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Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner testified Wednesday against a state Senate bill that would impose a 9.5 percent tax on oil production and divide the proceeds between California higher education and state parks.
Scrivner's comments before the Senate Finance and Governance Committee mirror the oil industry's position on similar proposals over the years. He said such a tax would kill jobs, chase away investment and reduce property tax and other government revenues.
Speaking on behalf of the county Board of Supervisors, which last month voted to oppose the measure, SB 241, Scrivner testified that it would cost the county 7,000 oil field jobs and cut into the $20 million per year in tax revenues local governments collect from sales of...
Kern County supervisors voted to give rancher and land developer Keith Gardiner and Occidental Petroleum 30 more days to hammer out a deal that would resolve a years-long dispute between the two. The decision came after attorney George...
A lawsuit filed last month accuses Chevron of fraudulently underpaying oil royalties to a family trust based in San Luis Obispo County. If the suit achieves the class-action status it seeks, it could extend to royalty owners in Kern and...
The county's plan to overhaul local oil project reviews might sidestep the contentious issue of mineral versus surface rights, Kern's top planner said Tuesday. County Planning Director Lorelei Oviatt told members and guests of the Water...
A new study predicts that the Monterey Shale oil formation underlying much of the southern Central Valley will fuel substantial economic growth in California for years to come -- assuming continued use of the controversial but effective...
A Kern County jury dealt a local grower another setback Wednesday in his fight against oil giant Aera Energy for polluting the groundwater under his farm. Westside farmer Fred Starrh, who has sought millions from Bakersfield-based Aera...
Occidental Petroleum Corp. on Monday blamed an "underperforming old oil reservoir" for its efforts to knock more than a quarter off the taxable value of its prolific Elk Hills oil field in northwestern Kern. Beyond that, Oxy shed little...
It took him a while, but after 39 years working in government, Kern County Assessor-Recorder James Fitch finally figured out that every day would bring new challenges and that there would always be another project to finish. There would...
MEXICO CITY -- An explosion at the main headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company in the capital killed 14 people and injured 100 on Thursday as it heavily damaged three floors of a building, sending hundreds into the streets and a...
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Salt Lake City International Airport partially reopened after closing for more than three hours because of freezing rain and icy conditions that caused a Frontier airplane to slide on the runway during landing. Airport...
Admitting that an agency founded nearly 100 years ago has failed to keep up with changes in how oil and gas is brought out of the ground, the state's top oil regulator has said in a long-awaited letter that changes are necessary that could...
Caught in the middle of an escalating conflict between the local oil and ag industries, the Kern County Board of Supervisors made plans Tuesday to take over environmental reviews of Kern oil projects. It was unclear which sector, if either,...
Two bills proposing new rules for fracking in California died last week in Sacramento, turning industry attention away from lawmakers and toward state regulators working on new guidelines of their own. One of the bills that stalled Aug. 16...
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Lost trust in law enforcement drives protest against brutality (17)
About two dozen protesters stood in front of Kern County Superior Court next to the Liberty Bell Thursday morning to make a statement about police brutality.
Kern's image may be taking a hit (17)
The death of a man in custody following a prolonged struggle with Kern County Sheriff's deputies and CHP officers and the subsequent fracas over confiscated witness cellphones have gained international attention and raised concerns here that the incidents could tarnish the county's emerging...
Sheriff seeks medical details about Silva (7)
Sheriff’s investigators served a search warrant on Kern Medical Center and the Mary K. Shell Mental Health Center seeking medical records to find possible reasons for David Sal Silva’s behavior prior to and during his encounter with law enforcement, The Californian learned Friday.
ROBERT PRICE: Has good-ol'-boy corruption seized the Kern County Sheriff's Office? (7)
The Kern County Sheriff's Office is out of control. That's one conclusion many people will draw based on the events of the past two weeks and in the context of recent years.
Dad who died during arrest 'begged for his life'; witness videos seized
Blood stains are still visible on the sidewalk at the corner of Flower Street and Palm Drive, where a Bakersfield man struggled with as many as nine officers and later died this week.
School canceled at Bakersfield High after small explosions
Classes were canceled at Bakersfield High School Monday after three small bottle bomb explosions struck campus, authorities said.
Silva's screams mark video that lacks baton strikes
David Sal Silva’s screams seem like they will never stop.
Sheriff requests FBI inquiry into in-custody death
Responding to what he called a case that “has consumed the media and our community,” Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said Tuesday he has asked the FBI to conduct a “parallel” investigation into the death of Bakersfield father of four David Sal Silva, who died May 8 after he was beaten by deputies.