SebastoMASK program doubles in size
The SebastoMASK program is about to double in size, thanks to the fast fundraising of Councilmember Sarah Gurney, who raised nearly $4,000 so that the city could order another 500 masks.
Two bicyclists struck on High School Road
On May 12 at around 6:01 p.m., California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers responded to a report of a major injury crash on High School Road, south of Gaye Road.
Police Log, Dec. 11-17, 2023
Monday, Dec. 11
7:47am Grand theft occurred on University Avenue. The Reporting Party (RP) stated his truck was moved two houses from where he parked it on Dec. 10, 2023. Tools valued at $3,000 were taken from inside the truck. A detective responded and took...
Police Log, October 27 – November 2
October 27, 7:03am The Reporting Party (RP) on University Street at North Street indicated that a possibly intoxicated driver swerved, drove slowly on the shoulder and went around vehicles. The RP was transferred to the California Highway Patrol (CHP)...
Open Mic: Surprise Raid in Kern County Foreshadows What’s to Come
The Border Patrol conducted unannounced raids throughout Bakersfield on Tuesday, Jan. 7, descending on businesses where day laborers and field workers gather. Agents in unmarked SUVs rounded up people in vans outside a Home Depot and gas station that serves a breakfast popular with field workers. "It was profiling; it was purely field workers,” said the manager of a local gas station.
Tiny Healdsburg Music Venue Attracting Big Names in Music
Sonoma Magazine is calling the upstairs music venue at the Little Saint vegan restaurant on North Street "the most interesting music club in the Bay Area." The magazine writes: "As the restaurant continues to garner accolades for its plant-based cuisine, the second floor gathering...
Most prison staff refuse COVID vaccine
His answer was crystal clear: “No. Never will.” That’s how a prison guard at California Rehabilitation Center in Norco feels about taking the COVID-19 vaccine, and he’s not alone.
Fire in Larkfield frays nerves
At approximately 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24 a landscaping crew sparked a blaze behind Cardinal Newman High School that sent local fire agencies springing into action and frayed nerves in an area not yet finished rebuilding from the devastation of the 2017 Tubbs Fire.
