Derek Carr at home for NFL Draft
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Many aspiring professional football players work toward the NFL Draft all their lives. Bakersfield's Derek Carr is one of those athletes. Draft day will be one of the biggest days in...
View ArticleHonor Flight Kern County's tenth trip
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Seventy five Kern County veterans spent the day in our nation's capitol, touring the war memorials built in their honor, and much more. The first stop, Arlington National Cemetery....
View ArticleBakersfield's Elvis Presley arrested at Lamont residence
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- A local man with a famous name finds himself in jail. Deputies say Elvis Presley, 55, of Bakersfield was among three people arrested Wednesday on Redbank Road in Lamont. Deputies...
View ArticlePolice: Man steals cellular phone from display
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield police need your help finding two men suspected of a burglary in Rosedale. Police say the men entered a business at 8120 Rosedale Hwy on the afternoon of March 12....
View ArticlePolice searching for suspected cell phone thieves
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield police are asking for your help finding two men wanted for stealing cell phones from a store on Rosedale Highway. Police say on April 24, the men entered the Go...
View ArticleGo Red Por Tu Corazon
BAKERSFIELD,CA - Heart disease doesn't discriminate."I was diagnosed at six weeks old. That's when I had my very first open heart surgery," said heart disease survivor Bianna Bravo. At 19, Bravo has...
View ArticleCity to investigate local trucking company
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Residents in southwest Bakersfield want a trucking company out of their neighborhood.Many trucks are transporting biosolids from southern California into Kern County and keeping...
View ArticleDeath penalty trial starts in double murder case
BAKERSFIELD, CA - The death penalty case for a 2010 double homicide is underway as Erran West is accused of killing a couple over $50. The trial is four years in the making. The prosecution said a...
View ArticleLocal veterans return from Honor Flight
BAKERSFIELD, CA- It was a huge heroes welcome home Thursday night at Meadows Field, as hundreds of people awaited the arrival of our veterans from their whirlwind trip to Washington D.C.Banners,...
View ArticleHomeless center CEO named CAPK Humanitarian of the Year
BAKERSFIELD, CA - The Community Action Partnership of Kern honored its Humanitarian of the Year at a banquet Thursday night. The award went to CEO of the Bakersfield Homeless Center and Alliance...
View ArticleReport on soil contamination is under review
ARVIN, CA -- A brand new environmental report on soil contamination in an Arvin neighborhood is now under review. But seven weeks after being forced from their homes, evacuated residents have no idea...
View ArticleOakland Raiders draft Quarterback Derek Carr
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Bakersfield's Derek Carr is headed to the silver and black. The Oakland Raiders has selected Carr as the fourth pick in the second round of the NFL draft.Carr is the younger...
View ArticleSweet Pea offers bathroom and drought relief
BAKERSFIELD, CA - We should all be looking for ways to conserve in our state as we face ongoing water woes. People can take shorter showers, not water lawns as often, and go to the bathroom outside....
View ArticleFatal texting and driving trial begins
BAKERSFIELD, CA - The trial began Friday for a woman accused of texting while driving then causing a deadly crash in 2012. Anna Marie Reynosa is charged with vehicular manslaughter with gross...
View ArticleUnique wildlife rescue at Hart Park
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A unique and careful rescue was done Friday morning by workers with the California Living Museum.Wildlife officials rescued a severely injured American White Pelican in Hart...
View ArticleBrother and sister meet for the very first time
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A heartwarming follow up to a Contact 17 News story we brought you a few weeks ago. A local woman, adopted at birth, is getting to know her biological family after decades of...
View ArticleThree teens shot overnight
Three teenagers are recovering after being shot in central Bakersfield. The shootings happened around 9 p.m. Friday on Donna Avenue.When police arrived, they found 18-year-old Antonio Castro suffering...
View ArticleBelieve it or not there is still rafting on the Kern River
BAKERSFIELD, CA-- Even though experts say the Kern River is at its lowest level in decades one rafting company has not given up. River's End Rafting is trying to keep business flowing by getting...
View ArticleMother's Day behind bars
BAKERSFIELD, CA--As you park outside the Lerdo Detention Center it is meant to look intimidating with the high fences and barbed wire. More than 96 women are currently calling this place home, some...
View ArticlePolice need help finding missing Bakersfield woman
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Police need your help finding a missing Bakersfield woman. Police say 34-year-old Andrea Ladonne Russell is missing under suspicious circumstances.Officers say Russell was last...
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