Police continue search for hit-and-run driver
Bakersfield police are still looking for a hit-and-run driver who killed a local mother Thanksgiving night.33-year-old Buffy Mitchell was crossing East Brundage Lane, just west of Mount Vernon when she...
View ArticleLast-minute shoppers pack local stores
Christmas Day is coming quickly. Last-minute shoppers are scrambling to get gifts by St. Nick's deadline."I do it early every year, but this is the year that I didn't do it early," says Lori Ruiz, who...
View ArticleSpecial gift for brother of two murdered bail bondsmen
The brother of two bail bondsmen who were murdered several months ago, got a very special Christmas surprise Monday morning. A Bakersfield man delivered a $700 watch to the teen who has been through so...
View ArticleShoppers pack mall until the final hour
'Tis the season to go shopping, many stores in Bakersfield’s Valley Plaza Mall are slashing prices to bring customers in."For me there are good prices today because I went to Tulare too to check the...
View ArticleFamilies celebrate true meaning of Christmas
Many people make church a priority on Christmas Day. It's the one place that some feel serves as the basis for the holiday celebration."I needed to come to church, you know it's almost like you don't...
View ArticleCar crashes into apartment
It was a frightening end to the Christmas Day holiday for one Bakersfield family after a car crashed into their apartment. The accident happened around 5:30 Tuesday evening in the 3600 block of...
View ArticlePassenger leads police on car chase
Bakersfield police pulled over a car for a traffic violation Christmas Day and the passenger jumped into the driver seat and took off. It happened just before 2:00 Tuesday afternoon at North...
View ArticleLocal family feeds the needy in Old Town Kern
Christmas came bright and early for some needy families in our community. A Bakersfield family has made it their mission to give back to the less fortunate every Christmas.The Vallejo family handed...
View ArticlePresident George H.W. Bush in intensive care
HOUSTON (AP) - A spokesman says former President George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital.Bush's spokesman, Jim McGrath, said Wednesday evening that the former president...
View ArticleTravelers feeling the effects of storms
Travelers are feeling the effects of a storm as it moves to the northeast. Blizzard warnings are holding up flights across the country. More than 1,000 flights have been cancelled nationwide, and more...
View ArticleContact 17 News: Thief steals Christmas package, caught on camera
A Bakersfield family is warning anyone who will listen after their security cameras caught a man stealing a package off their doorstep on Christmas Eve.What is supposed to be a time to give, quickly...
View ArticleDriver killed in head-on collision
According to the CHP, holiday traffic and the rain may been to blame for a deadly head-on crash on Interstate 5. The crash happened after 4 p.m yesterday, just north of Lerdo Highway.Officials say a...
View ArticleTournament holds hope for at-risk youth
A local foundation holds a basketball tournament called Hoops of Hope for at risk youth. Wednesday night was the third year the Wendale Davis Foundation hosted the tournament. Twenty two teams of...
View ArticleEnd of longtime Bakersfield business
It's the end of another longtime Bakersfield business. Green Frog Market is officially closing up shop. The grocery store closed their Columbus Street location in November 2011, but their Alta Vista...
View ArticleRetired General Norman Schwarzkopf dies
WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. official says retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who commanded the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991, has died. He was...
View ArticleKern County stolen silver raid largest on record
The sheriff's department is calling it the largest precious metals raid that it knows of. Authorities said they seized about $14,000 worth of stolen silver from an east Bakersfield jewelry shop. But...
View ArticleAs gun sales rise, gun-related deaths are down statewide, up in Kern County
Some new ammunition is out for gun rights advocates. New statistics show gun sales are up in California in the last decade while gun related injuries are down, statewide. But in Kern County it's a...
View ArticleBakersfield man speeding, killed in crash
Speed may be to blame for a deadly crash on Highway 99 Sunday night. According to the California Highway Patrol, a Bakersfield man lost control of his Camaro, and crashed into a tree. The accident...
View ArticleTruck driver found dead at Flying J truck stop
The Kern County Coroner has released the name of a truck driver who was found dead at the Flying J truck stop Saturday night. When Sheriff's deputies arrived at the truck stop on Zachary Avenue, just...
View ArticleBakersfield filmmakers to screen western movie at local theater
A story of forgiveness and going against the grain, “Redemption: For Robbing The Dead" is a tough tale to swallow."Redemption is based on a true story that took place in the Utah territory in the late...
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