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The California Republican Assembly, the supposed "conscience of the Republican Party in California: is calling on Republicans to call specific California Senators to vote now on SB 572, a bill that would recognize May 22 Harvey Milk Day and "encourage" schools to "commemorate" the life and career of this homosexual San Francisco politician as part ...

The Kern High teachers' union chief called board member Ken Mettler's public interference in contract bargaining a "side show." "I'm disappointed in Ken Mettler's actions; he's not honoring the process of negotiations," Kern High Teachers Association President Mitch Olson said of Mettler's Tuesday call for public school employees to take a 5 ...

Ken Mettler called on the Kern High School District Board of Trustees Tuesday to "think outside the box" and consider cutting public school employee salaries, benefits and pensions due to the budget crisis.

Athletics is a big part of the fabric of Kern County, and parents and coaches came together Monday to try to save junior varsity sports.

Both sides on the Kern County front of the same-sex marriage battle agreed Tuesday that their fight is not over.

* California Secretary of State's site, www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov , for proposition summaries and arguments for and against the measures.

Local artists will have a chance to showcase their talents at 8 p.m. Friday at Amaraen Cafe, 1720 Pacific Ave., Stockton.

Coed physical education is still the norm in Kern County despite a new policy passed last year that allows single-sex gym classes at local high schools.

I HAD in front of me a lineup of red wines needing to find special friends in the food realm; a Cabernet, a Syrah and a Zinfandel.

The Bakersfield city council approved a request to re-zone a portion of central park in downtown Bakersfield Wednesday evening.

I admit it: A website that's popped up pinpointing the exact addresses, names and occupations of donors and the amounts they gave to 'Yes on Proposition 8,' which denied gays the right to marry, made me feel a ...

Retiring Fire Chief Dennis L. Thompson has had an exciting career, according to these tidbits taken from a Kern County Fire Department news release.

Budget woes are nothing new for our schools, but impending budget cuts really have parents talking.

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Kern High School District Trustee Ken Mettler wants to stop taxpayer funding for the Kern High School Teachers Association leadership position.

A drug-sniffing dog could be on patrol in Kern high schools as soon as mid-February, following a decision by the Kern High School District trustees to move ahead with a canine drug-detection program.

Drug sniffing dogs will soon be searching campuses in the kern high school district.

Newly elected members Chad Vegas and Bill Perry received warm applause after they were sworn in to the Kern High School District board of trustees on Monday night, but the packed room saved its loudest ...

Surrounded by family, friends, attorneys and judges, Raymonda Burnham was sworn-in Friday as a judge of the Kern County Superior Court.