Two people treated after fire in northeast Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Two people are being treated after a fire broke out at a home on Auburn Oaks Drive in Bakersfield Monday morning.Kern County Fire trucks driving by spotted smoke, and arrived to find...
View ArticleWeather delays work on Hosking Avenue bridge
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Work to remove the Hosking Avenue Bridge in south Bakersfield will be delayed due to weather. Thomas Road Improvement officials say due to the forecast of dense fog for Monday night...
View ArticleOwner of Narducci's restaurant says he fired long-time manager Julie Crawford
BAKERSFIELD, CA.-There has been a food feud in Old Town Kern. The owner of Narducci's, a popular basque restaurant, says he fired his restaurant manager because she stabbed him in the back. Only the...
View ArticleKern County jury convicts man in a drive-by shooting
BAKERSFIELD, CA.-Kern County District Attorney Lisa Green announced a conviction in a significant murder case today. On January 12, 2015, in a case prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Joseph...
View ArticleMercy Southwest Hospital working off a backup generator due to a power outage
BAKERSFIELD, CA.-Mercy Southwest Hospital is working off a backup generator after a transformer blew yesterday afternoon and cut power. Many lights are dimmed, but patients are still being cared for....
View ArticleJudge sentences man for fatal DUI crash
BAKERSFIELD, CA - An emotional day in court for a Bakersfield family who lost their baby girl in a crash last January.Fifty-year-old Alfredo Moreno was sentenced to 23-years-to-life in prison for the...
View ArticleFree Covered California enrollment assistance
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Free help is available for those needing to enroll in Covered California for 2015. Dignity Health officials in a news release say open enrollment ends February 15, 2015.Those who...
View ArticleOil prices reached a near six year low Tuesday
Oil companies are among the top seven property tax payers in Kern County. So, when the value of their land falls, tax revenue from them does as well, which in turn drives the county's revenue down.Kern...
View ArticleNew village post office opens in northwest Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Residents in northwest and southwest Bakersfield now have two postal service facilities available for their postal needs.A U.S. Postal Service Village Post Office previously opened in...
View ArticleCCST releases report on well stimulation in California
SACRAMENTO, CA - The California Council on Science and Technology released volume I of an independent scientific assessment today, Jan. 14, on well stimulation in California.The report describes the...
View ArticleHonor Flight Kern County Unbroken screening at Maya Cinemas
Bakersfield, CA -- It was an amazing sight to welcome two theaters worth of local World War II and Korean War Veterans to Maya Cinemas in downtown Bakersfield today for a free screening of "Unbroken"....
View ArticleTehachapi police open temporary holding facility
TEHACHAPI, CA - A temporary holding facility for inmates in Tehachapi is back open. Tehachapi police say the holding facility for booking purposes, opened on Tuesday. In the past a cuffing bench was...
View ArticleDeath penalty for Oildale man convicted for two murders
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A judge has sentenced an Oildale man Wednesday to the death penalty for killing his wife and mother in law. Last month, a jury recommended the death sentence for 61-year-old Robert...
View ArticleTaft police arrest man on suspicion of meth possession
TAFT, CA - A Bakersfield man is under arrest after Taft police say he was found with more than 60 grams of suspected methamphetamine. Taft police say they were doing a traffic stop for a minor...
View ArticleCity of McFarland names new police chief
MC FARLAND, CA - The city of McFarland has a new police chief. City Manager John Wooner announced Wednesday Scot Kimble has been named the new chief. Kimble has been the interim chief since June of...
View ArticleTwo reports released today related to fracking
Bakersfield, CA -- Two important reports were released Wednesday about fracking in California, related to the passing of Senate Bill 4, the state's first effort to impose stricter restrictions on...
View ArticleLocal veterans go to screening of Unbroken
BAKERSFIELD, CA- Honor Flight Kern County brings local veterans to Washington, D.C. to see the memorials built in their honor. The organization brought together Wednesday possibly one of the largest...
View ArticleKern Astronomical Society searches for "Comet Lovejoy"
You know that if you're serious about star gazing here in Kern County, you have to get out of the valley haze and into the mountains.That is exactly why the Kern Astronomical Society invited amateur...
View ArticleAT&T workers shot at by woman
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Police have released the name of the woman accused of shooting an AT&T employee while he was on the job yesterday in south Bakersfield.According to BPD, the man was shot just...
View ArticleEarly morning power outage in central Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A power outage in central Bakersfield left 1400 people without power overnight.A PG&E representative said the outage, which began around 12:45 a.m., was due to an equipment...
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