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Kern County is poised to become warehousing's next frontier
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoThis Central Valley county long relied on oil, gas and agriculture. But as those industries change,...
Policy, poverty compound the problem: Kern officials discuss why county claims top homicide rate for...
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 28—A Kern County sheriff's deputy. Two girls, a 10-year-old and a 12-year-old. A 78-year-old woman. These people are just a few of the victims of local homicides in 2021, Kern County's ...
California triggers rarely used relief valve on Kern River, diverting flows to state aqueduct
LA Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFor the first time since 2006, California has opened a flood relief valve on the Kern River to ease...
‘A sad victory’ for agriculture as court of appeal sides with farming concern tired of dealing with...
KGET Bakersfield via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWASCO, Calif. (KGET) — In the long-running battle between oil and agriculture, chalk up a victory...
Kern states its case at economic summit
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOct. 28—Kern County leaders made their case Thursday — not once or twice, but over and over — on the opening day of the California Economic Summit in downtown Bakersfield. Their message to the ...
'Nobody saw this coming'; California dairies scramble to guard herds against bird flu
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoDairy cows wait to enter a milking barn at a Kern County farm in March 2022. (Brian van der Brug/Los...
California has a housing crisis. Why are thousands of farmworker apartments closed each year?
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCalifornia farmworkers struggle to find housing — yet the state lets thousands of affordable units...
Strong thunderstorms, more flooding possible for Tulare and Kern counties
Visalia Times-Delta | Tulare Advance Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs communities throughout Central California scramble to recover after the most recent storm,...
In Bakersfield, a lawsuit aims to turn a dry riverbed into a flowing river
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWater no longer flows through the Kern River at Beach Park in Bakersfield, where people have pressed...
Deadly bird flu detected in California wild birds again. Which counties have cases?
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWild birds in California have again tested positive for a deadly avian flu, according to the state...
