Omni Family Health awards $15,000 in scholarships

Omni Family Health awarded $15,000 in college scholarships to 15 high school seniors interested in pursuing careers in health care.

For 22 years, Omni Family Health has invested in the health care workforce, supporting future leaders, doctors, medical assistants, technicians, nurses and more through a yearly scholarship program, according to a news release from Omni.

To date, Omni has awarded 164 scholarships, a total of $164,000, to local graduating seniors.

This year’s winners include Maxine Alba, Centennial High School; Isabella Alvarez, McFarland High School; Davianna Diaz, McFarland High School; Madison Johnson, Sherman E. Burroughs High School; Brigitte Medina, Taft Union High School; Makenna Moseley, Centennial High School; Alexis Onsurez, Stockdale High School; April Park, Stockdale High School; Ella Parks, Bakersfield High School; Keilin Arrieta-Raya, Cesar E. Chavez High School;

Nancy Hernandez Rivera, McFarland High School; Mone Rocha, Ridgeview High School; Alor Sahoo, Stockdale High School; Jeffrey Wilson, Ridgeview High School; and Christopher Zavala, Liberty High School.

For more information, visit omnifamilyhealth.org/ scholarship.

Planned Parenthood, the Dolores Huerta Foundation, South Kern Sol,

Women’s March Kern County, Crimson Skye, Bakersfield Aids Project and community advocates for reproductive freedom are hosting a rally Saturday to respond to “the onslaught of abortion restrictions advancing around the country,” according to a South Kern Sol release.

The Jastro Park event is part of a national day of action, according to the release.

The gathering will start at noon with a rally scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

Jastro Park is located at 2900 Truxtun Ave. in Bakersfield.