Virtual bankruptcy

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a nearly $800 million budget that included 3.5 percent cuts to all departments. 

Prior to the unanimous vote, supervisors listened to staff reports about two of the county's most vexing problems - low oil prices and high pension costs."Pension costs are like a cancer that keeps growing and it's eating away at our other funding sources just like a cancer would eat at healthy tissue," said Supervisor Zack Scrivner, who represents the southeast portion of the county.