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California's wealthiest farm family plans mega-warehouse complex that would reshape Kern economy
The Wonderful Co., known for its pomegranate juice and pistachios, is pursuing a massive warehousing complex in Kern County that would fundamentally transform the economy in a region long reliant on agriculture and oil.
1 arrested in string of wire copper thefts, causing over $100K in property damage in SW Kern County
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kern County Sherriff’s deputies arrested a man who is allegedly responsible for a string of copper wire thefts from farmland and oilfield properties in southwest portion of Kern County. On Monday, deputies with the KCSO Taft substation responded to the 300 block of Pierce Street, just north of Cedar Street, in […]
Kern Sheriff’s office seeks help finding shooter in 2020 murder
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help locating the shooter from a murder over four years ago. Ricardo Lopez Jr., 22, was found dead in an orchard near Corn Camp Road and Highway 58 in Buttonwillow in December 2020. He was found with a gunshot to his head and […]
Union push pits the United Farm Workers against a major California agricultural business
In a meeting room at a hotel in California's crop-rich Central Valley, a fight is taking place that could help shape the future of farm labor in fields that grow a chunk of the country's food.The battle between a unit of the Wonderful Co. — one of the state's most well-known farm companies that grows pistachios, pomegranates and citrus — and United Farm Workers — the country's biggest farm worker union — comes after California passed a law in 2022 aimed at making it easier for agricultural laborers to organize.Several hundred workers filed papers this year to unionize at Wonderful...
Shafter getting new bike lanes to suppress air pollution
Community-based efforts to reduce air pollution in Shafter are bringing a special benefit to city residents: new bike lanes. Board members of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District voted two weeks ago to set aside $1.275 million to paint and resurface, as necessary, 5 miles of existing roadways for use by bicyclists.
Kern Safe Animal Coalition to host free dog and cat vaccine clinic in Oildale
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kern Safe Animal Coalition is set to host a free vaccine clinic for dogs and cats in Oildale Saturday. According to organizers, vaccines will be given from 8 to 11 a.m. on May 11. No appointments are necessary, but cats will need to be in a carrier and dogs must be […]
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