Staff shortage takes toll on fire dispatchers
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Officials at the Emergency Communications Center say it's hard to put a finger on the staff shortage problem---perhaps it's a confluence of factors."This is a job you can only do...
View ArticleState Water Project Allocations
For the first time ever, Kern County will receive no water from the state water project. It's bad news for growers and cities like Bakersfield that depend on the this resource. The water we're talking...
View ArticleGenetic screening may be mandatory in California
SACRAMENTO, CA -- ALD is a disorder that affects mostly boys. It causes deterioration in the brain, nerves and adrenal glands. On Thursday, families who live with the condition joined lawmakers in...
View ArticleStolen items found in body, car found in canal
ARVIN, CA - We're learning more about the death of an Arvin teenager found floating in a canal Tuesday. Sheriff's detectives now say they found stolen property in the car that was found in that same...
View ArticleFamily remembers teen killed by hit-and-run driver
BAKERSFIELD, CA - It has been three years since a Bakersfield teenager was hit and killed behind a local hospital. Police say 16-year-old Victoria Peterson was walking to school when she was hit by a...
View ArticleWinter dance held for special needs students
BAKERSFIELD, CA - It's a right of passage for most teens... getting to go to a school dance. Friday night, students at the Valley Achievement Center in Bakersfield celebrated at their own winter...
View ArticleKHSD seeks public input on new superintendent
BAKERSFIELD,CA- After 10 years as the Kern High School District's Superintendent, Dr. Don Carter announced last month that he will be retiring. The district's board of trustees wants your suggestions...
View ArticleBoy riding bike hit, killed by car in Southwest Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, CA- The Kern County Coroner has identified an 11-year-old boy hit and killed by a car when he was riding his bike in Southwest Bakersfield.. The accident happened around 7:45 p.m. Sunday....
View ArticleSuper Bowl ads with Kern County connection
BAKERSFIELD, CA- A puppy and it's bond with the Budweiser Clydesdale stole the show Sunday night during the Super Bowl ads, which had a big Kern County connection. The spot was shot on a horse farm in...
View ArticlePolice searching for man wanted for petty theft
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield Police need your help identifying and locating a man wanted for petty theft and grand theft auto. Police say on January 13, 2014, at 1:52 p.m. the suspect, described as...
View ArticleCal-OSHA wraps up investigation of plant implosion
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- It's been six months to the day the PG&E implosion went horribly wrong and nearly cost a civilian spectator his leg. On Monday Cal-OSHA finished its investigation on what went...
View ArticleGarces High School begins search for new principal
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Garces Memorial High School is looking for a new prinicpal for the next school year. The superintendent of catholic schools announced Monday that Garces Principal Kathleen Bears...
View ArticleLocal boy uses wish to save lives
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A local boy living with a rare disease is trying to enlist President Obama's help to spot the disease at birth. He hopes mandatory newborn genetic testing can save hundreds of...
View ArticleSupected drunk drivers in court to face murder charges
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Two men accused of taking three lives in separate drunk driving crashes, appeared in court Monday morning. A pregnant woman, her unborn child and a six-month-old baby were killed last...
View ArticleDeadly wrong-way crash on Highway 58
BAKERSFIELD, CA- A man was killed when driving the wrong-way on Highway 58 and crashing head-on with a tow truck. The accident happened around 5:30 p.m. Monday at Bealeville Road, just east of...
View ArticleRare form of cancer that's difficult to diagnose
"There were no symptoms before, during and after," says Carol Porter, patient. Unbeknownst to Carol Porter - she had a neuroendocrine tumor... cancer. She had no idea until she went to see a GI...
View ArticleDeputies searching for child molestation suspect
GLENNVILLE, CA - The sheriff's department needs your help locating William Bethe. Deputies say Bethe has an outstanding warrant charging lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14,...
View ArticleBakersfield Police: Man steals refrigerator from home
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield Police need your help identifying and locating 2 men and a truck they say had been used in a residential burglary. Police say on New Year's Day, between 10:00 am and...
View ArticlePolice looking for man wanted for burglary
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield Police need your help in identifying and locating a man wanted for Burglary. Police say on January 23, 2014, between 6:50 pm and 7:30 pm, the man, described as white,...
View ArticleRadio personality fighting breast cancer
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Niki Reyes was diagnosed with cancer in 2012, when she went in for a routine mammogram to show her listeners how important it is to have one.She worked through chemo but in July she...
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