With its population nearing half a million, Bakersfield is a rapidly growing city — the 9th largest in the state, as its leaders like to point out. Yet fewer than
According to a new study on poverty released by United Ways of California, 4 in 10 Kern County families don't make enough money to meet basic needs like food, rent, and medical care.
City councilman and committee member Eric Arias says the committee is working to implement a new set of penalties for local retailers who sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21.