Residential care facility threatened by widening project
BAKERSFIELD, CA - The 24th Street widening project could demolish nearly two dozen homes in the Westchester area, most of them on the north side of the streetOne of those homes is a residential care...
View Article17 News Special Report: City of the Future
Better schools and safer streets are things most parents want for their children but often times the cities we live don't have the finances to fund these priorities to fullest. That's not the case in...
View ArticleNew details into investigation in which a teenager was found dead in an Arvin...
ARVIN, CA -- The Kern County Sheriff's Department has turned its investigation over to the district attorney's office and is recommending murder and burglary charges be filed against 27-year-old...
View ArticlePot Shops now illegal in Kern County
KERN COUNTY, CA - Measure G, which voters passed in 2012, allowed pot shops to operate in Kern County, but only in the outskirts and industrial parks. Lawyers for the medical marijuana dispensaries...
View ArticlePolice searching for missing runaway teenager
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield Police needs the public's help in locating an at-risk runaway teenager. Police say Savannah Castillo,14, was reported as a missing person to Bakersfield Police earlier...
View ArticleCHP pursues charges in deadly Highway 46 crash
BAKERSFIELD, CA- According to a newly-filed search warrant, the California Highway Patrol is pushing for misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charges in a fatal crash on Highway 46 on Christmas Day last...
View ArticlePolice searching for two suspected robbers
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield Police needs the public's help identifying and two men wanted for robbery. Police say on February 11, 2014, at 12:30 pm, the suspects entered the Target at 2901 Ming...
View ArticleF-35 testing at Edwards Air Force Base
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA - It's destined to be the new workhorse fighter of the Air Force, Navy, and Marines, but the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II and the Joint Strike Fighter program could...
View ArticleFelony murder charge recommended in drowning death
ARVIN, CA - The man the Kern County Sheriff's Department believes is responsible for the canal drowning death of a young Arvin man last month, has been deported.Detectives recommended to the District...
View ArticleSearch and rescue unit gets new four-legged member
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Swift water rescues, first aid, and disaster operations are missions where the Kern County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue unit shine. "We have about 240 search and rescue team...
View ArticleBakersfield company helps build the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
BAKERSFIELD, CA-- In a little more than a hundred years of flight we have come from the Wright Brothers to the future of aviation. That future is now a reality in the form of the Lockheed Martin F-35...
View ArticleKHSD bus drivers plan rally over wage negotiations
BAKERSFIELD, CA- Some Kern High School District employees plan to rally Thursday afternoon, to bring attention to salary negotiations. Labor representatives said the wage of classified workers-mostly...
View ArticleDUI murder suspect: "I should get the death penalty"
BAKERSFIELD, CA - There are new details from a suspected drunk driving crash that killed a pregnant woman last month. A police report released Thursday shows the accused driver, Joseph Maine, was on...
View ArticleKHSD employees protest wages
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Some Kern High School District employees say they are in a stalemate with the district."Eight years since we had our last raise," said Randy Turner, chapter president of California...
View ArticleSmoke detectors weren't required in Lamont clothing store
LAMONT, CA - County firefighters are still investigating circumstances surrounding a fire that gutted a popular clothing store in Lamont Wednesday afternoon.Store owners say the building didn't have...
View ArticleMeadows Field Airport looks to spread its wings
BAKERSFIELD, CA- Meadows Field Airport is looking for new opportunities in the new year. Less than half of local travelers are using the facility, presenting some challenges. With two carriers, 11...
View ArticleDelano schools on 'lockout'
All Delano schools were under a voluntary 'lockout' procedure Friday amid an unconfirmed threat of a drive-by shooting at an unspecified area school, Delano Police said.A voluntary lockout is...
View ArticleDelano Police searching for missing girl
DELANO, CA -- Delano Police need the public's help finding a missing girl. Delano Police say Elisa Ofelia Torres, 12, was last seen by her mother outside of their Delano apartment at 1910 Garces Hwy,...
View ArticleUpdate: Missing girl has been located
DELANO, CA -- Delano Police need the public's help finding a missing girl. Delano Police say Elisa Ofelia Torres, 12, was last seen by her mother outside of their Delano apartment at 1910 Garces Hwy,...
View ArticleLocal man awarded Medal of Honor; was killed in Vietnam
BAKERSFIELD, CA - President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor to a Bakersfield soldier killed action in the Vietnam War. Leonard Louis Alvarado was posthumously awarded the Distinguished...
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