Crime stats in Bakersfield alarm residents
BAKERSFIELD - Many homeowners in Bakersfield say they're on edge with the number of recent burglaries and break-ins.But more recently, realtors say with the amount of crime, it's hard to sell a home....
View ArticleCrabtree Report shows similarities to 2004
New numbers are out for homeowners and people looking for housing in Bakersfield. The housing market has reached a critical point in its recovery, with equity prices very similar to those during the...
View ArticleKern County child abuse awareness
BAKERSFIELD, CA - April is recognized as Child Abuse Awareness Month. The Kern County Network for Children reports more than 4,000 children were victims of abuse in 2012. A ceremony will be held...
View ArticleFatal hit and run involving a pedestrian
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A driver struck and killed a pedestrian on Niles Street in east Bakersfield between Mt. Vernon and Oswell just before 4 am Friday. Officials say the victim was a Hispanic male in his...
View ArticleCHP searching for driver who hit and killed Bakersfield teen
BAKERSFIELD, CA - The California Highway Patrol needs your help finding a hit-and-run driver who killed an 18-year-old in east Bakersfield. Officers said the teen was riding his skateboard when he was...
View ArticleSpecial needs students take part in Rafer Johnson track meet
More than 600 special needs students took a break from the classroom Friday and participated in the 40th annual Rafer Johnson track meet.Teachers say it's a day for students to put their disability...
View ArticleReal Heroes: Military Hero
On Saturday, the Kern chapter of the American Red Cross will honor ten people or groups who are real heroes in our community.This year's military hero is an alumni of West High School in Bakersfield...
View ArticleLocal volunteers recognized at Great American Cleanup
Bakersfield is looking a little more beautiful as about 3,000 people hit the streets Saturday morning to cleanup litter, plant flowers and paint over graffiti. Thousands of people gathered at Yokuts...
View ArticleMouseketeer Annette Funicello dead at 70
NBC -- Actress, singer and former Mouseketeer Annette Funicello has died at age 70, The Walt Disney Company confirmed in a statement Monday. Funicello "died peacefully from complications due to...
View ArticleKern County Sheriff: Deputy groped handcuffed woman
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Authorities arrested a Kern County Sheriff's deputy Monday for groping a handcuffed woman during a burglary investigation. Sheriff Donny Youngblood said it happened in Tehachapi two...
View ArticlePhoto prompts Health Department visit to Bakersfield restaurant
BAKERSFIELD, CA - The Public Health Department was back at the Golden Corral restaurant Monday morning after a Facebook photo went viral.Jeremy McCay snapped the cell phone photo March 3rd after, he...
View ArticleMan scheduled to appear in court on human trafficking charge
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A Stockton man is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday on charges of human trafficking. Police say Jerome Henderson forced a 13-year-old girl to take part in sexual acts in a...
View ArticleAuthorities investigating a homicide in east Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Authorities responded to a call about a man down just after 10 pm Monday on the 1500 block of Adena Street. Kern County Sheriff's officials say they found an adult male in the...
View ArticleCollege president seriously injured, grandson killed in crash
MOJAVE, CA - A college president with strong ties to Kern County was seriously injured in a deadly crash southeast of Tehachapi on Sunday.The Antelope Valley Times reports Antelope Valley College...
View ArticleJury deliberations continue in two murder cases
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Jury deliberations continue Tuesday in two separate Kern County cases. The first involves three men accused in the death of an elderly woman in a grocery store parking lot....
View ArticleFirst local female World War II veterans to go on Honor Flight
The third Honor Flight from Kern County will be wheels up this Friday. And for the first time, two local women who served in World War II will make the trip to Washington D.C. Seaman First Class Lavon...
View ArticleLocal father convicted of killing one-month-old son
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A Bakersfield man was convicted Tuesday for the murder of his one-month-old son.A jury found James Willis Johnson guilty of second degree murder, assault and felony child...
View ArticleWater woes: Rates may increase in Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Big water bill increases could soon be on the way for half of the homes in Bakersfield. California Water Service Company says it is proposing increasing rates by more than 25 percent...
View ArticleFracked oil well in Shafter under investigation
The Central Valley Water Board says Vintage Production Company may have illegally dumped waste into the ground while fracking that oil well. While the well is the only one under scrutiny right now...
View ArticleArvin We the People team headed to the national competition
ARVIN, CA - After coming in second in the state We the People competition, Arvin High School won a wildcard to represent California in the national competition.With the highest unemployment rate in...
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