One dead and one seriously injured in head-on collision near Porterville
PORTERVILLE, Calif. – A man is dead, and another seriously injured, after a head-on crash Monday morning on State Route 65.At approximately 4:45 a.m., California Highway Patrol officers say a 63 year...
View ArticleDeputies arrest man suspected of double homicide in Tehachapi
TEHACHAPI, CA - Deputies have arrested a man they say was involved in the murder of 2 people in Tehachapi. Early Monday morning, officers with the Tehachapi Police Department responded to a peace...
View ArticleBakersfield's Derek Carr to start for Oakland Raiders
(NBC SPORTS) - The Raiders are going with a rookie at quarterback to begin the regular season.Fox’s Jay Glazer reports the Raiders have switched starters in advance of Sunday’s opener at the Jets,...
View ArticleSupporting children, families battling cancer
On Monday, 12-year-old Ben Martinez rang a bell three times to signal his victory in the battle against cancer."I am happy that I don't have to do it anymore, thank goodness," said Ben. Just one year...
View ArticleISIS Beheads American Journalist Steven Sotloff, Monitoring Group Says
From NBC News:The Islamic militant group ISIS has beheaded Steven Joel Sotloff, an American freelance journalist who was abducted a year ago Syria, a jihadist monitoring organization said Tuesday.The...
View ArticleJudge sentences man for boy's beating
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A judge has sentenced a Bakersfield man in the 2011 beating of his girlfriend's son. Fernando Steven Gomez Lopez, 28, was given a term of 6 years in prison Tuesday morning. Lopez...
View ArticleGirl Scouts to honor three local women at Women Inspiring Girls luncheon
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The Girl Scouts of Central California South are honoring three local women at the upcoming Women Inspiring Girls luncheon.Garden Pathways President and CEO Karen Goh, Kern County...
View ArticleTaft inmate sentenced for conspiracy to smuggle contraband with correctional...
FRESNO, Calif. – Taft Federal Correctional Institution inmate Gerardo Alvarez-Montanez, 32, was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for conspiracy to provide and possess contraband in...
View ArticleKern County judge censured after alleged sexual relationship with courtroom...
SAN FRANCISCO – Kern County Superior Court Judge Cory Woodward has been issued a Decision and Order of Censure from the Commission of Judicial Performance after allegedly engaging in sexual activity...
View ArticleSocial media privacy bill
BAKERSFIELD, CA- High school senior Oksana Swen has a physical scar on her arm as a result of her emotional experience being cyber bullied."I ended up taking it out on myself and I ended up burning...
View ArticleArrest made in Lamont shooting
LAMONT, CA- A man is under arrest in connection to a shooting in Lamont Tuesday night. Sheriff's deputies were called just after 9 p.m. to the 7700 block of Harold Street for a report of a...
View ArticleShafter man arrested for $3 million in cocaine, another $3.1 million cash
FRESNO, Calif. – A Shafter man remained in federal custody Wednesday after drug enforcement agents say they caught him with 38 kilograms of cocaine and confiscated $3.1 million dollars from a home...
View ArticleTaft city council addresses biosolids buildup at wastewater treatment plant
TAFT Calif, - Taft city council members addressed the biosolid buildup at their wastewater treatment plant last night.During the meeting, the council authorized the city to spend up to $100,000 to...
View ArticleGET board's monthly meeting discusses resignation requests
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - During the Golden Empire Transit District’s monthly meeting last night, concerns over resignation requests for some board members were addressed.GET Board of Directors chair...
View ArticleDriver charged with DUI, second-degree murder and vehicular manslaughter
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Dontrell Collins, 29, was charged Wednesday, Sept. 3, with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.Charges against Collins...
View ArticlePit Bull found pierced, abused
SHAFTER, CA - A Shafter Animal Control officer is describing a recent case of animal abuse as horrific and inhumane.Someone pierced a dog's back paw, put a chain through it, and wrapped the chain...
View ArticleReport: Deadly shooting in south Bakersfield was contract killing
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A deadly shooting in south Bakersfield was a contract killing where a father hired a teenaged hitman to gun down his adopted son, police reports released Wednesday indicate.Jonathan...
View ArticleContact 17: Stella Hills Elementary School pick-up mix-up
BAKERSFIELD, CA- One central Bakersfield mom contacted 17 News after the scare of a lifetime Tuesday, when she got a call that a stranger had picked up her five year old son from school. Kandace...
View ArticleMan found injured after purported fight in Arvin parking lot
ARVIN, Calif. - A man was found beaten in Arvin Wednesday after a possible physical fight, according to the Arvin Police Department.Officers say they arrived at the parking lot of Alshaif Market at...
View ArticleDeputy sentenced today with community service, probation
Kern County Sheriff Deputy John Swearengin was sentenced today to 480 hours of community service and three years probation.
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