Delano News

It's hard to challenge a saint. And so, the story of the United Farm Workers union tends to start and stop with Cesar Chavez, the audacious Mexican-American who built the UFW.

A man being treated at the Delano Hospital called authorities Sunday to tell them he had been allegedly assaulted with a deadly weapon.

Granite Hills is sending its top three seeds that competed in Friday's EYL Tournament at Tulare Western into today's Valley qualifying round.

Tulare County sheriff's detectives are investigating the reported theft of a 1995 John Deere Model 6500L tractor from the Delano area.

The first Swine Flu shots have arrived in Kern County, and the Health Department is scheduling clinics to get the inoculations to the public as soon as possible, according to Kern County Health Officer Dr.

In an e-mail interview, former L os Angeles Times reporter Miriam Pawel, author of The Union of Their Dreams: Power, Hope and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Movement , described her painstaking efforts to describe a painful, but important, part of the UFW's history.

Dancing With Butterflies , Reyna Grande's latest novel, is finally out and the author is going on tour! Don't miss out your chance to meet this young talented author and have your copy autographed.

Though the '60s are long gone, the Porterville Union High School class of 1969 brought the era back in fine form Saturday night for its 40th reunion.

When a business opens ups in Delano, Mayor Sam Ramirez makes it a point to shake the owner's hand and thank them.

Several high-needs Tulare County schools will benefit from two grants awarded to the Tulare County Office of Education.

If you were hoping to get a seasonal flu shot this year, you may have to wait a while.

In the midday sun, it will be something magnificent. The emerald turf will glimmer; the football field will seem to stretch for miles; the twin basketball courts will beckon to children set free from school.

The Tulare Western and Tulare Union cross countyr teams remained perfect in East Yosemite League action with a pair of sweeps Wednesday.

Thousands of people have been forced from their homes after terrible flooding and landslides struck the Pacific Island nation of the Philippines.

Kern County, we have a problem. We are not graduating as many of our high school students as we should be.

A Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market location in Bakersfield opens its doors for customers and the news media last year.

The Bakersfield Police Department is requesting the public's assistance in identifying a man wanted for assault and battery.

A Delano woman who was involved in a single-vehicle crash Saturday night on Highway 99 is recovering in a Bakersfield hospital.

The former chief executive officer of the Kern Valley Healthcare District has been charged with being part of a scheme to drug unruly convalescent home patients to make them quiet.

Valley farm groups on Monday celebrated Gov. Schwarzenegger's veto of a pair of bills that would have given farmworkers the option to unionize by signing cards instead of casting secret ballots.