In the southeast corner of Kern County is the Mojave Desert. In that dry landscape there’s a city that looks half built. There are roads and some houses, but it seems unfinished. That city’s past and present are investigated in a new podcast from KPCC’s LAist Studios, called California City. …
Read More »In Fresno’s Chinatown, Business Owners Conflicted About Promise Of High Speed Rail
Ofelia Hemme used to run Ofelia’s Cocina, a Mexican restaurant on Kern Street with red and yellow tablecloths and sunny wall murals of beaches and palm trees. Her specialty was chiles rellenos: Stuffed peppers. “Every other place, they have chiles rellenos in Mexican restaurants, but ours were different,” says Hemme, …
Read More »UC Merced Immunology Research Holds Promise For Future Treatments
There’s new research out from scientists at UC Merced that could shed new light on the roots of autoimmune diseases, and also holds promise for future cancer treatments. The study in The Journal of Immunology looks at so-called “misbehaving” killer immune cells. It builds upon research that took place in …
Read More »What does the ‘Community College Promise’ mean for Merced?
As tuition has steadily risen at four–year institutions over the last two decades, millions of students have turned to community colleges as a fiscally responsible option for earning higher-education degrees … Click to Continue »
Read More »Interview: Bakersfield College President Sonya Christian On “Kern Promise”
A new collaboration between the Kern High School District, Bakersfield College and CSUB aims to get students on a speedy pathway from high school to community college, and eventually a four-year college degree. It’s called the “Kern Promise” but Bakersfield College President Sonya Christian calls it the key to revitalizing …
Read More »New treatment shows promise for acute myeloid leukemia patients
Results of a clinical trial show 3 months added to average life span 30 percent of patients reacted well to treatment and were able to receive bone marrow transplants The transplants are the only viable treatment for this form of cancer … Click to Continue »
Read More »A Veteran’s Special Promise
During the 7th Central Valley Honor Flight 65 California War Heroes shared countless stories that could captivate any audience, but for one veteran, his trip was inspired by love.
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