Fireworks and the drought
BAKERSFIELD, CA - All fireworks can cause a fire, especially during our drought. That is why many are asking if an outright ban could be coming to Kern County. Supporters of a ban say fireworks are...
View ArticlePolice: Man on bicycle accused of sexual battery
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield police need your help finding a man they say is accused of sexual battery. Police say on Tuesday morning, a 51-year-old woman was walking northbound in the 5000 block...
View ArticlePolice seek man, woman suspected of theft
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield police are looking for two people they say removed goods from a Lowe's shopping cart from a victim who was distracted. Police say On June 12, the man and woman were in...
View ArticlePolice seek charges for woman who made up rape story
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Bakersfield Police say they are recommending the District Attorney file charges against a woman suspected of making a false police report of rape Wednesday night.Officers say the...
View ArticleTwo girls held hostage, claim rape by Bakersfield man
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Two teenage girls are back in the care of their parents after police say, they were held hostage and raped for several days. Their alleged attacker is now in custody after one of the...
View ArticleGirl says she was held hostage, raped by Bakersfield man
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Two teenage girls are back in the care of their parents after police said one of them was held hostage and sexually assaulted for several days. Their alleged attacker is now in...
View ArticleElderly man kicked out of home
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Senator Andy Vidak is asking the community to join him in helping an elderly east Bakersfield man get back into his home and back on his feet. Herbert Jackson was kicked out of...
View ArticleEleven wastewater wells near Bakersfield to be shut down
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- State regulators have ordered seven independent oil producers to shut down eleven wastewater disposal wells near Bakersfield.Officials with the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal...
View ArticleUpdate: Police arrest man suspected of sexual assault
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield police say Officer George Vasquez noticed a man who looked similar to the composite sketch in the area of Oak and Sunset Streets Friday. Carlos Delgado, 26, of...
View ArticleTwo young children nearly drown at the Park at Riverwalk
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Two young children nearly drowned at the Park at River Walk Friday after going into the water. The boy and girl, both four years old, were rescued by a good samaritan and a family...
View ArticleA hero's home
BAKERSFIELD, CA - What better way to celebrate our independence than to welcome a local hero home. Lance Corporal Jeremiah Thein is in his new custom built, Bakersfield house made possible by the...
View ArticlePedestrian killed trying to help injured dog
A Pasadena woman was hit and killed Friday in Lost Hills. It happened just after 9 p.m. on Highway 46 and Martin Avenue.The California Highway Patrol says 50-year-old Kristine Reiser was standing near...
View ArticleShafter man shot, killed in BMW
A homicide investigation is underway in Shafter.Police say just after 2:30 Sunday morning, officers found a black BMW parked on Riverside street.Shafter police say 37-year-old Phillip Rocha was inside,...
View ArticleIllegal fireworks hotline receives more than 750 calls
BAKERSFIELD,CA- Remnants of fireworks are left in neighborhoods across Bakersfield. The fireworks were some of the same type of fireworks that kept many Kern County residents up throughout the...
View ArticleKern County residents divided on immigration debate
BAKERSFIELD,CA--A record number of undocumented children streaming across the border unaccompanied has some Kern County residents split."Who sent the kids over here. Adults," said Bakersfield resident...
View ArticleWoman convicted of hitting, killing another woman, accepts more jail time
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- A Bakersfield woman convicted of hitting and killing another woman on a motorcycle turned down supervised probation Monday and instead accepted more jail time.Prosecutors said Anna...
View ArticleSupervisor Perez seeking household item donations for elderly resident
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Supervisor Leticia Perez is seeking donations for Herbert Jackson, an 85-year-old man whose home was deemed unlivable because of water and power outages. Mr. Jackson purchased the...
View ArticleKern County injection wells shut down
KERN COUNTY - Seven Kern County oil companies experienced a setback in production Monday. The Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources shut down eleven injection wells at noon for fear they could...
View ArticlePaying the price of illegal fireworks
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Many people are paying the price for their holiday weekend. Firefighters wrote dozens of tickets for illegal fireworks. And now, investigators are looking for the person who shot one...
View ArticleMan stabbed outside Oildale bar
BAKERSFIELD, CA- A 30-year-old man is in stable condition Tuesday morning after sheriff's deputies said he was stabbed outside a bar in Oildale.Deputies responded to a report of a stabbing at the...
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