Public meeting to be held for Centennial Corridor project
A public meeting will be held Thursday night on a controversial freeway, that will eventually connect east and west Bakersfield. It's called the Centennial Corridor and, as it stands now, it will take...
View ArticleLight Up A Life Celebration event
Wednesday night's Light Up A Life Celebration was hosted by the Optimal Hospice Foundation. Optimal provides hospice nurses and volunteers to families when medical care for a loved one changes from...
View ArticleFresh & Easy stores to close?
A popular grocery store chain may soon close its doors. The CEO for Fresh & Easy says the stores are losing money and big changes could be ahead. The company announced all of its American stores,...
View ArticleMan sentenced for role in attack outside Bakersfield restaurant
Thursday was sentencing day for a defendant convicted of being an accessory to the death of a man outside a Bakersfield restaurant last year.Last month, Victor Palomares was convicted of attempted...
View ArticleLocal boy with brain cancer has one special wish
12-year-old Nathan Garcia is battling brain cancer, and, unfortunately, things have taken a turn for the worse. He's hoping to make it to his 13th birthday just over a week from now, but not for gifts...
View ArticleResidents pack meeting on Centennial Corridor
Concerned homeowners crowded an open house Thursday evening, to ask questions about a freeway project that will run right through their neighborhood.It's called the Centennial Corridor, but neighbors...
View ArticleFour men wounded in two separate shootings
Three men were taken to the hospital Thursday night after a shooting in southeast Bakersfield.It happened just before 8 p.m. outside Aneese Market in the 600 block of Martin Luther King...
View ArticleResidents of Keene upset over proposed water rate hike
In the mountain community of Keene, citizens shell-shocked over proposed water rate increases, vented to a state regulator and a railroad representative.The Keene Water System, which is operated by...
View ArticleHospital: Nurse in Kate Middleton radio hoax commits suicide
London (CNN) -- An employee at the hospital who was duped by a prank call from two Australian radio DJs concerning Prince William's pregnant wife, Catherine, has apparently committed suicide, the...
View ArticlePolice investigating shooting outside Hookah lounge
Two people were shot overnight in the parking lot in front of a hookah lounge on California Avenue in southwest Bakersfield. Bakersfield Police got the call around 1:40 Friday morning. They arrived...
View ArticleOutreach team brings suicide support
Talking about suicide is hard, especially when you know someone who’s lost a loved one to it. People often don’t know what to say or do, so most do nothing. But the Kern County Mental Health...
View ArticleChildren's Miracle Network mediathon
The Children's Miracle Network mediathon is coming Wednesday, December 12. It's an opportunity for you to help Bakersfield Memorial Hospital in its mission to enhance medical care for children here in...
View ArticleNathan's wish is being granted
It's been just 24 hours since we first shared the story of Nathan Garcia. The 12-year-old has brain cancer and doctors say he's slipping away. His 13th birthday is a little over a week away. His one...
View ArticleRemembering Pearl Harbor, 71 years later
Friday marked the 71st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.It was a surprise hit by Japan that thrust our country into World War II.Friday morning, local veterans and others gathered at...
View ArticleKeene residents boiling mad after water rate hike meeting
More than a dozen Keene residents say they're being railroaded by the multi-billion dollar railroad company that supplies their water."They’re big wigs, we're not, and they know it,” says Clifford...
View ArticleBody discovered in orchard
A farmworker found a body in an orchard Friday morning.Sheriff's detectives were called to Whisler Road, about a half mile east of Highway 43. They say the partially buried body was found in the Poso...
View ArticleMailbox thieves strike southwest Bakersfield neighborhood
Dozens of mailbox thefts this week in a southwest Bakersfield neighborhood have residents on high alert. They say thieves are stealing their mail to steal their identity. The Bakersfield Postmaster...
View ArticleTeen killed in ATV accident
Friends and family are remembering an 18-year-old Bakersfield High School student, who was killed after crashing his ATV. The accident happened Friday night on Panama Lane, west of South Enos Lane....
View ArticleKids with cancer get a special Christmas party
Christmas is a child's favorite holiday, but Christmas day isn't fun for every kid coping with cancer."Financially, emotionally, every single way, it's hard," says Erika Lopez, whose daughter Baulina...
View Article18 year old dies in car accident
A Bakersfield teenager is dead following a crash in Shafter. The accident happened around 8:30 Friday night on Lerdo Highway, just west of Driver Road.Sheriff's Deputies say the driver, 18-year-old...
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