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Latino and a Vegan in Kern County
By Alfredo Camacho and Daniel Jimenez for South Kern Sol
Ed. Note: In the heart of Kern County’s rich farmlands, fruits and vegetables can be seen growing in abundance in fields that seem to go on for miles...
Central Valley Residents Grapple with Proposed Fracking Regulations
By Alfredo Camacho for South Kern Sol
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — About 100 people packed into a chamber at the Kern County administration building in Bakersfield to testify at a public hearing Wednesday on the state’s new fracking regulations, saying they are already at a breaking point with pollution in their communities, and that they’ll be impacted the most from the state’s new fracking plan...
Central Valley Residents Grapple with Proposed Fracking Regulations
South Kern Sol/New America Media, News Report, Alfredo Camacho
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — About 100 people packed into a chamber at the Kern County administration building in Bakersfield to testify at a public hearing Wednesday on the state’s new fracking regulations, saying they are already at a breaking point with pollution in their communities, and that they’ll be impacted the most from the state’s new fracking plan...
Obamacare Begins Amidst Confusion
By Alfredo Camacho for South Kern Sol
New Years’ day is the first day that health coverage will begin under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for those who signed up by the enrollment deadline on Dec...
What is Your New Year’s Resolution?
By Daniel Jimenez for South Kern Sol
As the New Year approaches, many people start to think about a New Year’s resolution to improve their lives...
Our Lady of Guadalupe Brings Hope To Many
By Daniel Jimenez for South Kern Sol
South Kern Sol attended the Annual Our Lady of Guadalupe Pilgrimage and Vigil at St...
New Resources, Old Obstacles for Vets With PTSD
Transitioning back to civilian life after combat was a lot different for 65-year-old Richard Knight than it has been for 29-year-old Wesley León-Barrientos...
Hunger Strike: Youth Leading the Way On Immigration
By Alfredo Camacho for South Kern Sol
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — This past Wednesday, immigration reform supporters including Cal State Bakersfield professor Gonzalo Santos, and Andres Chavez, the grandson of the late Cesar E...
“This Used To Be the Park You Avoided”
By Alfredo Camacho for South Kern Sol
This past Thursday, community members and local leaders gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Rexland Acres Park in Southeast Bakersfield, to celebrate improvements that intend to make the park a friendlier place for families...
Women Stage Sit-In, Call for Congressman to Move On Immigration Reform
By Alfredo Camacho for South Kern Sol
BAKERSFIELD – The Central Valley became ground zero in the struggle for immigrant rights last week, when a coalition of women activists gathered outside of Congressman and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy’s office in downtown Bakersfield to take part in a demonstration and act of civil disobedience to demand an end to deportations, and congressional action on federal immigration reform...
South Kern Parents Voice Their School Funding Priorities
By Alfredo Camacho
LAMONT — A large group of parents and their children crowded into the Myrtle Avenue Elementary School cafeteria on a Monday night earlier this month to make their voices heard in the growing debate over how area school districts should be spending their state education dollars...
This Year, Bakersfield ‘Guelaguetza’ Takes Center Stage
By Daniel Jimenez for South Kern Sol
BAKERSFIELD — Every year, twelve cities across California play host to “La Guelaguetza,” a celebration that honors the cultures and traditions of indigenous communities hailing from the Mexican state of Oaxaca...
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