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Kern County blocks McFarland's plan to convert library into a police station
Visalia Times-Delta | Tulare Advance Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHearing the protests of its youngest readers, Kern County has blocked McFarland city leaders’ plan...
You can drop off your completed ballot at a Kern County drop box before Election Day. Here’s how and...
KGET Bakersfield via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Registered voters this week are receiving their ballot in the mail and...
Check it out: Shafter's city-run library becomes its own success story
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 5—SHAFTER — It's no secret that when budgets get tight and pandemics invade communities, libraries are often the losers. Their hours get cut — and sometimes their doors are closed. It's ...
Playing by the book for KDA literacy program
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 19—If Andrea Hansen has her way, Books in Motion will eventually cover the entire county. "Our goal is to be in every (Kern County) library," said Hansen, president of Kern Dance Alliance ...
Libraries get big funding boost for repairs, upgrades
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 14—Thanks to a little help from Sacramento, the Kern County library experience is set for its biggest round of upgrades in more than 20 years, officials announced this week. Thanks to a ...
Why do libraries matter? Learn more in panel series
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 10—Libraries offer an amazing free resource for the public to gain knowledge, gather, communicate and overall improve their quality of life. Yet one of their biggest struggles is getting ...
CD-20 special election: Where and how to vote
KGET Bakersfield via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A special election to complete the term of former Speaker of the House and Bakersfield Congressman Kevin McCarthy takes...
It's Banned Book Week and librarians are all about protecting your right to read
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 23—The book display on the first floor of the Beale Memorial library in downtown Bakersfield is decorated with official-looking yellow caution tape and paper "flames." All the books on ...
Kern ramps up Narcan distribution amid rising deaths
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWhen paramedics found her, she was lying still inside the van. Her eyes were closed, her lips a bluish hue. Her breathing had seemingly stopped. The medical staffer in charge quickly jostled ...
