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Tag: Bakersfield

How the remote work revolution could change California’s housing crisis

Avatar by Matt Levin December 21, 2020December 22, 2020

A huge number of people have been working from home for the better part of the year. The long-term implications for housing will likely benefit higher-earning workers and hurt lower income Californians.

Trump supporters' 'train' reaches its destination at Ethel's Old Corral in Bakersfield on Oct. 24, 2020. Photo by KBAK/KBFX

As Election Day neared, conflict in Bakersfield between Trump and BLM groups intensified

by Freddy Brewster, Dereka Bennett and Injeong Kim November 5, 2020November 6, 2020
People wait in line at a Planet Fitness in Orange, CA. The gym is now functioning at about 15 percent capacity following the re-opening of a handful of franchises in Los Angeles and Orange County. Oct 8, 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters.

Workout workaround: How gyms are getting themselves reclassified as ‘essential’

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov October 12, 2020October 13, 2020
A delivery of state-supplied masks, face shields, no-touch thermometers, and hand sanitizer arrive for when Kern County schools are able to open for in-person instruction. Photo courtesy of Kern County Office of Education

Behind the ‘Wild West’ of school reopenings

Ricardo CanoAna B. Ibarra by Ricardo Cano and Ana B. Ibarra September 4, 2020September 4, 2020
A pedestrian walks past boarded up windows of a business in Oakland on the the eighth day of the shelter-in-place order on March 24, 2020.One month into the order, California's economy has entered a recession. Photo by Ray Chavez, Bay Area News Group

What comes next for California cities? Deficits, bailouts and long recoveries

Jackie BottsAvatarElizabeth CastilloAna B. IbarraAvatar by Jackie Botts, Ben Christopher, Elizabeth Castillo, Ana B. Ibarra and Matt Levin April 17, 2020June 9, 2020

California has some of the best and worst places in U.S. for raising children, report finds

by Erica Hellerstein February 3, 2020March 5, 2020

Newsom challenges PG&E bankruptcy plan + Bakersfield children need help + Star treatment for plastics bill

Dan MorainAvatar by Dan Morain and Judy Lin January 23, 2020January 23, 2020
An oil derrick in Bakersfield, Kern County.

Last-minute switch would serve one oil refinery — and environmentalists are crying foul

Avatar by Ben Christopher September 12, 2019September 14, 2019
Like a bullhorn, hundreds of millions of campaign dollars are amplifying the message from key industries to California voters.

Big bucks, bail, Bakersfield and vaccinations

Dan Morain by Dan Morain October 30, 2018
Assemblyman Rudy Salas' 2016 vote giving overtime pay to farmworkers has prompted the agriculture industry to target him with campaign ads.

He voted for farm worker overtime. Farm interests try to make him pay

Dan Morain by Dan Morain October 24, 2018June 23, 2020
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