+2 News Homelessness increases 3%, latest PIT count shows BY PETER SEGALL psegall@bakersfield.com May 8, 2026 Homelessness in the greater Bakersfield area increased by 3.2% in the last year, according to the 2026 Point in Time count, representing what …
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…
+2 Opinion Commentary: In a ‘sober active’ community, I can outrun my addiction By RAELYNN FRANKLIN Dec 27, 2025 Four years ago, I was drinking alone in my apartment, unable to imagine anything beyond survival. Today, I wake up before dawn to run toward a…
News DUI checkpoint, patrols net 4 arrests The Bakersfield Californian Aug 18, 2025 A combination DUI checkpoint and patrol Friday night in downtown yielded four arrests on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol a…
News McFarland police to hold DUI and driver's license checkpoint The Bakersfield Californian Jun 26, 2025 The McFarland Police Department will conduct a DUI and driver's license checkpoint from 6:30 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday somewhere in city …
+6 News 'Make that generational change': With services in high demand, women's home hopes to expand BY PETER SEGALL psegall@bakersfield.com Jun 20, 2025 In a sprawling suburban home overlooking the Kern River Oil Field, the Casa Esperanza Transitional Home for Women and Children provides the ki…
News State awards Bakersfield $22.8M for substance abuse treatment facility to be run by Kern County BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com May 13, 2025 Bakersfield has been granted $22.8 million in state money to turn a hotel on Wible Road into a 65-bed substance abuse treatment facility to be…
+3 Bakersfield Life Health nonprofit: Local nonprofit teaches first responders stress relief techniques at special retreats BY JOHN COX Feb 28, 2025 National data highlights the hope there is for addressing the despondency that weighs so heavily on many of the nation's first responders. But…
News Pilot program to provide detox beds for Medi-Cal patients BY PETER SEGALL psegall@bakersfield.com Jan 14, 2025 Five detoxification beds are now available to Medi-Cal patients thanks to a pilot program between Kern County and Good Samaritan Hospital and …
News Man found guilty of DUI driving, evading police The Bakersfield Californian Sep 6, 2024 A man was found guilty Thursday of evading police and driving with an excessive blood alcohol level, according to the Kern County District Att…
