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Richgrove/Delano — Off a stretch of County Line Road that seemingly leads to no where is a place where Mexican culture links the old with the current.     Though the route seem...

Linda Carbajal sits behind a desk, eating a plum. Her green eyes sparkle as she describes her role as a great puzzle solver. Like a kaleidoscope of mismatched parts, flashes of light and laughter f...

With family roots in Shafter tracing back to the 1920s, the Lopez family wanted to give back to a community that helped them get their start. For the last 27 years, they’ve held a golf tourna...

If the ripple effects of music in our lives are immeasurable, then the splash that Nick Olmos makes as a second-generation music teacher for the Bakersfield City School District will make waves for st...

All it takes is one person. For South High School counselor Maribel Lopez, that one person was her tio Joel Moreno, a county mental health therapist who always pushed her, challenged her and believ...

Wise and articulate beyond her years, 13-year-old Andrea Reyna already knows that she wants to be a pediatrician and go to UCLA. Perhaps this eighth-grader’s biggest impact on her community a...

Growing up in barrios — and often with both parents working just to make ends meet — many Latino students soon realize that there may not be a college savings account waiting for them when...

As a young boy, Salvador Avalos watched and learned about life in los campos, the fields. It was hard. But the work was honest. Time with his migrant worker parents, however, was always at a pre...

Elena Avina was just elected student body president of finance for the 2006-2007 school year at Cal State Bakersfield. She is a double major in computer science and business. And, she comes from...

In one night, students and their parents can visit some 100 colleges, universities and vocational programs without even leaving their hometown. No, it isn’t some magical, time machine wonder th...