[aggregation-styles] Washington Post A year of the coronavirus has given rise to what police leaders nationwide call an alarming trend: bored, wayward teenagers pointing guns in people’s faces and carjacking them. “We’re not giving them enough supervision. That really created a problem,” says Tim Hardy, the longtime director of the...

[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta Tulare County has received a small number of COVID-19 vaccines compared to its overall population. The shortage concerns teachers who have been waiting for their shot. Some Visalia Unified School District teachers were dismayed when they heard district office employees received vaccines before them. The teachers...

[aggregation-styles] Bakersfield Californian In a county like Kern where it's not hard to find a restaurant or bar operating in apparent violation of California's 11-month-old pandemic health order, the agency responsible for coming down on offenders hasn't been shy about pursuing criminal charges. But neither has it been successful. Nine...

[aggregation-styles] Jewish News Six million buttons of many colors and shapes and sizes — buttons made of metal, wood, cloth, plastic, pearl and shell, plain buttons and buttons with patterns, textured buttons and flat buttons — soon will serve as a memorial in a garden setting at Chabad of Bakersfield...

[aggregation-styles] The Forward Dr. Cornel West is an intellectual giant, one of a select group of academics who have recognition outside their field; he has published a wide range of books and has frequently appeared as a talking head on TV, and he is known for his fiery progressive politics...

[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta Tulare City School District reopened all of its elementary schools on Wednesday. Third and fourth graders returned to campus for the first time since last March. Fifth and sixth graders will return on March 3. The moves come as coronavirus cases in Tulare County continue to...

[aggregation-styles] Haaretz 'Saturday Night Live' made a joke about Israel discriminating against non-Jews and U.S. Jewish groups accused it of bloodcurdling antisemitism. It wasn’t anti-Semitic at all. The show's "Weekend Update" is a satirical news skit segment with nearly a half-century of tradition behind it. The premise is always the...

[aggregation-styles] Hanford Sentinel Flocks of crows are creating such a nuisance in downtown Hanford that the city is bringing in falcons and other raptors to drive them off. “I just urge you, please, to do something about the droppings,” Michelle Brown said in a plea to the city council. “They’re...

[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta People living in a large Tulare County homeless encampment are taking the sheriff's department to court to defend what they see as their home and a safe place to isolate amid the coronavirus pandemic. In January, Tulare County deputies served Tule River residents a "notice of...