New arrest in murder case of one-year-old Tristan Bramlett
BORON, CA - A man has been arrested for the 2010 death of one-year-old Tristan Bramlett. He was charged with murder, child abuse causing great bodily injury, torture, and willful cruelty to a...
View ArticleThe meteorology behind the poor air quality
The reason why this air is not getting any better is because it has no where to go, and it actually gets much worse at night than during the peak heat of the dayThat's because high pressure in the...
View ArticleIn-home cameras hacked
A local technology expert wants to warn you about a website, he says, contains a live feed from more than 73,000 unprotected internet-based surveillance cameras.Ten of those cameras are right here in...
View ArticleTwo North Korean prisoners released and coming home
U.S. officials have announced today that the two Americans imprisoned in North Korea, Kenneth Bae and Bakersfield resident Matthew Todd Miller, have been released and are returning home. U.S....
View ArticleThe lasting effects of war on our nation's veterans
Military suicides are at their highest in 10 years, according to the American Psychiatric Association. A 22-year-old Marine Corps veteran from Bakersfield, who battled with Post Traumatic Stress...
View ArticleAir pollution problems in the valley
It has been several days now that we have been stuck in the soup. Poor air quality and hazy conditions are dominating the valley, and talk of high particulate matter is alarming some. It begs the...
View ArticleCounty considers road name change
BAKERSFIELD, CA. - Kern County supervisors are considering renaming a roadway after a Bakersfield Medal of Honor recipient.The proposal is to change the name of Renfro road between Santa Fe Way and...
View ArticleKCSO looking for missing at-risk juvenile
BAKERSFIELD, CA. - The Kern County Sheriff's Office is reaching out to the public to help find a missing at-risk juvenile, Yoselin Calderon. Calderon was reported missing from her home in Wasco on July...
View ArticleCounty supervisors discuss illegal fireworks
BAKERSFIELD, CA. - Kern County supervisors are meeting today to to hear recommendations  for tougher penalties for individuals setting off illegal fireworks. The recommendations will come from Kern...
View ArticleCovered California tour in town today
BAKERSFIELD, CA. - The covered California bus tour will stop in Bakersfield today to raise awareness about its second open enrollment dates.The tour will be at Central Bakersfield Health Center/...
View ArticleBakersfield's Relay for Life has new location for 2015
BAKERSFIELD, CA - The American Cancer Society says the Kern County Fairgrounds will be the site for the 2015 Relay For Life of Bakersfield, to be held May 2-3, 2015. Â Â According to a news release,...
View ArticleAppeals Court: Family of Bakersfield man shot, killed by police can sue...
BAKERSFIELD, CA - An appeals court has made a ruling in the death of a Bakersfield man shot to death by Fresno police in 2010. The ruling says his family can sue the makers of the alcoholic-energy...
View ArticleSettlement in Community Recycling wrongful death lawsuit
BAKERSFIELD, CA - There's a settlement agreement in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of two brothers who died at the Community Recycling plant near Lamont. 17 news has learned the...
View ArticleDrive through flu shot clinic Wednesday in southwest Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A drive through flu shot clinic takes place in southwest Bakersfield Wednesday afternoon.Officials at Mercy and Memorial Hospital say the clinic will take place at Mercy Southwest...
View ArticleSpecial Report: Stay-at-Home Moms
BAKERSFIELD, CA. - New data reveals there are more stay-at-home moms now than there have been in the last three decades, even as the cost of child care and other experiences have gone up tremendously....
View ArticleNTSB releases update on SpaceShipTwo crash
MOJAVE, CA. - A report released Wednesday by the National Transit Safety Board reveals the feather braking system had been unlocked prematurely by the deceased copilot.On-scene NTSB investigators into...
View ArticleLAPD and local SWAT arrest man after standoff
BAKERSFIELD, CA. - An eight-hour SWAT standoff in the Oleander area ended overnight with the arrest of a man wanted in a Los Angeles-area murder.Tthe BPD received a call for assistance from Los Angeles...
View ArticleDelano VFW building sold to area hospital
Delano, CA. - The Delano Regional Medical Center has purchased the VFW Hall from the city of Delano, citing the city's inability to maintain costs and maintenance of the aged building.According to...
View ArticleDMV extending services due to AB 60
SACRAMENTO, CA. - The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) today announced that it is extending office hours and adding appointment opportunities starting in January, 2015. The move is made to...
View ArticleBC alert system notifying students of bomb threat
The Bakersfield College emergency alert system is notifying students of a bomb threat on campus around 3:50 p.m. today.They are urging the campus to evacuate.The alert states: "BC has received a bomb...
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