Shafter News

Community Action Partnership of Kern is making an effort to ensure kids are getting healthy meals while they're not in school.

After a long wait, 13 Kern County employers large and small have been picked for a national worksite wellness program tied to health care reform.

Q: I would like to know who's responsibility it is to control the growth of tumbleweeds along Santa Fe Way, south of Shafter, between the railroad tracks and Santa Fe Way.

The High Speed Rail Authority will delay voting on a route through Bakersfield again.

Atascadero City Manager Wade McKinney is leaving to become a city manager in the Southern California city of Indian Wells to be closer to his grandchildren, the city announced Friday in a news release.

Lois Henry at the Bakersfield Californian suggests in a recent column that the contentious decision about a Bakersfield high speed rail alignment might get punted: The California High Speed Rail Authority will consider a recommendation by staff members at its June 6 monthly meeting to approve a rail alignment and station locations between Fresno ... (more)

A proposal by Bakersfield officials for a "time-out" on California's high speed train through town may be gaining traction.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Panama Union School District parent council president, Dereck West, has stepped down from his position as president amid allegations of drug charges.