KCCD board of trustees announces new district chancellor

Dec. 8—The Kern Community College District board of trustees announced that Steven Bloomberg has been appointed as the district's seventh chancellor.

The chancellor oversees Bakersfield College, Cerro Coso Community College and Porterville College, a vast territory that covers parts of five counties.

"I am honored to build upon the great legacy of the Kern Community College District and look forward to working with faculty, staff, administration at the colleges and the district office to plan for the future," Bloomberg said in a news release. "I am grateful to the Kern CCD Board of Trustees for this opportunity and am ready to go to work."

He comes to the district from Southeast Arkansas College.

This story will be updated.