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CAPK Food Bank in need of volunteers to keep up with demand
“I don’t do it [for] the money. I do it because I love what I do.” Freddy Jimenez has worked with CAPK Food Bank since 2001. Now, he says the food bank needs more volunteers to keep up with demand.
Habitat for Humanity builds a new ramp for a World War II Veteran
Ray Perkins hasn't been able to leave his Bakersfield house since January. With the help of some local organizations, he now has a ramp to use when wanting to go outside, or heading to the doctors.
The intricacies of rental assistance and why it sometimes backfires
A Bakersfield woman was allegedly refused an apartment after she said that her rental payment would come from housing assistance. Now the state’s Civil Rights Department is taking the matter to court.
Jose Vasquez is making his academic dream a reality, soon to attend Stanford
McFarland local Jose Vasquez has already earned two degrees before college and is getting ready to make it three. He'll be attending his dream university, Stanford, where he plans to pursue economics.
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