Republicans and Democrats in Kern County held divergent views of President Joe Biden's performance prior to his announcement Sunday he won't run for reelection.
As efforts to push embattled President Joe Biden out of the race crescendo, Gov. Gavin Newsom has remained one his most committed champions.
In the aftermath of Saturday's shooting in Butler, Pa., The Californian asked local politicians and others active in politics聽how the weekend's events changed their view of the presidential election and what the shooting says about the state of U.S. politics, as well as what should be done a…
Simmering tensions flared on a local Republican Party committee this week after allegations were raised that its leadership is resisting calls for greater transparency.
Eastern Kern County's aerospace industry stands to receive a substantial boost from a legislative amendment introduced in Congress this week by Rep. Vince Fong.
California 鈥 a state whose officials love to tout it as the world鈥檚 fifth largest economy 鈥 is a year late in producing a report on its own financial health for the sixth year in a row.
Much is expected of the California voter.
Second-term 优蜜传媒 City Councilman Bruce Freeman announced Monday he will not run for reelection in November and instead endorsed city Planning Commissioner Larry Koman to succeed him in the Ward 5 seat.
Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux is suspending his campaign for Congress, and instead is endorsing Rep. Vince Fong in the Nov. 5 election.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday granted cities more power to arrest, cite and fine people who sleep outside in public places 鈥 overturning six years of legal protections for homeless residents in California and other western states.
A high-profile bill to shore up accountability over the state鈥檚 handling of California鈥檚 鈥渢roubled teens鈥 unanimously passed out of the state Assembly鈥檚 Human Services Committee on Wednesday.
The 优蜜传媒 City Council on Wednesday approved the $16 million construction of the Friant-Kern Canal path, a six-mile-by-12-foot asphalt towpath that officials said is 12 years in the making and will run perpendicular to the 36.3-mile Kern River pathway.
Seven months after it was first announced, a first-of-its-kind Eviction Prevention Program was approved by the 优蜜传媒 City Council Wednesday, despite concerns from community advocates who feel it鈥檚 not properly equipped to handle the region鈥檚 demand.
鈥淣o pay raise, no peace鈥 was the anthem rattling through the county hall Tuesday morning, issued by nearly 200 unionized county employees protesting the county鈥檚 newest budget.
More than 200 households in southeast 优蜜传媒 went without water over the weekend, rendering evaporative "swamp cooler" systems inoperable amid soaring temperatures, after two local water wells stopped working.
Facilities of the 911 emergency system are being drowned in a flood of trivial calls, officials said at a news conference Monday.
Eggs. Light Cream. Bonne Maman鈥檚 Strawberry Preserves.
A federal grant is expected to pay for security upgrades to the Kern County Elections Division ahead of the Nov. 5 general election.
Assembly Bill 2357, written by Democratic Assemblywoman Jasmeet Bains of Delano, passed through the Senate Higher Education Committee on Wednesday.
At their meeting Tuesday, the Kern Board of Supervisors approved a number of measures, resolutions and agreements. The board:
The city of 优蜜传媒 is unveiling a new rewards program geared toward incoming tourists, who can access incentives to local shops and restaurants.
Despite the hand-wringing and tightening of belts seen on Capitol floors in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., the city of 优蜜传媒 expects 2025, in fiscal terms, to be 鈥渟table with some growth.鈥
Highway 99 in the Central Valley is the deadliest major highway in the country, according to an analysis released Friday.聽
State officials are calling for federal protections for seven immigrant detainees at the Golden State Annex ICE Detention Center in McFarland, saying they are vital to an investigation into the facility鈥檚 operations.
The 优蜜传媒 City Council on Wednesday approved a 50-bed expansion to its largest shelter, the Brundage Lane Navigation Center, in order to house many of those turned away each week from its doors.
City officials reviewed plans Tuesday for the eventual rollout of an Active Transportation Plan, which would serve as 优蜜传媒鈥檚 lodestar in all future projects, programs and policies aimed at making it safer 鈥 and quicker 鈥 to travel about without a car.
On the one hand, allowing local advisory boards and commissions to meet remotely could make it easier for more Californians to take part, including those with disabilities or in jobs that make it hard to attend in-person meetings.
Frustrations surrounding the longstanding delay of a new Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in 优蜜传媒 resurfaced last week as the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that, if signed into law, would compel the Veterans Affairs Department to proceed with construction by Septe…
Officials charged with ending homelessness in 优蜜传媒 took their first crack last week at making sense of why, despite their best efforts, the problem worsened over the past year.
Citing the possibility of a pending criminal matter, an attorney for Zack Scrivner secured a six-month postponement in the聽Kern County supervisor's divorce case during a brief proceeding Thursday that was聽unattended by either of the two parties.
As one of his final gestures in state office, newly-sworn in Rep. Vince Fong, R-优蜜传媒, on Wednesday named the Open Door Network as the Nonprofit of the Year for the 32nd Assembly District.
The Portrait of a Warrior Gallery, a local nonprofit organization geared toward commemorating fallen veterans, was recognized by California state Sen. Shannon Grove as this year鈥檚 12th Senate District Nonprofit of the Year.
One day after he was sworn into the House of Representatives, Rep. Vince Fong, R-优蜜传媒, announced Tuesday his appointment to two congressional committees 鈥 the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.
With yet another absence from his county post Tuesday, the situation surrounding Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner has prompted yet another coterie of protest from residents who demanded his removal from office.
Vince Fong, winner of the special election in California鈥檚 20th Congressional District, was sworn in Monday to succeed fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy, who resigned from the seat in December following his ouster as Speaker of the House.
Three years after announcing plans to beautify California, state officials are reaffirming their vows to leave the Golden State as clean as they found it.
Saturday morning began with a scrum, standing outside the front doors of the Kern County Animal Services shelter.
鈥淔ill 鈥檈m up, Mr. Sun鈥 may as well be the expression you鈥檙e soon to hear when you drive up to the service pumps of the future.
优蜜传媒 Republican Vince Fong is set to be sworn into Congressional office on Monday.
Alarmed by budget cuts pending in Sacramento, Kern joined seven other county governments in the San Joaquin Valley this week in calling on state legislative leaders to ensure adequate funding for regional priorities like public health, homelessness, water storage and wildfire resilience.
Months after his wafer-thin victory in the March 5 primary for U.S. Senate, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, arrived in 优蜜传媒 Tuesday to hear out the success stories of those he hopes to relate to come November.
It was the German playwright Bertoit Brecht in a conversation on ethics, in the backdrop of 20th-century global depression, who said 鈥渇irst comes food and then morality.鈥
A little more than six months remain until the November election, and 优蜜传媒 Assemblyman Vince Fong 鈥 fresh off his 60.6% victory Tuesday 鈥 has an important message for his voters: Vote for me. But also, don鈥檛 vote for me.
Between undulating yellow hills along the valley floor, workers inside a 270,000-square-foot warehouse are pre-building homes for the future. Their destinations: Santa Monica, Lake Tahoe, Mountain Village, Colo.
Vince Fong is a 优蜜传媒 assemblyman no longer.
After an intense week of lobbying with hundreds of potential laws still to consider, the bill that would bring a state medical school to Kern County cleared the Assembly鈥檚 origin vote Wednesday with no opposition, advancing it to the state Senate floor for consideration.
Republican Vince Fong, the 优蜜传媒 assemblyman who began his political ascension as a district director under former Rep. Kevin McCarthy, handily won Tuesday's special runoff election to serve out the remainder of the term vacated by his longtime mentor.
Following weeks of hearsay and heated debate, discord between Kern鈥檚 elected leaders and the public took a productive tone Tuesday as the county counsel outlined potential paths by聽which Supervisor Zack Scrivner may vacate office early 鈥斅燼nd the steps constituents may take to replace him.
Just two candidates remain on the ballot for today's special primary election for California鈥檚 20th Congressional District, which includes parts of Kern, Fresno, Tulare and Kings counties.
More than 600 kids at Millie G. Munsey Elementary came back from spring break last month to find central walkways that were normally covered in dirt, graffiti and vagrants suddenly replaced with neat concrete and roses.
