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The top Democratic contenders to succeed Donald Trump in the Oval Office excoriated the president for his overnight strike on Venezuela on Saturday, sharply criticizing the president’s foreign policy and trying to drive a wedge between the president and voters wary of foreign entanglements. Trump, they argued, launched the operation to distract from a souring…

A number of remarkable individuals left Kern County in 2025. Here are their stories.

Starting Jan. 1, Californians began paying a new fee every time they buy a product with a non-removable battery — whether it’s a power tool, a PlayStation, or even a singing greeting card.

Git Patel was trying to figure out how to arrange all the food and care packages in the back of a rented U-Haul Friday morning, as hundreds of boxes destined for various charities across Bakersfield were ready for loading.

Brave the cold, drink hot chocolate as a reward. Both young and old slid or jumped into the chilly waters of McMurtrey Aquatic Center in downtown Bakersfield on New Year’s Day. It was the annual Polar Bear Plunge.

President Donald Trump’s primary super PAC raised over $102 million in the second half of 2025, carrying a war chest stocked with hundreds of millions of dollars into the midterms. That massive sum, combined with even greater fundraising in the first half of the year and minimal spending throughout 2025, leaves the PAC with approximately…