Lois Henry
The Bakersfield Cali
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LOIS HENRY: Bakersfield sued over 'dewatering' of Kern River
Several public interest groups sued the city of Bakersfield on Wednesday, alleging the city has been derelict in its operation of the Kern River by diverting most of its flows → Read More
LOIS HENRY: 'Dropout' from race for seat on a powerful Kern water board appears poised to win
If Eric Averett maintains his lead over incumbent Phil Cerro for a seat on the powerful Kern County Water Agency board, it may prove just how effective a campaign statement → Read More
LOIS HENRY: Saying goodbye, and thanks, for 30 great years
I admit, Monday will be weird. → Read More
LOIS HENRY: City's feral cat fixing program going gangbusters
Just a quick update on how Bakersfield’s new, free TNR effort is going. → Read More
LOIS HENRY: Taxpayers spent $25 million for affordable housing that's become a 'hellhole'
From a taxpayer’s perspective, the downhill slide of several affordable housing projects in southeast Bakersfield really ticks me off. → Read More
LOIS HENRY: Sick of illegal fireworks? Time to get involved
Here they come again. → Read More
LOIS HENRY: Groundwater repayment coming due early for some valley farmers
Fixing our groundwater deficit will be painful. → Read More
LOIS HENRY: The future of our water, grey and otherwise, is in good hands
When a friend asked if I’d like to meet a group of teenage boys who A) had read “The Big Thirst” and B) were inspired to engineer a water reclamation → Read More
LOIS HENRY: Another paw in the right direction for reducing unwanted animals
City cats may not rejoice but residents tired of swarms of strays in their neighborhoods likely will. → Read More
LOIS HENRY: Shelter volunteer gives 2,000 hours caring for puppies
If there’s one thing Rhonda Montgomery knows, it’s puppy poop. → Read More
LOIS HENRY: Pollution plumes stopped by drought but how much longer for cleanup?
The good news is that more than 40 million pounds of petroleum hydrocarbons have been sucked — literally — out of the ground around the former Shell Oil (now Alon) → Read More
LOIS HENRY: 20 years of water restrictions for fish have been hard on humans
Farmers have griped for years about how environmental restrictions on the amount of water pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have pinched their operations. → Read More
LOIS HENRY: OK, done with drought now on to the next California disaster
I thought now might be a good time to mention the dark side to the “end of California’s drought” — fire. → Read More
LOIS HENRY: One man's fight to escape the infamous 'satanic molestation case'
I hate to say it, but I don’t have a lot of hope that Gerardo Gonzales will succeed in his Quixotic fight to clear his name of a 30-year-old molestation → Read More
LOIS HENRY: Survey says! We got a boatload of water coming soon
The numbers are in and they are good. → Read More
LOIS HENRY: Former NFL player is mobile, causing a fresh set of worries
Well, Kenny Graham finally got his Rialta motorhome. → Read More
Judge stops arbitrary state action against oilfield injection wells
Oil producers who had been facing fines of $25,000 per day, per well if they didn’t shut down operations by Feb. 15 got a reprieve Monday when a Kern County → Read More
LOIS HENRY: Water districts' split leaves groundwater bank even more up in the air
If all had gone as planned six years ago, the failed McAllister Ranch housing development would be brimming with water right now. → Read More
Little Poso Creek causing big problems for farmers in northern Kern
Poso Creek wreaked havoc on a number of northern Kern County farms in recent weeks, flooding thousands of acres. → Read More