Letters to the Editor Letter to the editor: Bianco does not run HIDTA task force By BRAD ROARK May 13, 2026 A recent letter to the editor, written by a frequent contributor, criticized Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who is a candidate for Cali…
Letters to the Editor Letter to the editor: Hold Bianco accountable By MICHAEL SELTZER May 9, 2026 Second only to neighboring San Bernardino County, Riverside County is home to countless illicit drug labs involved in the manufacture and dist…
Opinion FROMA HARROP: FDA has spoken on the abortion pill. Case closed. By FROMA HARROP May 9, 2026 The Supreme Court has just restored a woman's ability to obtain the abortion pill by mail without first seeing a medical provider, at least fo…
Community Voices Community Voices: The kratom industry is using the Big Tobacco playbook. We can’t let them be the next JUUL By DR. JASMEET BAINS Apr 22, 2026 As the only family doctor and addiction specialist in the state Legislature, I see the warning signs of a drug crisis before it hits the headl…
+10 News After 30 years, Adventist Health's mobile immunization clinic still on the road BY STEVEN MAYER smayer@bakersfield.com Apr 8, 2026 The children’s mobile immunization clinic, operated by Adventist Health and funded by First 5 Kern, has been around for decades — and on Wedne…
News State awards $27 million for Arvin area substance-use treatment facility to young nonprofit BY PETER SEGALL psegall@bakersfield.com Mar 16, 2026 A local nonprofit was provisionally awarded $27 million last week to construct a 100-bed substance-use disorder treatment center near Arvin, a…
News Man arrested on suspicion of having inventory of drugs, cash The Bakersfield Californian Jan 8, 2026 Police arrested a Bakersfield man Wednesday on suspicion of having a large stash of drugs and cash at his home in the 600 block of Hosking Avenue.
News Proposed BCSD policy changes tackle cell phones, carrying life-saving Narcan BY STEVEN MAYER smayer@bakersfield.com Nov 18, 2025 MORE INFORMATION Naloxone (“Narcan”) Narcan is a nasal spray and the brand-name of naloxone, a life-saving medication used to reverse an opioi…
+4 Bakersfield Life Tired of the back-to-school rush? Look at it from a pediatrician's perspective BY JOHN COX Jul 25, 2025 If the back-to-school blues have you down, just be glad you're not a pediatrician.
Letters to the Editor Letter to the editor: Don't dismantle help during opioid crisis By JANE TANAKA Apr 29, 2025 Flashbacks of the funeral of my first patient who died from an opioid overdose still haunt me. The helplessness I felt as a doctor back then w…
