Bradshaw next assistant presiding judge

Judge J. Eric Bradshaw has been unanimously selected as the next assistant presiding judge of Kern County Superior Court, it was announced Monday.

He will serve under Presiding Judge Colette Humphrey, assuming his new duties on Jan. 1.

“Judge Bradshaw is an experienced jurist who has demonstrated his leadership ability during the past 12 years he has served on the bench,” Humphrey said in a statement. “He has experience in many different assignments including both criminal and civil divisions, which will serve him well as he takes a leadership position with the court.”

Bradshaw was born and raised in Bakersfield, and was a partner in the Noriega and Bradshaw law firm from 1992 to 2008. He was appointed to the Superior Court in 2008 and has adjudicated a variety of cases.

“Over the past 12 plus years, I have had the good fortune of serving among a group of excellent judicial officers, with a talented, hard-working court executive team and staff,” he said in a statement. “I have enjoyed working with the lawyers in this community all my professional life. I look forward to this new role and challenge with some degree of humility, mindful of the Kern County Superior Court’s tradition of quality leadership.”

Community Action Partnership of Kern is hosting community coronavirus vaccine clinics throughout Kern County over the next several weeks.

The clinics will be held at CAPK’s early childhood education centers. The times and locations of the events are listed below.

Wednesday: 2 to 4:30 p.m., Primeros Pasos, 1111 Bush St., Arvin. The second clinic for follow-up vaccinations will be held Nov. 10.

Oct. 26: 1 to 4 p.m., Pete H. Parra Child Development Center, 1825 Feliz Drive, Bakersfield. A second clinic will be held Nov. 16.

Nov. 1: 1 to 4 p.m., Shafter Department of Human Services, 115 Central Valley Hwy., Shafter.

“Vaccinations are a critical tool in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic,” the organization said in a news release.