In January of 2021, our 2nd Annual Recognition meeting was a drive-through in my high school’s parking lot.It had been delayed a month so we could do the hands-on training portion of Hybrid CERT in December, the month in which we had started to d…

Recently, I decided to ask for a Christmas present from the Kern County CERT/DSWs on Bakersfield Metro CERT and from the teens of Titan CERT at Frontier High School here in Bakersfield.The present was to complete the Stop The Bleed introductory trainin…

 You cannot not pay me to go out and do Black Friday, but COVID has nothing to do with my aversion.What I despise is the illogic of purposefully going into a situation where people are frenzied and easily triggered.I just don’t see the need, but o…