bakersfield, Arvin, Wasco, Tehachapi, and McFarland were on the ballot.
According to the California Secretary of State website’s county reporting status, the unofficial count of ballots that were cast in Kern County was more than 132,000, maki...
Cameron Johnson, Reporter
November 9, 2018
Filed under Front Page, News, Top Stories
The 2018 Midterm Elections came at one of the most politically divisive times in recent American history. Just a week before the election, several prominent Democratic politicians and supporters received bombs through the mail, and the elections looked to be a climax of all the division.
Americans took to the polls to voice their opinions on issues such as equality, gun saf...
November 9, 2018
The Southern California American Civil Liberties Union (SoCal ACLU) marked the opening of its new office in Kern County with a press conference at the...
Laura Lanfray, Reporter
November 9, 2018
Filed under News
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 Gro...
Laura Lanfray, Reporter
October 29, 2018
Filed under Developing Stories, News, Top Stories
Shannon Grove and Ruth Musser-Lopez are running for California’s 16th district Senate seat in the general election on Nov. 6.
Comprised of many cities throughout Kern, San Bernardino, and Tulare Counties, the 16th district's population of about 922,123 people makes it the largest in the state.
The Current senator, Jean Fuller, is finishing her final term after serving eight year...
