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Anti-hate forum provides resources at Larry E. Reider Center

Published   Nov 21, 2024 05:27AM
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- On Thursday, several organizations are coming together for what's described as Bakersfield's first anti-hate forum. The forum is being hosted by Pride Year-Round, the NAACP, the Sikh Women's Association, and the Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity. Organizers say it will include panels including information on community resources, a conversation on [...] ... Read more

Union Avenue reduced to 2 lanes, receives painted bike lane

Union is also one of Bakersfield's most deadly streets with ten pedestrians hit-and-killed on this strip of pavement in the last two years. ... Read more

Mercy Air Medical Program celebrates 35 years of service in

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- Some people in Bakersfield might not know about Mercy Air 15, the medevac company that transports injured and sick people from more remote areas of Kern County to local hospitals. Mercy Air 15 celebrated 35 years of serv ... Read more

Teddy Bear Picnic raises money for BCSD teacher grants

Christopher Lowe, Director of the BCSD Education Foundation, joined 17 News at Noon to preview the annual Teddy Bear Picnic taking place at the Bakersfield Marriott Convention Center. ... Read more

Motorcyclist suffers major injuries in NW Bakersfield crash: CHP

Published   Nov 21, 2024 01:16AM
A motorcyclist suffered major injuries in a crash in northwest Bakersfield Wednesday afternoon. ... Read more

These L.A. tenants want to own their buildings. L.A. is coll

"Social housing" could soon expand across L.A. with significant help from Measure ULA, also known as the "mansion tax." Prospective tenant-owners agree to keep housing costs affordable and not make a significant profit. ... Read more

Nearly half of L.A.'s record homelessness budget went unspen

Los Angeles city Controller Kenneth Mejia reported that the city failed to spend nearly half of the $1.3 billion budgeted for homelessness in 2023-24. ... Read more

Former L.A. City Councilman Ridley-Thomas' ultimate campaign

The veteran politician seeks to have his conviction on graft charges overturned. On Thursday, his lawyers will argue before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. ... Read more