News Padre's owner pays off $1.8M city loan; would Bakersfield do it again? BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Jan 7, 2023 Cash flow trouble hit just as the overhaul of the Padre Hotel was finishing up in 2009, with several million dollars of its owners' money on t…
+15 News Local dog rescuers beg for donations, forever homes BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Dec 31, 2022 So much time had passed since anyone had spotted the dog — its last sighting was almost four months ago next to traffic pylons on Highway 99 a…
+4 News Strata plans groundbreaking on Wasco's second financial office The Bakersfield Californian Sep 27, 2022 Strata Credit Union invites members of the public to help celebrate the start of construction on a new branch in Wasco.
+2 News Oildale's Standard Park gets nod for $2.56M in upgrades BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Jul 12, 2022 State officials have tapped one of Oildale's largest parks — and no other facility in Kern County — to receive federal money for a transformat…
+8 News Housing affordability brings newcomers to Kern River Valley, for better or worse BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Mar 22, 2021 Word is getting out about the "undiscovered gem" of life in the southern Sierra Nevada as people fleeing big cities during the pandemic add ne…
News Bakersfield's low storage prices speak to local advantages BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Feb 15, 2021 Sometimes the most telling measures of Bakersfield's real estate market are not the ones cited most frequently — home prices, for example, or …
Kern Business Journal Take time to grieve By Robin Paggi Feb 15, 2021 A few years ago, I arrived at a client’s facility prepared to conduct another workshop for its supervisors. The HR manager pulled me into her …
News Inga Barks (1967-2020): Radio host fostered discussion of local politics BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Nov 5, 2020 Local radio host Inga Barks spread one essential message in thousands of broadcasts over Kern County airwaves during a career of more than two…
+15 Kern Business Journal B3K aims for shared prosperity through broad-based collaboration BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Oct 30, 2020 Picture different players in the local economy — businesses, labor unions, lenders, community advocates, entrepreneurs — pursuing a common vis…
+15 News Editor's Pick B3K aims for shared prosperity through broad-based collaboration BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Sep 21, 2020 Picture different players in the local economy — businesses, labor unions, lenders, community advocates, entrepreneurs — pursuing a common vis…
