Years since first being targeted by COVID-era financial aid scammers, California’s community colleges still can’t fully shake the fraud.
Until Monday, 13-year-old Christopher Roman had never heard of California Resources Corp. Now he may never forget.
Nobody expects rain during graduation week for Kern High School District schools, yet fall it did Thursday night.
At football stadiums, Dignity Health Convention Center and Arena and other gathering spaces, youth took center stage Wednesday as high school students became graduates.
Highland High School’s theater program is flying especially high this spring after receiving three nominations at the prestigious Rita Moreno Awards in San Jose — a regional competition that recognizes exceptional high school musical theater talent across Northern and Central California.
At football stadiums, Dignity Health Convention Center and Arena and other gathering spaces, youth took center stage Wednesday as high school students became graduates.
The Kern Community College District’s board of trustees voted unanimously with no discussion Thursday to approve the appointment of Stacy Pfluger as Bakersfield College’s 12th president.
In recognition of outstanding academics, athletics, public service and leadership, Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh on Tuesday night awarded the 2026 Mayor’s Trophy to Centennial High School student Ila Rose.
Kern Community College District announced two senior personnel changes Tuesday, saying its chancellor is leaving for a position in Arizona and, separately, that Bakersfield College’s interim president will take over on a permanent basis even though the board responsible for approving her app…
Roadrunners aren’t actually great flyers, but don’t tell that to the latest permanent addition to Meadows Field Airport.
Cal State Bakersfield students who've earned a variety of degrees and credentials were the focus of two commencement ceremonies Saturday lauding their accomplishments.
Bakersfield College held its 112th Commencement Ceremony Friday night at Memorial Stadium.
The Kern High School District honored the best of the best Wednesday night at the PEAAK Awards, or Promoting Excellence in Activities and Athletics in Kern.
Tradition continued Tuesday night at Garces Memorial High School, where the Catholic school's Class of 2026 was the first of the local high schools to hold its commencement ceremony this season, as it has for many years.
Members of the public are being asked to help come up with a new name for Cesar E. Chavez Elementary after allegations surfaced two months ago that the civil rights icon who became the school’s namesake sexually abused minors.
Esther Mejia and Kelly Merchant had a question Friday afternoon for their professors: Where were you?
All but one Cal State campus have Native American remains and cultural items that federal and state laws require them to return to tribes. In many cases, the process has been slow.
More than 50 Kern County teachers who were named Teacher of the Year in their school districts were honored Thursday evening at the annual Kern County Education Champions of the Year celebration at Bell Tower Plaza in downtown Bakersfield.
Kern High School District and Kern Community College District are among school systems impacted by a cyberattack Thursday on the software program Canvas, widely used by schools around the world.
Three finalists have emerged in the search for a new president of Bakersfield College, the Kern County College District announced Wednesday about an hour before live-streaming the first in a series of candidate forums continuing Thursday.
A 26-year-old school employee has been arrested on suspicion of child molestation and possession of child pornography, the Bakersfield Police Department reported Thursday.
It probably came as no surprise that in 2024 West High formed a “little libraries” club, given the lack of free book distribution sites in the surrounding area and the school’s need to raise students’ reading skills.
Tehachapi school officials face legal accusations they failed to properly screen or duly report the misdeeds of a physical education teacher who has been criminally charged with sexually inappropriate activity with several of his students.
Just a few months after California overhauled the way it teaches children to read, a new bill takes on math education — and may be just as controversial.
A California State University, Bakersfield alumnus who has dedicated his career to advocating for equity and community belonging will receive the highest honor in the CSU system next month.
A lawsuit filed last week on behalf of a student at Del Oro High accuses the school’s district, principal and music teacher of failing to protect her from a band coach who faces criminal charges of having sex with her when she was just 15 years old.
School officials celebrated the renaming of a student lounge inside Cal State Bakersfield’s Student Union for The Wonderful Company Tuesday after the ag giant made a $1.5 million donation to rehabilitate an aging building on the west side of campus.
The Fairfax School District agreed Monday to pay $5 million to an anonymous victim of sexual abuse by a teacher more than a decade ago.
Kern County’s increasing need for students who excel at math, engineering, technology and science received extra attention Friday morning as Cal State Bakersfield officially opened an educational support center partly funded by money from Chevron.
A $3.2 million state grant awarded to Bakersfield College will put local students to work helping educate young people and distributing food, among other activities, while they earn money for school.
Allegations of gender insensitivity at Taft College made national news Monday as the Trump administration ended a series of settlement agreements aimed at protecting transgender students’ civil rights.
Build a boat out of cardboard and you’re bound to get wet.
About the data CalMatters looked at data from the 2024-25 school year for 1,468 public high schools. We excluded about 800 alternative high schools, some specialized schools with high A-G rates, continuation schools and juvenile detention programs. To conduct the analysis, CalMatters merged …
Less than a week after allegations of sexual abuse by late labor leader César Chávez were published in The New York Times, a local school board decided to rename the Delano high school that has carried his name since 2002.
A charter school that started enrolling transitional kindergartners through eighth-graders upon its opening about 18 months ago in downtown Bakersfield is looking more and more like a college-prep academy.
The national political climate may be polarized and combative, but California is taking steps to ensure K-12 students learn to have respectful debates, get involved in their communities and understand their rights.
Band, choir and orchestra students are putting their skills to the test this week as the Bakersfield City School District hosts music festivals at Bakersfield College's Simonsen Performing Arts Center.
Four finalists emerged this week in the search for Taft College’s sixth superintendent/president since mid-2022, and notable among the remaining candidates is a former head of Bakersfield College.
Speakers at a trustees meeting Tuesday took Bakersfield City School District board members to task for approving a raise for themselves that was far larger than the one being offered to classified staff.
California schools lost more than $2.2 million in state funding over two years because some students did not have all the vaccinations required by state law, according to data obtained by EdSource from the California State Controller’s Office.
A Kern County Superior Court judge has preliminarily rejected a petition to unseat a local school board trustee over a vote he cast at a meeting in October.
The Bakersfield Police Department responded Wednesday morning to a shooting outside Golden Valley High School. No students or faculty were reported to be involved.
Bakersfield Christian High School has launched a fundraising effort to build a new aquatics center and an adjacent wrestling & athletic flex facility at its southwest Bakersfield campus, a project BCHS leadership characterizes as a “transformational campus project designed to expand athl…
Vista Continuation High School in central Bakersfield moved closer to demolition and expanded reconstruction this month after the project’s draft environmental review cleared a key regulatory hurdle.
Results of Thursday’s competition Bakersfield teams swept Thursday’s trade show, with the top five spots won by local high schools. Coming in first was Chameleon, from Centennial High School; second went to Loop, Bakersfield High School; Securely Yours, from Ridgeview High School, place thir…
Carnegie Hall, since its doors opened in New York City in 1891, has been a place where musicians and singers have dreamed about performing.
Student enrollment has been declining in the McFarland Unified School District, so Superintendent Aaron Resendez was surprised to start this school year with an uptick in students who require special education services.
Bakersfield College’s main campus on Panorama Drive was locked down most of Tuesday after receiving a threatening phone call.
The Cal State Bakersfield campus on Stockdale Highway was evacuated Monday evening after being on lockdown for several hours following a threatening phone call.
