BHS history and government teacher Jeremy Adams pens a new essay in Newsweek warning of the state of our schools: from permissive discipline policies to teaching a generation of students ill equipped for the classroom.

Are school boards the new ground zero in America's culture wars? Pastor Angelo Frazier takes on critics you blame racism on opposition to CRT in our schools.

How are is Bakersfield from seeing live music return? Rick Kreiser, founder of the popular Guitar Masters concert series, says it looks like his shows will be returning in November. Listen to Kreiser talk about our love of music, our changing tastes and the special Bakersfield welcome his performers receive when they play in town.

Kern County Chief Administrative Officer Ryan Alsop reacts to the “devastating” news by Gov. Newsom of new setbacks for oil production and says he is working on plans to clear the streets of the homeless.

Chad Hathaway is a oil company CEO who spends a lot of his time thinkin about "climate alarmists," people who have almost a religious aversion to fossil fuels. If green energy is the future, why is the world rushing to put coal fired power plants back on line to satisfy surging demand?

Coach Rod Barnes calls the CSUB basketball program the "front porch" of the university, and with play about to begin, he is hoping for huge home crowds as the Roadrunners compete in the Big West Conference. Listen to Barnes talk about how Covid and the lockdown have affected the program.

Lauren Skidmore is smart, accomplished and well versed in what moves the political agenda in California, but can she make an impact on homelessness in Kern County? She takes over today as head of the Bakersfield Homeless Center.

Make no mistake that California is in the midst of a serious drought that is leaving some rural communities without drinking water and imperiling farming operations. Lois Henry of SJVWater.Org lays out the drought that is growing progressively worse.

Why is it that so many dogs and cats are discarded like garbage in Kern County? What is it about us that makes us treat pets as disposable items? Julie Johnson of the SPCA and the city Animal Control Services comes on to talk about full shelters and a woeful disregard for our pets.

Kern County Democratic chairman Christian Romo says to keep an eye on the race for Congressman David Valadao's seat, deemed a top priority of the national party. Romo also talks about the growing progressive movement in Kern County and speculates on the county eventually becoming Democratic.