The unemployment rate in Kern County recorded its first increase since April, rising by nearly 10% between May and June, ...

Kern County Human Services Bakersfield July is Purple Ribbon Month, and Studio 17 is helping spread the word about preventing child hot car deaths. Alison from the Kern County ...

If we can’t destroy its ugly building, we should at least try to restrain the department inside of it.

On Monday, Feb. 3, the first business day of the month, hundreds of people arrived at the Kern County Human Services Department. They wanted help, and when they didn’t get it from the county ...

He died at the location of the shooting. On Wednesday, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office conducted a critical incident review board examining the use of force. They determined that the use in this ...

At the Kern County Department of Human Services along East California Avenue, a steady stream of people walked to the front doors, only to be turned away.

Advocates on the scene said the Border Patrol raid in Kern County last month indiscriminately targeted Latino farmworkers commuting from the fields and day laborers soliciting work in the parking ...

As of January, at least 103 babies have been safely surrendered since the law went into effect in 2006, according to the Kern County Department of Human Services.

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The Kern Literacy Council has made a significant donation to California's Kern County Department of Human Services' Children's Visitation Center. A book vending machine will be installed at the center ...

It aims to provide seamless access to services, including CalFresh, Medi-Cal, CalWORKs, and general assistance. The Benefits Express will also be at community events around Kern County.

BAKERSFIELD CALIF, (KERO) — Kern County Department of Human Services purchases a new ride to bring the benefits to your community. Purchased with grant money that was received from the Federal ...