https://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/politics/trump-iran-los-angeles-san-diego-remarks-accountability-opinionWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-06T15:09:00-07:00Opinion: Trump Must Answer for His Remarks About Iran Attacking Californiahttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/eye-street-housing-home-loan-affordability-repayment-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-05T08:19:25-07:00Eye Street Housing Plan Pairs a 55-Year Loan With a 20-Year HOME Affordability Requirementhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/bakersfield-2027-health-benefits-negotiated-savings-cost-increaseWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-05T08:19:25-07:00Bakersfield’s Health-Benefit Plan Shows Savings Against Quotes—and a $2.18 Million Cost Increasehttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/kern-grit-study-consultant-subaward-deliverables-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-05T08:19:25-07:00KernGRIT’s Proposed $235,000 Study Uses Nearly 96% of the City’s Subawardhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/politics/texas-october-5-registration-deadline-postmark-mail-ballot-distinctionWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-05T08:19:25-07:00Texas Registration Closes October 5. The Mail-Ballot Application Has a Different Rule.https://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/politics/california-care-act-reach-court-orders-outcome-denominatorsWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-05T08:19:25-07:00California’s CARE Act Reach Figure Is Not a Count of Court-Ordered Treatment Planshttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/politics/california-library-parks-pass-ab1804-law-access-limitsWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-05T08:19:25-07:00California Codifies Library Parks Passes, but a Pass Still Has Boundarieshttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/concrete-masonry-checkoff-gao-written-approval-gapWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-05T08:19:25-07:00Concrete-Masonry Checkoff Collected $27.2 Million; GAO Finds an Approval-Procedure Gaphttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/medicare-part-d-affiliated-pharmacies-drug-level-cost-comparisonWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-05T08:19:25-07:00A Plan-Owned Pharmacy Was Often Cheaper in GAO’s Review—but Not for Every Costly Drughttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/veterans-snap-outreach-gao-materials-coordination-gapWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-05T08:19:25-07:00States Target Veterans for SNAP Outreach While Federal Guidance Lagshttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/fact-check/kern-court-payment-text-official-claim-fact-checkWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-05T08:19:25-07:00Fact Check: Kern Court Says Texts Demanding Payment Are Not Its Messageshttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/fact-check/usps-postmark-collection-box-mailing-date-fact-checkWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-05T08:19:25-07:00Fact Check: A Collection-Box Drop Does Not Guarantee That Day’s Postmarkhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/fact-check/california-sb895-research-bond-not-awarded-2026-fact-checkWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-05T08:19:25-07:00Fact Check: Signing SB 895 Did Not Put $7.5 Billion in Researchers’ Handshttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/culture/american-stories-artists-books-october-8-exhibition-previewWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-05T08:19:25-07:00Smithsonian’s “American Stories” Asks What a Book Can Behttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/culture/gunboat-philadelphia-250-years-conservation-public-viewWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-05T08:19:25-07:00At 250 Years Since Its Sinking, Gunboat Philadelphia Is Also a Conservation Testhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/culture/carlotta-corpron-hirshhorn-october-16-light-photography-previewWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-05T08:19:25-07:00Hirshhorn’s Carlotta Corpron Exhibition Reframes Light as an Artistic Materialhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/usps-service-target-cuts-delivery-recovery-district-gap-records-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-07T04:51:38-07:00USPS’s Smaller Delivery Misses Came Mostly From Lower Targets; Newer Scores Improvedhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/capk-head-start-unmet-need-estimate-2021-2026-records-comparisonWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-07T05:03:24-07:00CAPK’s 2026 Head Start Plan Repeats an Unmet-Need Estimate From 2021https://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/fda-food-inspections-high-risk-decline-state-partnership-records-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-07T05:09:09-07:00FDA’s Inspection Decline Fell on High-Risk Food Facilities; A Scheduling Fix Addresses Only Part of the Gaphttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/social-security-disability-appeals-queue-state-concentration-august-2026-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-07T05:18:03-07:00Disability Appeals Queues Fell 19%. Two State Agencies Account for Four-Fifths of the Drop.https://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/kern-health-systems-quality-sanction-mental-health-followup-records-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-07T05:22:25-07:00Kern Health Systems’ Largest Gap in Its 2024 Quality Sanction Generated a $136 Penaltyhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/kccd-workforce-accrual-correction-grant-monitoring-records-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-07T05:28:37-07:00KCCD’s $23.3 Million Accounting Reset Included $3 Million in Older Workforce Billshttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/irs-delinquent-accounts-debt-balance-compromise-denominators-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-07T05:40:48-07:00The IRS Closed More Delinquent Accounts. The Unpaid Balance Still Grew.https://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/buttonwillow-parks-crc-donation-budget-friday-closure-records-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-07T05:45:42-07:00Buttonwillow Parks Added a $100,000 Donation to Its Budget After Adopting Friday Closureshttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/kern-cdbg-beneficiary-targets-shafter-transition-records-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-07T05:51:06-07:00Kern’s Community-Project Results Fell Short for a Second Year. Shafter’s Exit Adds a Deadline.https://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/airline-wheelchair-mishandling-improvement-concentration-dot-records-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-07T06:00:24-07:00Three Airline Networks Supplied Nearly All the Wheelchair-Handling Improvement. Newer Gains Are Smaller.https://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/tmf-hud-savings-claim-repayment-gao-portfolio-comparisonWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-06T05:04:00-07:00Federal IT Portfolio Still Claims $8 Million in Annual HUD Savings After Auditors Recorded No Net Savingshttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/bakersfield-cupa-inspection-backlog-hazardous-waste-followup-september-2026What's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-06T05:13:00-07:00Bakersfield’s Tank Inspection Backlog Fell; Hazardous-Waste Follow-Up Laggedhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/medicare-preclusion-pharmacy-payments-owner-rule-comparisonWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-06T05:28:00-07:00Twelve Pharmacy IDs Accounted for 58% of Payments in a Medicare Preclusion Reviewhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/kern-housing-audit-repeat-account-reconciliation-net-income-adjustmentsWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-06T05:32:00-07:00Kern Housing Audit Needed 39 Late Journal Entries After a Similar Prior-Year Findinghttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/education-audit-closure-further-action-delay-oig-table-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-06T05:35:00-07:00Education’s Longest Audit Closure Delays Were Concentrated in Cases Needing Further Actionhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/bakersfield-withdrawn-radio-consulting-contract-price-delay-controlsWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-06T05:41:00-07:00Bakersfield Pulled a Radio Consulting Proposal Whose Fixed Price Depended on an October 1 Starthttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/bakersfield-water-plan-zero-shortfall-recharge-drought-table-comparisonWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-06T05:47:00-07:00Bakersfield’s Zero-Shortfall Drought Table Depends on Cutting Groundwater Rechargehttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/hud-rental-assistance-error-count-dollar-exposure-comparison-oig-analysisWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-06T05:50:00-07:00HUD’s Smaller Rental-Assistance Audit Had Fewer Errors but Nearly as Much Projected Dollar Exposurehttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/north-of-river-sewer-expansion-bidding-pending-federal-loan-records-comparisonWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-06T05:55:00-07:00North of River’s Sewer Expansion Reached Bidding While Its Federal Loan Remained Pendinghttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/us-news/ihs-sanitation-funding-home-counts-high-cost-projects-comparisonWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-06T06:00:00-07:00Twenty High-Cost Tribal Water Projects Take 72% of IHS’s 2026 Tier 1 Allocationhttps://whatsthescoopwithbroach.com/bakersfield/bakersfield-rejected-energy-contract-savings-guarantees-incentive-comparisonWhat's the Scoop With Broachen2026-10-05T06:46:00-07:00Bakersfield’s Rejected Energy Proposal Promised 25-Year Savings With Much Shorter Measurement Terms