LOIS HENRY: Dead-end river: Fish carcasses starting to pile up in stagnant pools at the Kern River’s western end

Avid cyclist and angler Jonathan Vegas was thrilled last fall when he read that a local judge had issued an injunction requiring the city of Bakersfield to keep enough water in the Kern River to support fish populations. “It’s a dream of mine to be able to leave my backyard,…

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