Harold Pierce
The Bakersfield Cali
Bakersfield, CA, United States
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KCSO: Story of kidnapping at Voorhies Elementary was fabricated, 'masterminded' by two school kids
Two Voorhies Elementary fifth grade students are facing criminal charges after falsely convincing police that a student was kidnapped while boarding a bus in east Bakersfield, launching an hours-long search → Read More
DA will not press charges against ICE agents involved in fatal Delano collision
Charges will not be pressed against two federal immigration agents who Delano Police Department officials said lied about pursuing a couple they suspected of being in the country illegally and → Read More
Valley fever killed nine, infected more than 2,900 in Kern County in 2017
Valley fever, an insidious respiratory disease endemic to the region, killed nine people and infected 2,929 in Kern County in 2017, making it the second worst year for the disease → Read More
Voters will choose new BCSD trustee in special election Tuesday
Voters in the downtown area will head to the polls in a special election Tuesday to decide among four candidates who will become the newest Bakersfield City School District trustee. → Read More
Legislative update: Citing need to foster innovation, Fong pulls valley fever lab testing bill as three others sail through committee process
Facing pushback from the medical community, Assemblyman Vince Fong, R-Bakersfield, withdrew a bill late last month that would have required doctors to order specific types of lab tests when they → Read More
State schools chief distinguishes three Kern County schools, names BCSD an 'exemplary' district
State Superintendent of Schools Tom Torlakson on Monday recognized three Kern County schools as California Distinguished Schools, representing campuses that have made exceptional gains in performance and academics — and → Read More
Kern might be in poor health, but it's not that bad, local health economist says
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ranked Kern County toward the bottom of the state when it comes to health outcomes, but one local health economist says that those rankings are → Read More
Fate of Kern County political boundaries to be settled Wednesday
The Kern County Board of Supervisors could walk out of a closed session meeting Wednesday with a newly drawn map that will give greater representation to Latino communities and reshape → Read More
Lynnette Zelezny, Fresno State provost, to succeed Horace Mitchell as CSUB president
Seeking a Central Valley local with a track record of bolstering philanthropy, California State University trustees selected Lynnette Zelezny, a Fresno State administrator, to succeed retiring Cal State Bakersfield President → Read More
CSUB president to be named at board meeting in Long Beach Wednesday
Following a months-long national search, California State University trustees are expected to name a new president for Cal State Bakersfield at a board meeting in Long Beach Wednesday. → Read More
Huerta to KHSD: Redraw district lines with Latino majority, or lawsuit is 'ready to file'
Kern High School District trustees began the process of redrawing their voting areas Monday, a decision they made this month to deliver more representation to Latino majority communities in the → Read More
Man pleads not guilty to human trafficking, a rare charge in Bakersfield
A 21-year-old man suspected of gang ties pleaded not guilty Monday to prostituting a minor over the age of 16 and two counts of human trafficking — a rare charge → Read More
ICE official: Undocumented Delano man killed while fleeing ICE wasn't targeted for arrest
An undocumented Delano man who died in a vehicle crash Tuesday while fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement matched the description of a man agents were targeting, but wasn’t the same → Read More
At Independence High, a solemn show of solidarity for Florida shooting victims
For 17 minutes at Independence High School, there was silence. → Read More
As KHSD begins trustee redistricting process, Latinos in Lamont eye a seat on the board
Jose Mireles calls his hometown of Lamont a “ghost town.” → Read More
Under threat of lawsuit, KHSD votes to redraw lines, give more representation to Latinos
Under threat of a pending lawsuit, the Kern High School District Board of Trustees announced Monday that it would begin the process of redrawing voting districts ahead of an upcoming → Read More
As immigration agents step up enforcement, could farm labor suffer?
Local farmers are apprehensive about what impacts recent immigration enforcement activity would have on labor throughout the region. Some predict a chilling effect that could discourage workers from heading to → Read More
Two arrested so far in Fox Theater stabbing, more arrests could be forthcoming
Attorneys postponed the arraignment of two men arrested this week in connection with a deadly stabbing outside of a Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony show Sunday evening at the Fox Theater. → Read More
Prosecutor: Suspects in Major Sutton murder could face death penalty if convicted
For the first time, two men and a woman with possible gang ties suspected of first-degree murder in the death of 3-year-old Major Sutton appeared in court Wednesday, an occasion → Read More
Sabrina Limon denied a new trial, sentenced to 25-years to life prison term
Kern County Superior Court Judge John R. Brownlee denied convicted murderer Sabrina Limon a new trial Wednesday and sentenced her to 25 years to life in prison in the death → Read More