The number of unsheltered people in the metro Bakersfield area, which includes Oildale, has dropped by about 10% according to ...

Kern County releases draft redistricting maps, which could shift balance of power on Board of Supervisors By SAM MORGEN [email protected] Oct 22, 2021 ...

Jan. 18—The city of Bakersfield has released the draft maps for new ward boundaries that must be drawn as a result of the redistricting process. The maps resemble in almost every way the current ...

Yet one place that appeared off-limits to this growing demographic was the dais of the Bakersfield City Council. And then, in 2022, an unlikely consortium of social justice advocates, business ...