Kern County Fair updates community on Avian Influenza concerns
The Kern County Fair has announced some slight differences to the event amid recent developments regarding the Avian Influenza in the Central Valley. After ...
Feeling the heat as Earth breaks yet another record for hottest summer
Summer 2024 sweltered to Earth’s hottest on record, making it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured, European climate service Copernicus reported ...
Bakersfield council approves plan to connect EB Hwy 58 and NB Hwy 99
In an emergency Bakersfield City Council meeting Thursday afternoon, councilmembers approved a multi-million dollar plan to add on and off ramps connecting eastbound Highway 58 and northbound Highway ...
Japan’s leader makes farewell visit to South Korea to strengthen his legacy of warming ties
Less than a month before leaving office, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is visiting South Korea on Friday to boost warming ties between the traditional Asian ...
The Bakersfield Californian is cutting 2 editions per week starting Oct. 1
The Californian, which has published for more than a century and a half, will eliminate its Sunday and Monday editions and go ...
US Open: Aryna Sabalenka beats Emma Navarro to reach her second consecutive final in New York
When things suddenly got quite tight in the second set of Aryna Sabalenka’s U.S. Open semifinal, and the Arthur Ashe Stadium spectators suddenly got quite loud while supporting her ...
Ravens-Chiefs opener to NFL season delayed by 20 minutes after storm passes through Kansas City
The start of the NFL opener between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs was delayed by 20 minutes Thursday night when a strong but brief storm passed over Arrowhead ...
Pope heads to Papua New Guinea after final Mass in Indonesia before an overflow crowd of 100,000
Pope Francis wrapped up his visit to Indonesia on Friday after celebrating Mass before an overflow crowd of 100,000, a final celebration before heading to Papua New ...
The ‘Man in Black’ heads to Washington: Arkansas’ Johnny Cash statue is on its way to the US Capitol
A statue depicting Johnny Cash departed Arkansas for Washington on Thursday, as state officials gave the bronze figure a send-off toward its new home at the U.S. Capitol.
A Christian school appeals its ban on competing after it objected to a transgender player
A Vermont Christian school that is barred from participating in the state sports league after it withdrew its high school girls basketball team from a playoff game because a transgender student ...
Rich Homie Quan, the Atlanta rapper known for trap jams like ‘Type of Way,’ dies at 34
Rich Homie Quan, the Atlanta rapper who gained mainstream fame through the trap singles “Type of Way” and “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh),” has died. He was 34. Quan, whose legal name is Dequantes Devontay ...
‘Clear the Shelters’ event can ease some of Kern’s canine crisis
You can do your part and help save the lives of deserving animals at the “Clear the Shelters” event this Saturday. On Sep. 7, the Bakersfield Animal ...