Special election to be held for Bakersfield City Council seat
The debate over how the seat of former Bakersfield City Councilman Rudy Salas should be filled, is over.Council members heard from residents of Ward One Wednesday evening, before making a...
View ArticleUPDATE: Grapevine closed again Thursday afternoon
The CHP closed Interstate 5 over the Grapevine at about 4 p.m. Thursday after snow again began sticking on the mountain pass.There was no estimate of when it would re-open.The freeway was closed...
View ArticleSurveillance footage shows man who robbed bank
There are new surveillance images of the man who robbed the Chase Bank branch in Oildale Wednesday. Sheriff's deputies say the man walked into the bank on North Chester Avenue around 11:30 am and...
View ArticleTwo people shot at Taft Union High School, one arrested
Sheriff Donny Youngblood, says the shooter is 16-years-old. Youngblood says he believes the shooter and the intended victims did not get along and had run-ins before Thursday morning. And after...
View ArticleTaft teacher and campus supervisor hailed as heroes
Taft Union High School teacher Ryan Heber and campus supervisor Kim Fields, are being hailed as heroes.Sheriff Donny Youngblood says the mens' actions likely saved many lives."The heroics of these men...
View ArticlePeople turn to social media following school shooting
Following the shooting at Taft Union High School, people turned to social media for the latest information. Starting Thursday morning, our KGET Facebook and Twitter pages were overwhelmed with comments...
View ArticleUpdate: Victim in stable condition, induced coma
FRIDAY, 9:45 A.M. UPDATE:Taft High School is closed Friday as investigators continue to piece together the suspected gunman's motive.Students told 17 News 16-year-old Bowe Cleveland was critically...
View ArticleUpdate: Missing 11-year-old boy, found
Update: Arvin Police say Damian Smith has been located. Arvin Police need your help finding a missing 11-year-old boy. Damian Smith left home between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. Thursday and has not been...
View ArticleTaft students receive counseling
One by one students are let back into their classrooms, to pick up backpacks and books, things they left behind after a student opened fire first period. Class is not in session, but students lined...
View ArticleStudents foreshadowed Taft shooting on Twitter
Many students in Taft wonder if Thursday's shooting at their school could have been avoided. They point to warning signs online, long before shots were fired.As investigators continue to piece together...
View ArticleShooting threat made on Facebook, BHS students on alert
Students at Bakersfield High School were on alert Friday, after the Gang Unit with the Bakersfield Police Department found a suspicious post on Facebook. That prompted extra officers on campus and...
View ArticleDistrict Attorney to announce possible charges in Taft shooting
District Attorney Lisa Green will hold a news conference Monday morning to announce her filing decisions related to the Taft Union High School shooting.That could be whether to charge 16-year-old...
View ArticleTaft High School basketball team honors shooting victim
Dribbling and shooting are two techniques Bowe Cleveland teaches kids every Saturday at the Community Center in Taft. Bowe is a 16-year-old junior at Taft Union High School. On Thursday morning he was...
View ArticleLake Isabella toddler pronounced dead, mother and live-in boyfriend arrested
The Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of a Lake Isabella toddler as a homicide. Deputies arrested the mother and her live-in boyfriend. Around 2:30 Saturday morning, deputies were called...
View Article11 year old hit and killed on Highway 58
Investigators are trying to figure out why an 11-year-old girl was running across Highway 58 Friday night, when she was hit and killed by a driver.California Highway Patrol officers say the girl was...
View ArticleGreen Frog Market closes its doors
An east Bakersfield landmark officially closed its doors Sunday.Green Frog Market on Bernard Street and Alta Vista Drive, opened in 1934 and has been serving customers since.The owner of Green Frog...
View ArticleLake Isabella community stunned over toddler death
Pictures of the toddler Sophialynn Taylor are all over her mother, Amanda Reese’s, Facebook page. Rbut now, her little girl is gone.Early Saturday morning, sheriff's deputies were called to an...
View ArticleD.A.: Taft teen to be tried as adult in school shooting
A teen accused of opening fire at Taft Union High School Thursday and critically wounding a fellow student will be charged as an adult.District Attorney Lisa Green made the announcement at a news...
View ArticleDate set for Crisp and Cole trial
Former Realtors David Crisp and Carl Cole will go to trial in a little more than a year in connection with a mortgage fraud case, a judge ruled Monday. The trial is set for Jan. 28, 2014 in Fresno....
View ArticleSchools step up safety measures after Taft shooting
Ken Chichester oversees twelve campuses in the Greenfield Union School District. He says the district has increased its safety measures ever since the school shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary and...
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