GET Bus strike comes to an end
BAKERSFIELD, CA - After more than a month, GET officials say the strike is over. Union members approved a tentative agreement from Friday. GET officials will announce Monday morning when services will...
View ArticleHomicide investigation in Tehachapi
TEHACHAPI, CA- The Kern County Sheriff's Office is investigating a homicide in Tehachapi. Detectives were called just before 7 p.m. Sunday night to summit industrial park in the 1500 block of Goodrick...
View ArticleAffordable housing for veterans
BAKERSFIELD, CA- New homes for our veterans and those in need in our community are on their way. A groundbreaking ceremony will take place Monday morning for a new affordable housing project called...
View ArticleHundreds of kids receive free backpacks, supplies
BAKERSFIELD, CA- Hundreds of kids in Bakersfield will be fully equipped for the first day of school. Saturday morning, children at the Bakersfield Homeless Center received a backpack with all the...
View ArticleGolden Empire Transit buses to start running again Tuesday
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- The union and GET says they are both very pleased. And to give back to the customers they will be offering free rides until September first. Some 250 drivers and mechanics had been...
View ArticleWoman dies in crash on Old River Road
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A woman is dead and a major intersection closed after a crash in southwest Bakersfield morning. It happened around 8:30 a.m. in the intersection of Ming Avenue and Old River Road....
View ArticleDeputies looking for man wanted for murder in Buttonwillow
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- The sheriff's office is asking for the public's assistance in locating a manted wanted for murder. Deputies say late Saturday night they responded to the 100 block of West 2nd St....
View ArticleWildfire threatening homes in Wofford Heights
WOFFORD HEIGHTS, CA - A fast-moving wildfire was threatening dozens of homes in Wofford Heights Monday, U.S. Forest Service officials said.The fire was only estimated about six to eight acres as of...
View ArticleProbating looking for registered sex offender
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Kern County Probation needs your help finding a registered sex offender who failed to report to his probation officer. Probation officials say Mitchel Gilbert West, 50, is a...
View ArticleUpdate on the Way Fire
WOFFORD HEIGHTS, CA - The Way fire near Wofford Heights has grown to 700-800 acres, there's an unknown number of structures threatened. Fire officials say there's at least 3 structures that have...
View ArticleFord City man arrested for kidnapping, false imprisonment
FORD CITY, CA - A Ford City man is under arrest after deputies say he dragged a woman out of her home and threatened to kill her. Deputies say they responded early Sunday morning to Mercy Southwest...
View ArticleGET bus begin services after month long strike
BAKERSFIELD,CA- More than 250 golden empire transit bus drivers and mechanics are going back to work Tuesday after members of the teamsters union voted on a deal to end the 34 day long strike. The past...
View ArticleCloser look at the damage the Way Fire caused
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- A washer and dryer, bed frame, and smoldering rubble, remnants of a structure that Monday stood tall on Mar Vista Drive.Capt. Derek Tisinger, Kern County Fire Department, "we never...
View ArticleRailway offers $100k reward for information regarding Tehachapi murder
TEHACHAPI, CA - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway is offering a $100,000 reward to anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of a suspect or suspects in the murder of railway employee...
View ArticlePolice seek man accused of robbing Rite Aid
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield police need your help identifying and locating a man accused of robbing a Rite Aid store earlier this month. Police say on the afternoon of August 5, the man entered...
View ArticleThree women suspected in robbing store in northeast Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Police need your help finding three women they say robbed Family Dollar General on Mt. Vernon Avenue earlier this month. Police say on the night of August 6, the women entered the...
View ArticleEmergency alert system confusion
BAKERSFIELD, CA - The start of the Way Fire prompted the Emergency Services of Kern County to get some help from the National Weather Service. For the first time, they used the federal Emergency Alert...
View ArticleForest Service: Way Fire evacuations, road closures lifted
WOFFORD HEIGHTS, CA -- The U.S. Forest Service says all evacuations and road closures have been lifted for the Way Fire as of Wednesday, August 20th, 2014 at 4:00 p.m.On Wednesday night at 6:00 at...
View ArticleMan accused of shooting wife multiple times speaks out
BAKERSFIELD,CA- Fifty-five-year-old Loren Johnson met his wife Andrea at a Food 4 Less grocery store. "We went on a date and and played pool. We went to Sharky's when that was existed then," said...
View ArticleWay Fire update: 3,858 acres burned, 48% contained
WOFFORD HEIGHTS, CA- Fire officials said they are making significant progress on the Way Fire in Wofford Heights, this as evacuations and road closures were lifted Wednesday afternoon.The Way Fire has...
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