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Press Archives
Press Releases
- The Kern County Library is Forgiving Fines (Again) This Year
- Harry and the Potters Rock the Kern County Library
- Eat, Laugh, Learn, & Grow at the Kern County Library’s Expanding Lunch at the Library Program
- Beale Mini Con Celebrates Comic Books and Raises “Super” Readers
- Get Ready to Read! The Kern County Library Annual Summer Reading Challenge Kicks Off, June – July, 2019
- The County of Kern Presents “Touch-A-Truck” at the Beale Memorial Library
2018
- ‘Tis the Season for More Borrows, with Kern County Library’s Newest Service: Hoopla
- All Kern County Library Branches Closed on Friday, December 7, 2018 for Staff Development Day
- The County of Kern Presents The Second Annual “Hart Park After Dark”
- Thanks to the Friends, the Baker Branch Library is Open 10 More Hours a Week!
- The One Book Project is pleased to announce its 2018 selection of “Incarceration Nations” by Baz Dreisinger
- The Kern County Library to award 6 scholarships for Career Online High School
- The Kern County Library Unveils 8 new Library Card Designs/ Free Library Card Replacement Through July 2018
- Eat, Laugh, Learn & Grow at the Kern County Library Lunch at the Library Program
- The Kern County Library Wants You Back & Will Wipe Your Fees (Seriously)
- Get Ready to Read! The Kern County Library Annual Summer Reading Challenge Kicks Off, June – July, 2018
2017
- The Tehachapi Branch Library Will Be Opening on Monday, December 4
- Thank a Veteran: Art Card Project at Your Local Library
- The County of Kern Presents The First Annual “Hart Park After Dark” Saturday, October 21 @ 5-8pm
- The One Book Project 2017 Read of $2.00 a Day Begins!
- We’re Moving! The Kern County Library’s Tehachapi Branch is Relocating
- Kern County Library Presents the Holly-Gon Mini-Con
- County & Public Officials as Guest Readers at Summer Storytimes @ the Beale
- New Northeast Branch Library: Ribbon Cutting & Celebration
- Kickoff the Kern County Library’s Annual Summer Reading Challenge, June – July, 2017
- Local Libraries Offer Device to Measure Energy Usage
- We’re Moving! The Kern County Library’s Northeast Branch is Relocating
- Who’s Got Game? Find Out At Our Youth Game Night
- Kern County Library Holds Workshops for Digital Literacy Improvement
- Kern County Library Receives $11,000 Wonderful Community Grant to Extend Wasco Branch Library Hours and Offer Special Programming
2016
- Kern County Library Partners with Bike Bakersfield & The Wonderful Company
- Celebrate #GivingTuesday with the Kern County Library
- Kern County Library Joins in the Countywide Effort to Collect Canned Food Donations
- Kern County Library Presents Traveling Exhibit, “Remembering 1882: Fighting for Civil Rights in the Shadow of the Chinese Exclusion Act.”
- Kern County Library Receives $75K Grant to Fund Wired Furniture & Digital Literacy Workshops
- Want to Learn a New Language or Study for the Naturalization Test?
- A Kern County Library Card Provides Endless Opportunities for Family Engagement
- Kern County Library’s Annual Summer Reading Challenge Begins
- Kern County Library Hosts VolunTEEN Project at all Kern County Library Branches
- Kern County Library: Lunch at the Library
- Kern County Library Invites the Public to Attend the Kern County Library Board of Supervisors Meeting Regarding Library Services
- FREE Wi-Fi Available at All Kern County Library Branches
- Kern County Library Engages Partners, Stakeholders and Community Members
2015
- Kern County Library & Bakersfield Police Department Partner to Offer Programming
- Kern County Library Engages Partners, Stakeholders and Community Members
- Kern County Library Awarded $95K Grant for “Pop-Up Goes the Library”
- The Kern County Library Announces Its New Logo & Website
- Kern County Library’s Annual Summer Reading Challenge Begins: Read to the Rhythm!
- Lunch at the Library: Free Lunches for Children 2-18 Years of Age at Beale
- Kickoff Summer Reading: A Book a Day Keeps Boredom Away!
- Kern County Library Celebrates Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library for National Library Week
- Kern County Library is Seeking Volunteer Musicians & Dancers to Book for the Summer Reading Challenge: Read to the Rhythm!
2014
- Storytime Online ~ Watch It Live!
- Focus in on Local History: Historic Union Cemetery Photo Exhibit on Display at the Beale
- Kern County Library Assisting in Online Exhibit of War Ink
- New Buttonwillow Branch Library – Ribbon Cutting
- Kern County Library Creates Community Conversation About Veterans
- Kern County Library’s Annual Summer Reading Program Begins
- Kern County Library & Kern County Animal Services Launches Summer Donation Drive for the Foster Care Pet Program
- Kern County Library Features Pepe Reyes in Bilingual Storytime
- Kern County Library to Host OverDrive Digital Bookmobile
- DIY at the Kern County Library During Teen Tech Week 2014
- Kern County Library Features Energy Upgrade California
- Kern County Library to Participate in Big Library Read Program
Newsletter Issues
General Interest
- Banned Books Week
- #CAKidsRead
- June Is Pride Month
- Mental Health Awareness
- Alcohol Awareness
- First Partner’s Summer Book Club
- First Partner’s Summer Book Club Booklist
- First Partner’s Summer Book Club
- Breakfast Storytime
- Friendship Storytime
- Kentucky Derby Storytime
- Earth Day Storytime
- Laugh Out Loud Storytime
- Spider Storytime
- Rainbow Storytime
- Peanut Storytime
- Butterfly Storytime
- Growing Storytime
- Dr. Seuss Storytime
- How The Tooth Fairy Became The Tooth Fairy
- Walk Your Dog Storytime
- Loose Tooth Drama with The Tooth Fairy
- Twinkle Time
- Fight Bacteria with The Tooth Fairy
- Love Storytime
- Chew, Chomp, and Smile with Dr. Seuss
- Snakes Storytime
- Dinosaur Storytime
- Owl Storytime
- Holiday Storytime
- Being Thankful Storytime
- Turkey Storytime
- Dia De Los Muertos Storytime
- Halloween Storytime
- Pumpkin Storytime
- Farmer’s Market Storytime
- Gardening Storytime
- Tell Me What to Read
- Access Work From Home Resources
- Back to School Distance Learning
Book Talk Bakersfield
- September 28, 2022
- September 21, 2022
- September 14, 2022
- September 7, 2022
- August 24, 2022
- July 14, 2022
- June 30, 2022
- June 2, 2022
- May 25, 2022
- May 18, 2022
- May 11, 2022
- May 4, 2022
- April 28, 2022
- April 20, 2022
- April 11, 2022
- March 30, 2022
- March 24, 2022
- March 16, 2022
- March 9, 2022
- February 16, 2022
- February 9, 2022
- February 2, 2022
- January 26, 2022
- January 12, 2022
- January 5, 2022
- December 29, 2021
- December 20, 2021
- December 8, 2021
- November 29, 2021
- November 14, 2021
- November 2, 2021
- October 20, 2021
- September 30, 2021
- September 22, 2021
- September 16, 2021
- August 25, 2021
- August 18, 2021
- August 12, 2021
- August 4, 2021
- July 21, 2021
- July 14, 2021
- July 7, 2021
- June 30, 2021
- June 23, 2021
- June 16, 2021
- June 9, 2021
- June 2, 2021
- May 26, 2021
- May 19, 2021
- May 12, 2021
- April 29, 2021
- April 22, 2021
- April 14, 2021
- April 7, 2021
- March 31, 2021
- March 24, 2021
- March 17, 2021
- March 10, 2021
- March 3, 2021
- February 24, 2021
- February 17, 2021
- February 10, 2021
- February 3, 2021
- January 27, 2021
- January 21, 2021
- January 13, 2021
- January 6, 2021
- December 30, 2020
- December 24, 2020
- December 16, 2020
- December 9, 2020
- December 2, 2020
- November 26, 2020
- November 18, 2020
- November 11, 2020
- November 4, 2020
- October 26, 2020
- October 20, 2020
- September 28, 2020
- September 21, 2020
- September 14, 2020
- September 8, 2020
- August 31, 2020
- August 24, 2020
- August 17, 2020
- August 10, 2020
- August 3, 2020
- July 27, 2020
- July 20, 2020
- July 13, 2020
- July 6, 2020
- June 29, 2020
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
- September 23, 2022
- August 15, 2022
- June 27, 2022
- May 30, 2022
- April 4, 2022
- March 18, 2022
- December 3, 2021
- November 1, 2021
Audiobooks
- September 6, 2022
- July 5, 2022
- May 3, 2022
- March 4, 2022
- November 2, 2021
- September 7, 2021
- March 2, 2021
- January 5, 2021
- November 3, 2020
- September 4, 2020
Armchair Travel
- June 14, 2022
- April 12, 2022
- February 8, 2022
- December 14, 2021
- October 12, 2021
- August 10, 2021
- June 8, 2021
- April 13, 2021
- February 9, 2021
- December 8, 2020
- August 11, 2020
Biography and Memoir
- September 21, 2022
- August 17, 2022
- July 20, 2022
- June 15, 2022
- May 18, 2022
- April 20, 2022
- March 16, 2022
- February 16, 2022
- January 19, 2022
- December 15, 2021
- November 17, 2021
- October 20, 2021
- September 15, 2021
- August 18, 2021
- July 21, 2021
- June 16, 2021
- May 19, 2021
- April 21, 2021
- March 17, 2021
- February 17, 2021
- January 20, 2021
- December 16, 2020
- November 18, 2020
- October 20, 2020
- September 16, 2020
- August 19, 2020
- July 15, 2020
Books For Kids & Tweens
- September 26, 2022
- September 22, 2022
- August 25, 2022
- August 16, 2022
- July 28, 2022
- July 5, 2022
- June 23, 2022
- May 26, 2022
- April 28, 2022
- February 24, 2022
Christian Fiction
- September 13, 2022
- July 12, 2022
- May 10, 2022
- March 8, 2022
- January 11, 2022
- November 9, 2021
- September 14, 2021
- July 13, 2021
- March 9, 2021
- January 12, 2021
- November 10, 2020
- September 8, 2020
Fantasy and Science Fiction
- September 20, 2022
- August 16, 2022
- July 17, 2022
- June 21, 2022
- May 17, 2022
- April 19, 2022
- March 15, 2022
- February 15, 2022
- January 18, 2022
- December 21, 2021
- November 16, 2021
- October 19, 2021
- September 21, 2021
- August 17, 2021
- July 20, 2021
- June 15, 2021
- April 20, 2021
- March 16, 2021
- January 19, 2021
- December 15, 2020
- November 17, 2020
- October 20, 2020
- September 15, 2020
- August 18, 2020
- July 21, 2020
Fiction A-Z
- September 19, 2022
- September 5, 2022
- August 18, 2022
- August 15, 2022
- July 25, 2022
- July 18, 2022
- June 20, 2022
- May 16, 2022
- April 18, 2022
- March 21, 2022
- February 21, 2022
- January 17, 2022
- December 20, 2021
- November 15, 2021
- October 18, 2021
- September 20, 2021
- September 13, 2021
- August 16, 2021
- July 18, 2021
- June 21, 2021
- May 17, 2021
- April 19, 2021
- March 15, 2021
- February 15, 2021
- January 15, 2021
- December 21, 2020
- November 16, 2020
- October 26, 2020
- October 19, 2020
- September 21, 2020
- August 17, 2020
- July 20, 2020
Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
- August 2, 2022
- June 20, 2022
- June 7, 2022
- April 5, 2022
- February 4, 2022
- December 7, 2021
- October 5, 2021
- August 3, 2021
- June 4, 2021
- April 6, 2021
- February 2, 2021
- December 4, 2020
- August 4, 2020
Historical Fiction
- September 26, 2022
- August 22, 2022
- July 25, 2022
- June 27, 2022
- May 23, 2022
- April 25, 2022
- March 28, 2022
- February 25, 2022
- January 24, 2022
- December 27, 2021
- November 22, 2021
- October 25, 2021
- September 27, 2021
- August 5, 2021
- July 26, 2021
- June 28, 2021
- May 24, 2021
- April 26, 2021
- March 22, 2021
- February 22, 2021
- December 28, 2020
- November 23, 2020
- October 26, 2020
- September 28, 2020
- August 24, 2020
- July 27, 2020
History and Current Events
- September 2, 2022
- August 4, 2022
- July 7, 2022
- June 2, 2022
- May 5, 2022
- April 7, 2022
- March 3, 2022
- February 3, 2022
- January 6, 2022
- December 2, 2021
- November 4, 2021
- October 7, 2021
- September 2, 2021
- August 23, 2021
- July 2, 2021
- April 2, 2021
- March 4, 2021
- February 4, 2021
- January 25, 2021
- January 7, 2021
- December 3, 2020
- November 5, 2020
- October 23, 2020
- October 22, 2020
- September 3, 2020
- August 6, 2020
Home, Garden & DIY
- September 14, 2022
- July 13, 2022
- May 11, 2022
- March 9, 2022
- January 12, 2022
- September 8, 2021
- July 14, 2021
- May 12, 2021
- March 10, 2021
- January 13, 2021
- November 11, 2020
- September 9, 2020
Horror
- August 11, 2022
- June 9, 2022
- April 14, 2022
- February 10, 2022
- December 9, 2021
- October 14, 2021
- August 12, 2021
- June 10, 2021
- April 8, 2021
- February 11, 2021
- December 10. 2020
- October 19, 2020
- August 13, 2020
Kids’ Books
- January 27, 2022
- December 23, 2021
- November 25, 2021
- October 28, 2021
- September 23, 2021
- August 26, 2021
- July 22, 2021
- June 24, 2021
- May 27, 2021
- April 22, 2021
- March 25, 2021
- February 25, 2021
- January 28, 2021
- December 24, 2020
- November 26, 2020
- October 22, 2020
- September 24, 2020
- September 18, 2020
- August 27, 2020
- July 23, 2020
Kids & Tweens
Library Reads
- September 2, 2022
- August 2, 2022
- July 2, 2022
- June 14, 2022
- May 2, 2022
- April 2, 2022
- March 2, 2022
- December 2, 2021
- November 2, 2021
- October 2, 2021
- September 10, 2021
- September 2, 2021
- August 2, 2021
- February 3, 2021
- September 18, 2020
- September 2, 2020
- August 4, 2020
Must Read Books
- September 16, 2022
- August 19, 2022
- July 15, 2022
- June 17, 2022
- May 20, 2022
- April 15, 2022
- March 18, 2022
- February 18, 2022
Mystery
- September 27, 2022
- August 23, 2022
- July 26, 2022
- June 28, 2022
- May 24, 2022
- April 26, 2022
- March 22, 2022
- February 21, 2022
- January 25, 2022
- December 28, 2021
- November 23, 2021
- October 26, 2021
- September 28, 2021
- August 24, 2021
- July 27, 2021
- June 22, 2021
- May 25, 2021
- April 27, 2021
- March 23, 2021
- February 23, 2021
- January 26, 2021
- December 22, 2020
- November 24, 2020
- October 26, 2020
- October 16, 2020
- September 22, 2020
- August 25, 2020
- July 28, 2020
Nature & Science
- August 18, 2022
- June 16, 2022
- February 17, 2022
- December 16, 2021
- October 21, 2021
- August 19, 2021
- June 17, 2021
- April 15, 2021
- February 18, 2021
- December 17, 2020
- October 20, 2020
- September 25, 2020
- August 20, 2020
New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
- September 27, 2022
- September 20, 2022
- September 13, 2022
- September 6, 2022
- August 30, 2022
- August 23, 2022
- August 16, 2022
- July 26, 2022
- June 7, 2022
- May 31, 2022
- May 24, 2022
- May 17, 2022
- May 10, 2022
- May 3, 2022
- April 26, 2022
- April 19, 2022
- April 12, 2022
- April 10, 2022
- January 16, 2022
- March 23, 2021
- March 16, 2021
- February 23, 2021
- February 16, 2021
- February 9, 2021
- February 2, 2021
- January 26, 2021
- November 17, 2020
- October 20, 2020
- September 15 2020
- September 1, 2020
- August 25, 2020
- August 4, 2020
- July 28, 2020
- July 26, 2020
- July 19, 2020
New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers
- September 27, 2022
- September 20, 2022
- September 13, 2022
- September 6, 2022
- August 30, 2022
- August 23, 2022
- August 16, 2022
- July 26, 2022
- June 7, 2022
- May 31, 2022
- May 24, 2022
- May 17, 2022
- May 10, 2022
- May 3, 2022
- April 26, 2022
- April 19, 2022
- April 12, 2022
- April 10, 2022
- January 16, 2022
- March 16, 2021
- February 23, 2021
- February 16, 2021
- February 9, 2021
- February 2, 2021
- January 26, 2021
- November 17, 2020
- October 20, 2020
- September 15, 2020
- September 3, 2020
- August 25, 2020
- August 4, 2020
- July 28, 2020
- July 26, 2020
- July 19, 2020
Page to Screen
Picture Books
- September 28, 2022
- August 24, 2022
- August 15, 2022
- July 27, 2022
- June 22, 2022
- June 6, 2022
- May 25, 2022
- April 27, 2022
- March 23, 2022
- February 23, 2022
- February 14, 2022
- January 26, 2022
- January 7, 2022
- December 22, 2021
- October 27, 2021
- September 22, 2021
- September 14, 2021
- August 25, 2021
- July 28, 2021
- June 23, 2021
- May 26, 2021
- May 18, 2021
- May 11, 2021
- April 30, 2021
- April 28, 2021
- April 21, 2021
- April 15, 2021
- April 14, 2021
- April 9, 2021
- April 1, 2021
- March 29, 2021
- March 23, 2021
- March 23, 2021
- March 5, 2021
- February 24, 2021
- February 23, 2021
- February 11, 2021
- February 5, 2021
- January 27, 2021
- January 26, 2021
- January 12, 2021
- December 23, 2020
- December 21, 2020
- November 25, 2020
- November 18, 2020
- November 13, 2020
- November 5, 2020
- October 30, 2020
- October 28, 2020
- October 21, 2020
- September 23, 2020
- September 23, 2020
- September 23, 2020
- September 16, 2020
- August 26, 2020
- July 22, 2020
Popular Culture
- November 11, 2021
- September 9, 2021
- July 8, 2021
- May 13, 2021
- March 11, 2021
- January 14, 2021
- November 12, 2020
- September 10, 2020
Romance
- September 5, 2022
- August 5, 2022
- June 6, 2022
- May 2, 2022
- April 4, 2022
- March 7, 2022
- February 7, 2022
- January 3, 2022
- December 6, 2021
- November 5, 2021
- October 4, 2021
- September 6, 2021
- August 6, 2021
- July 5, 2021
- June 7, 2021
- April 5, 2021
- March 5, 2021
- February 5, 2021
- January 4, 2021
- December 7, 2020
- November 2, 2020
- October 21, 2020
- September 7, 2020
- August 3, 2020
Spirituality & Religion
- September 15, 2022
- July 21, 2022
- March 17, 2022
- January 20, 2022
- November 18, 2021
- September 16, 2021
- July 15, 2021
- March 18, 2021
- January 21, 2021
- November 19, 2020
- September 28, 2020
- September 17, 2020
- July 16, 2020
Teen Scene
- September 7, 2022
- August 18, 2022
- August 3, 2022
- July 14, 2022
- July 6, 2022
- June 3, 2022
- May 4, 2022
- April 6, 2022
- March 2, 2022
- January 5, 2022
- December 3, 2021
- November 3, 2021
- October 6, 2021
- September 15, 2021
- September 3, 2021
- August 4, 2021
- July 7, 2021
- June 2, 2021
- April 7, 2021
- March 3, 2021
- February 3, 2021
- January 6, 2021
- December 2, 2020
- November 4, 2020
- September 30, 2020
- September 24, 2020
- September 17, 2020
- September 2, 2020
- August 5, 2020
Tween Reads
- December 8, 2021
- October 13, 2021
- August 11, 2021
- April 14, 2021
- February 10, 2021
- December 9, 2020
- August 12, 2020
Thrillers and Suspense
- September 12, 2022
- August 8, 2022
- July 11, 2022
- June 13, 2022
- May 9, 2022
- April 11, 2022
- March 14, 2022
- February 14, 2022
- January 10, 2022
- December 13, 2021
- November 8, 2021
- October 11, 2021
- September 13, 2021
- August 9, 2021
- July 12, 2021
- June 14, 2021
- April 12, 2021
- March 10, 2021
- February 8, 2021
- January 11, 2021
- December 13, 2020
- November 9, 2020
- September 14, 2020
- August 10, 2020
Media Coverage
2022
- Spring Break Options Abound For Kids in Bakersfield
- Kern County Library to Reopen 2 Branches
- Kern County Libraries to Reopen, Expand Hours
- Beale Memorial Library to Host Authors Discussing Merle Haggard
- Black History Film Festival Continues at Library Branches
- McFarland Branch to Re-Open Thursday
- Zip Books Program Allows Residents to Check Out Titles Not Currently at the Kern County Library
- Black History Highlighted in New Film Festival
- Rural Kern County Branches to reopen Since Pandemic Closure
- Five Kern County Library Branches to Re-open in January
2021
- Kern County Library in Buttonwillow Reopens
- Beale Memorial Library to Host Trick or Tweet
- Kern County Library Kicks Off One Book Project Focusing on Immigration
- Kern County Library Kicks Off One Book Project
- Kern County Library Offering Free Dinners to Kids as Part of the New Snacks in the Stacks Program
- Kern County Library will offer free meal service at some branches.
- Shafter Library Goes Independent.
- Kern County Library adding an extra hour to currently open locations.
- Beale Memorial Library to Reopen Tuesday
- Supervisors Approve Temporary Closure of Beale Memorial Library for Carpet Replacement
- Food Assistance Remains Available for Families Despite Summer Programs Ending
- Supervisors Approve Temporary Closure of Beale Memorial for Carpet Replacement
- Kern County Library Bookmobile Celebrates Differences in July Tour
- Kern County Library and Kern Dance Alliance partner for Books in Motion
- Love of Reading, Dance in Sync for Books in Motion
- Dance Literacy Program Launches Digital Program Inspiring Children to Read
- Kern County Library Summer Reading Challenge
- Kern’s Lunch at the Library Program Returns
- Grant Award Helps Kern County Library Expand Lunch at the Library to More Branches
- Kern County Library Highlights Mental Health Resources
- Kern County Library Launching Mobile Service Story Tours
- Story Tours Bring Library Services to Underserved Communities
- Kern County Library Reopens In-Person Services
- Kern County Libraries remove Restrictions, Increase to 50% Capacity
- Kern County Libraries Offering Grab ‘n Go Lunches Through July
- Celebrating Read Across America Day
- Kern County Library Launches New Job-Seeker Toolkit
2020
- Kern County Library Beginning Indoor Express Appointments.
- Kern County Library Offering Resources for Teachers.
- Grab N Go Lunches at Beale Memorial for Families Who Need It.
- Kern County Library Branches Set to Reopen with Modifications.
- Strong Women Take the Spotlight for This Year’s One Book Project.
- Join the Book Club with Kern County Library Virtual Groups.
- Kern County Libraries to Get Reprieve Under New Budget Adjustment.
- Community Voices: Writing a Better Future for Kern.
- Books in Motion Program Combines Dance with Reading.
- Kern County Library Didn’t Kick Customers to the Curb, it Just Moved Service Curbside.
- Kern County Libraries in Crisis, but County Leaders Working Toward Solutions.
- Kern County Library Beginning Curbside Services.
- Curbside Services to Launch at the Kern County Library.
- Kern County Library Begins Phased Reopening.
- Kern County Library Goes Digital.
- Kern County Library to Offer a Virtual Summer Reading Challenge.
- Kern County Library Celebrating Star Wars Day with Virtual Events.
- Kern County Library Expands Online Resources Amid COVID-19 Closure.
- Kern County Supports Local Authors Through Overdrive.
- Kern County Library Goes Online to Help Families Stay Entertained During the Pandemic.
- Kern County Library Hosts Book Drive For Porterville Library.
- Explore Adventure & Family History at Genealogy Talk
- The Kern County Library Will Give You Free Fencing Lessons, if You Read This Winter.
2019
- Kern County Library Holding First Winter Reading Challenge for All Ages.
- Tehachapi Branch Library Gives Kits Complete With Personal Care Items for Those in Need.
- One Book Project Author Visiting Bakersfield for Book Signing.
- One Book One Bakersfield Kicks Off.
- Haunted Library Tour Will Draw Cult Following.
- Third Annual Hart Park After Dark Takes Place Saturday.
- Get in on Family Fun at Third Annual Hart Park After Dark.
- County Vows Rathbun Library will Reopen-Better Than Ever.
- Vandal Shoots, Destroys Seven Windows at Southwest Branch Library
- New App Allows Users to Easily Search Kern County Library Catalog.
- One Book, One Bakersfield Kicks Off.
- Comics and Superhero Event at Beale Memorial Library
- Mini-Con to Draw Lots of Characters to Beale Memorial on Saturday
- “Harry and the Potters” to rock out at Beale Memorial Library
- Bakersfield Mini-Con Accepting Art Submissions
- “I Can See Clearly Now, The Fees Are Gone” VIDEO
- ‘Literacy is Healthy’: County Officials Partner to Show Power of Reading
- Ridgecrest Library Back Open for Business Following Earthquakes.
- Kern County Library to Forgive Fees During Month of August in Amnesty Program
- Summer Lunch Program at Beale Memorial Library
- Touch a Truck at the Kern County Library
- Books for Burgers at the Kern County Library’s “In-N-Out Cover to Cover” Reading Club
- Kern County Library Celebrates Dr. Seuss in Push to Get Kids Reading
- Kern County Library Offers Craft Classes for Adults
- Kern County Library Expands Lunch at the Library Program
- Libraries Getting Ready for a Busy Summer
- Law Day Takes Place Wednesday at Beale Memorial Library
- Kern County Residents Owe Library Big Money
2018
- Hogwarts Invades Tehachapi Library for Anniversary
- MediYoga Improves Health.
- Kern County Library’s Newest Service Allows to Stream & Borrow Content.
- Supporting Kern County Parks With Hart Park After Dark
- Have a Whole Lot Of Fun at Hart Park After Dark
- This Month Write a card and Thank a Vet
- Ukulele Club Meeting, other events held at Kern County Library tonight
- Free or Low Cost Flu Shots Available in Kern County
- Enjoy the Screams on the Big Screen this October
- With so many events on tap witch will you choose this Halloween?
- Board of Supervisors names new Kern County Library Chief
- Kern County Library hosting Resource Fair for formerly incarcerated people and at risk youth.
- Multi-Award-Winning Filmmakers Present Lauded Film Series As Part Of Kern County Library Branches One Book Project
- Education Roundup: Enrollment Growth Mixed For School Districts
- Here’s Help To Find A Job After Jail
- Things You Need To Know: Mira Monte Spreads Positivity In The Lunch Room
- Beale Memorial Library Holding Veteran Suicide Prevention Discussion
- Bringing Books To Life
- Kern County Board of Supervisors approves budget for upcoming fiscal year.
- Panda Express To Hold Recruitment Event At Beale Memorial Library
- Free Arvin Farmer’s Market Aims To Combat “Food Desert”
- Photo Gallery – Mini-Con Comes To The Beale Library
- Branch Out: Explore Book Events at Holloway-Gonzales Library
- Measure To Double Kern County Library Funds Won’t Make The November Ballot, But Supporters Remain Hopeful
- Watch Lunch at the Library Kern County Sheriff’s Swat Team
- Reptiles on Display at Downtown Library
- Kern County Library goes fine-free for overdue books
- Not too late to join the summer fun
- Things You Need to Know: Grab Your New Library Card for Free
- Volunteers to collect signatures Saturday to get library funding initiative on November ballot.
- Amnesty for people with overdue books
- It’s getting hotter out there: A look at temperatures as summer starts Thursday
- Library Initiative For Everyone hopes to see new library tax
- Kern County Library Summer Reading Programs underway and seeking special guest readers now.
- Wipe out your Kern County Library fees with new amnesty program
- Kids can get free meals at Kern County libraries this summer
- Things You Need to Know: ‘Baby Come Back’ to the library
- Reading is fundamental
- Travel the theme for Ridgecrest Library’s summer challenge
- Bike Bakersfield holding workshop for new Street Story online incident-reporting program
- Books Come to Life at Beale Library
- In tune this June for Second Saturday
- Free lunches being offered for students across Kern County this summer
- City’s best take home Beautiful Bakersfield Awards
- Lunch at the Library back at multiple Kern County library branches
- Kern County Summer Reading Challenge 2018
- Touch the Truck event kicks off Kern County Library’s Summer Reading Challenge
- Beautiful Bakersfield Awards honor community’s top advocates, supporters
- Interactive Touch-A-Truck event happening Saturday
- LIST: Free summer meals for kids in Kern County
- Kern County Library announces Annual Summer Reading Challenge
- Keep on truckin’ at fun, hands-on event at Beale this weekend
- Things You Need to Know: GED testing is now available at the Beale Memorial Library
- Things You Need to Know: Memorial Day is around the corner…
- Memorial Day events around Kern County: Thursday, May 24 -Beale Memorial Library’s Memorial Celebration…
- List of Memorial Day weekend events in town: Movie showing of “Unbroken
- Summer learning for your kids
- Library fundraiser all it’s stacked up to be
- Things You Need to Know: Kern County Library at a free Pub Trivia Night
- Things You Need to Know: Kern County Library packing lunches for the Bakersfield Homeless Center…
- Books and Beers: Reading group gets together at a local pub
- Things You Need to Know: Kern County Library offering local teachers and their students tours
- Friends of the Kern County Library Used Book Sale
- Things You Need to Know: The Kern County Library offers math tutoring.
- Barks and Books, reading to therapy dogs at Southwest Branch Library
- Things You Need to Know: The Kern County Library is hosting a job search workshop…
2017
- Things You Need to Know: Enjoy a night of pub trivia…
- Things You Need to Know: The Kern County Library is showing the 1938 film “A Christmas Carol”
- Much-anticipated new library opens in downtown Tehachapi
- Things You Need to Know: Join the Kern County Library for the Holiday Candlelight Tour at 7 p.m.
- Things You Need to Know: Kern County Library’s Book Club at the Pub
- Hart Park shows its dark side with free nighttime event
- Barks & Books, reading to therapy dogs from Marley’s Mutt’s Militia
- County to host first Hart Park After Dark event next weekend
- Kids answer tough questions at library’s Philosophy for Children series
- Things You Need to Know: Experience a relaxing, fun yoga…
- Health Books at Kern County Library
- 121 People Become Citizens in Bakersfield Ceremony
- Philosophy for Kids Series at the Kern County Library
- Kern County Library Begins One Book Project
- One Book Project Kickoff Event Today
- Board of Supervisors Names New Kern County Library Chief
- Kern County Supervisors Delay Vote on I-5 Music Festival Venue (ending blurb)
- Things You Need to Know: Community Asked to Donate Hygiene Products for Children in the Bakersfield Homeless Center
- ‘One Book Project’ Returns this Month with ‘$2.00 a Day’
- New Tehachapi Library Branch Set to Open Soon
- Court Decision Will Make Passing Tax Hikes Easier in California
- Grand Jury: Kern County Library ‘On Path to Extinction’
- Grand Jury Report: Kern County Libraries ‘Headed for Extinction’
- Just Remembered the Solar Eclipse Takes Place Monday?
- Kern Astronomical Society Sets Up Telescopes, Teaches Sun Safety to Prep for Bakersfield’s Partial Eclipse
- Books in Motion Encourages Literacy Through Reading
- Free Lunch at the Library
- Lunch at the Library back at multiple Kern County Library branches
- Reading, puppets, clubs and more: Tehachapi Library offers summer activities
- Wild Animals at the Library? You Bet, as Working Wildlife Show Visits
- Main Street Tehachapi Awards $9,000 to Downtown Businesses for Facade Improvements
- Kern County’s Northeast Branch Library to be relocated
- No ‘Shh!’ at this Library
- Ag Information Aplenty at Kern County Library
- The Kern County Library Has Stitched Together Tight Budget, Will It Hold?
- 10 Things You Need to Know: The Story of Us
2016
- Budget Woes, 24th Street Wars, Kern Turns 150
- Kern County Libraries Face Uncertain 2017
- Supervisors Appoint New Interim Library Director
- Kern County Library Director Resigns
- Tehachapi Branch Library Welcomes New Librarian, Introduces Food Drive
- One Book, One Bakersfield, One Kern Causes Community to Rethink Water Scarcity
- Kern County Library Gets $75K Tech Grant
- How Bad is the County Budget? Let Us Tell You
- Library Advocates Consider Their Diminished Options, Post-F
- After Failure of Measure F, What’s Next for Kern’s Libraries?
- Library Support Measure Goes Down to Resounding Defeat
- Kern County Library Offering Summer Boosts in Knowledge and Nutrition
- Kern County Libraries Hope for a Boost From a New Tax on June’s Ballot
- Kern Citizens Urges Library Transformation With Neutral Support on Measure F
- First Look: Kern County Library Tax May Provide Dedicated Funding Stream
- Kern County Supervisors Approve Putting Library Tax on Ballot
- Supervisors Send Library Tax to the Voters
- Poll Shows Majority Support – But Not Enough – For Library Tax
- Library Tax Appears Headed to the Ballot
- Kern Supervisors to Vote on Funding Options for Libraries
- Decision Day on Library Tax Comes Tuesday
- Supervisors Leery of Library Tax, But to Decide in March
- A Handy Sign That a Local Government is Shirking Its Public Duty
- Tuesday Looms as Showdown Day in Library Battle
Supervisors to be Asked to Put Library Tax on Ballot
2015
- Library Lovers Want Strong and Public Libraries
- Library Supporters to Gather Signatures for Sales Tax
- Library Meetings Will Continue Unabated
- County Asking What We Really Want From Libraries
- Beale Memorial Library Shutdown Over Bed Bugs
- Library Poll Prompts Spirited Discussion
- Library Poll Shows Opposition to Privatization
- Group Rallies Against Kern County Library Privatization
- The Grade: BCSD Board Opposes Privatization of County Libraries – and May Be Willing to Help
- Libraries Offer Path to Stretch Dollars
- One Book, One Bakersfield, One Kern Returns, Explores ‘Bank of Bob’
- Library Coalition Rep Says She Was Heckled
- Supervisors Order Redo of Library Survey, Meeting Schedule
- Library Survey and Public Meeting Schedule Go To Supes
- Survey Skips Library Privatization Issue
- Coalition Proposes Voter-Approved Funding for Libraries
- Opposition to Library Privatization Gets More Organized
- Other Privatized Libraries Flourish
- Pensions Throw Wrinkle Into Library Privatization Talk
- Documents Reveal Long Trail of Library Privatization Talk
- Foes Rage Over Idea of Privatizing County Libraries
- Library’s Kernville Branch Slated for Closure
- Library Debate Lands on Supervisors’ Lap Today
- Supervisors Decide Not to Close the Book on Library Privatization
- Kern County Could Explore Privatizing Public Libraries
- Kern County Supervisors Consider Library Privatization
Library Supporters Concerned About Privatization Talk
2014
- County Library Earns Grant to Focus on Veteran Experience
- Libraries Offer Great Services
- Self-Checkout Comes to Beale Library
2013
2012
- County Names New Library Director
- Porn Concerns Prompts New Library Web Filters
- Library Introduces New eBook Lending
- Library Donations Funding Local eBook Effort
- Embattled County Library Director Resigns
2011
- Library Director Reportedly Placed on Paid Leave
- Records Reveal Library Director’s Questionable Work Habits
- Library Director Investigated for Personal Use of County Car
- New Library Wows Frazier Park Crowd
- Showcase Library to Open in Frazier Park
- Library Fees on Supes To-Do List Today
- Library Poised to Increase, Create New Fines
- 24 Hour Fitness, In-Shape…Beale Library?
- Library’s Lecture Series Opens BC’s History Book
- On Quality of Life: Prop 13; Future of Libraries
2009
2008
2007
- Schools Raise Funds to Aid Northeast Library
- Vandalized County Library in a Bind
- Library Adds New Databases
- Kern County Library Offering Reading Contests for All Ages
- County Board Backs Frazier Park Library Project
- Supervisors Advance Library Project, Hear Dam Update
- Delayed Library Building Could Cost County Millions
- Books for a Buck — Or Less — At Library Sale
- Find Unusual, Rare Books at Library Sale
- Library Offers Free Practice Tests
2006
