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Yesterday’s opinion in Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties firmly validated the authority of federal courts to enforce arbitration awards made in cases already pending in federal court. The case is important for the practice of arbitration because it follows directly from a 2022 decision called Badgerow v Walters, in which the court held that federal…

Bakersfield College held its 112th Commencement Ceremony Friday night at Memorial Stadium. More than 3,100 graduates were eligible to cross the stage this year, with about 1,200 transferring to Cal State Bakersfield this fall and 26 graduating with bachelor’s degrees.…

The residents of Brighton Park, a gated, 55-and-over neighborhood in northwest Bakersfield, say they’re making a simple request: that the city enforce its existing building codes.

The discord that has rattled Tejon Ranch Co. over the last two years seemed to subside this week with company shareholders voting to approve every item put before them during the company’s annual meeting Wednesday in Lebec.

The Supreme Court on Friday evening turned down a request by Virginia’s attorney general and other Virginia Democrats to allow the state to use a new congressional map, which would have been expected to strongly favor Democrats, in the 2026 elections. The denial came in a brief, unsigned order sent to reporters at 6:30 p.m.…

As elections draw nearer it’s not unusual to see campaigns begin slinging some mud. Add big money to the mix and things can get even murkier.

A Los Angeles man whose body was found April 5 along westbound Highway 58 in Boron likely died from hyperthermia, the Kern County coroner’s office reported Friday.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said Friday that he will grant clemency to Tina Peters, a former county clerk and darling of election conspiracy theorists who was serving a nine-year prison sentence for allowing unauthorized access to voting machines after the 2020 election. Polis, a Democrat, told CNN that he is halving her sentence, meaning she…

Just as news settles in that at least two new data centers have been proposed in Kern County, a report released Thursday raises concerns about the strain that installations powering artificial intelligence can impose on water supplies available to nearby…

Six people died in California immigration detention centers over the past year as the crowded sites struggled to provide basic medical care, according to a new state investigation detailing conditions inside the facilities.