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It's been a stellar week of unseasonably cool and cloudy weather in the southern valley — although some folks may disagree about it being "stellar."

Thursday was memorable for all the wrong reasons after two 18-year-olds just hours from graduation crashed on a motorcycle at high speed in a suspected DUI in northeast Bakersfield.

In 2013, not long after Pope Francis became Pope Francis, he gave us the encyclical “Evangelii Gaudium,” or “The Joy of the Gospel.” Pope Francis, God rest him, personified joy. He brought fresh air into the stuffy papal atmosphere. He…

I recently had a conversation with my daughter about some negative self-talk she was engaging in. I asked her, “Would you say that to your best friend? Would it be OK if someone else said that to your best friend?”…

Stephen Moore’s recent column, “America needs more, not fewer, billionaires,” makes a revealing argument — not just about wealth, but about how statistics can be used to confuse readers.

Measure A — which asks whether Kern County should have the power to fill its own Board of Supervisors vacancies — is one of the most important items on the ballot this year. It asks us to decide who makes…

As California voters face this June primary, one reality is becoming impossible to ignore: Millions of working people across this state no longer feel politically represented.

During the past several weeks, The Californian has published in the Opinion section recommendations regarding federal, state and local primary races.…

Four countywide offices and two district seats on the Kern County Board of Supervisors appear on the June 2 primary ballot. Incumbents in three of those races each face single opponents. The other three are running unopposed.

Imagine someone handing your city a check for $11.9 million — federal money, already awarded, to rebuild a park in one of Bakersfield’s most neglected communities. Now imagine city officials voting to walk away from it.

Liberty High boys and girls track and field teams swept their way to titles when the school hosted the South Yosemite River League finals on Tuesday.

Kern County voters will be asked on June 2 to approve converting to a charter county.

And the winner is ... Mt. Vernon Avenue, for being the Bakersfield street with the most roadwork being done. That is what it feels like to those of us who

Lower Kern River near Bakersfield CA. I have caught largemouth and smallmouth here but this fish just seemed odd. Any ideas?

The Bakersfield Condors made a triumphant return to the Calder Cup playoffs on Thursday night, scoring two goals in each period, including the last four unanswered in a 6-1 rout of the Coachella Valley Firebirds at the Dignity Health Arena.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s eighth and final state budget could be his most difficult, as he attempts to close a whopping deficit, offset reductions in federal funds and appease demands for more spending and new taxes.

The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who it says stole an intercom keypad from a business in the 2100 block of L

A 58-year-old pedestrian who was struck and killed by a vehicle Thursday night in Oildale has been identified by the Kern County coroner’s office.

The Kern County coroner’s office has identified a 53-year-old Bakersfield man who it said died March 23 after a physical altercation in the 2400 block of San Ramon Court.