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The latest Delano Ramblings on Independence Day by Gary Girard, ONLY on DelanoNow
Candidates for Queen and King of Delano’s 79th annual Harvest Holidays celebration may pick up an application at. the Delano Chamber of Commerce office on High Street and return the application by no later than July 1. Participants in the show must be seniors in the fall and reside...
Kern County firefighters battle 142 blazes on Fourth of July
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Firefighters labored under extreme heat as they attacked dozens of blazes on the Fourth of July while dispatchers fielded nearly 3,000 calls, according to the Kern County Fire Department. A total of 142 fires were handled by the department, with firefighters also responding to 313 other emergencies and assisting partner agencies, […]
Elks Lodge hosts Honor Flight Breakfast on Fourth of July
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Every month, the Elks Lodge serves breakfast to Kern Veterans at the Honor Flight Breakfast, this month’s patriotic event perfectly fell on Independence Day. The Veterans meet at the Elks Lodge in Downtown Bakersfield to share a meal together and get updates from Honor Flight Kern County. The event continues to […]
Forced labor, same-sex marriage and shoplifting are all on the ballot in California this November
Forced labor, same-sex marriage and shoplifting are among the 10 statewide ballot measures that California voters are set to consider in November.The California secretary of state assigned proposition numbers to the measures on Wednesday after the Legislature added two more bond proposals to the ballot.Here's a look at what voters will decide in November:Proposition 2This asks voters for permission to borrow $10 billion for public school construction and repairs. Most of the money, $8.5 billion, would go to elementary and secondary schools. The rest, or $1.5 billion, would go to community colleges. No money would be available for the California...
Hoping to reduce Colorado River dependency, Southern California bets big on wastewater recycling
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Can wastewater be made potable again on a mass scale? Water-district managers in California think so. At a wastewater treatment plant in Carson in the Los Angeles area, scientists and engineers have been fine-tuning their purification process since 2019. The facility — known as the...
$14 Million Settlement: Microsoft Corporation Agrees to Reform Leave Policies After Allegations of Retaliation Against Employees
Microsoft Corporation has agreed to a $14 million settlement with the California Civil Rights Department over allegations of penalizing employees who took medical or family-care leave, resolving claims of unfair treatment dating back to 2017. Microsoft Corporation to Pay $14 Million Settlement in California Civil Rights Case Over Alleged Employee Leave Discrimination According to the […]
Legal and illegal fireworks light up the skies over Southern California
Watch fireworks light up the Southern California skyline as revelers celebrate the Fourth of July. KTLA’s Gil Leyvas cruised the skies in Sky5, catching a fireworks show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena after a game between L.A. Galaxy and LAFC and later soaring across cities as they launched their local fireworks shows. Sky5 also […]
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