COPS awards McFarland $244k grant for hiring, re-hiring police officers
MCFARLAND, Calif. - The city of McFarland was awarded $244,426 as part of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Hiring Program.McFarland was one of 12 cities...
View ArticleDignity Health, Hoffmann Hospice team up for Mercy Hospice care
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Kern County residents in need of hospice care can expect some changes soon, with a new partnership between Dignity Health and Hoffmann Hospice.The two companies announced Tuesday...
View ArticleWoman found dead in her home now determined a homicide by KCSO
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Kern County Sheriff's Office has released information about a woman found dead in her home on Sept. 18 to be a homicide.Yolanda Hernandez, 36, was found unresponsive in her...
View ArticleNew Wal-Mart opens in Oildale today
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Oildale residents won't have to go to far now to shop at Walmart with a new location opening up on North Chester.Doors opened today to the "neighborhood style" Wal-Mart at 7:30...
View ArticleCommunity discusses flu shots and whether children should be vaccinated
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - To vaccinate or not to vaccinate, that is the question that parents are asking this flu season."Yes I get it for both my children and myself and my husband; it's just a way to...
View ArticleThe family of the woman killed in a car crash with a Kern sheriff deputy has...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The family of Nancy Joyce Garrett, who was killed early morning on Sunday on Sept. 28, when a Kern County Sheriff Deputy crashed his vehicle with hers, is now suing the sheriff's...
View ArticleSecret Service Director Julia Pierson resigns
Pierson has been under fire since the White House jumper incident, raising questions security.CNBC NEWS REPORT ON JULIA PIERSON'S RESIGNATION
View ArticleSupervisors sign contract for KMC management team
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Kern County Board of Supervisors have signed a contract yesterday with an independent organization to manage Kern Medical Center. In a unanimous vote, the board added more...
View ArticleThree arrested for 10 robberies in same day
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Police have arrested three suspects who they believe were involved in a string of 10 burglaries throughout Bakersfield on the same day.Isaiah Ramos, 18, Daniel Gomez, 19, and Amber...
View ArticleThree arrested after alleged attempted burglary is caught on smartphone
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Three men were arrested in southwest Bakersfield Monday, after a homeowner witnessed one of them allegedly attempting to break into his house on his smartphone.The Bakersfield Police...
View ArticleGeorge Dean arrested for conspiracy, murder of son: Jonathan Dean
BAKERSFIELD, CA - George Dean was arrested for the murder of his son, Jonathan, Wednesday afternoon.Jonathan Saavedra Dean, 29, was shot and killed in the driver's seat of his car on Silver Dollar Way...
View ArticleBakersfield painting the town pink in October
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Bakersfield is painting the town pink in October. It's all for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.Wednesday afternoon, supporters and survivors led the 31 days of kicking cancer to the...
View ArticleFuneral for former police chief is today
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A service will be held today for former Bakersfield police chief Eric Matlock.The service is on Thursday, Oct.2 at 1 p.m. and held at Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mortuary, 9101 Kern...
View ArticleDelano's 'community effort' keeps kids in school
Of the 7,751 students who attend Delano Union School District's pre-K through eighth grade schools, 98 percent of those students went to school every day last year. In the first three months of this...
View ArticleEPA announces plan to control water pollution
FRESNO, CA - Officials with the Environmental Protection Agency will be in Fresno this morning to announce millions in spending for local infrastructure and to control water pollution.The EPA also...
View ArticleCalifornia schools to receive funds from Controller
SACRAMENTO, CA - California schools receive more than$1.3 billion in lottery funds for the year.State Controller John Chiang today announced that payments from the Lottery Education Fund were released...
View ArticleJury finds Alejandro Leon guilty of first degree murder
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A jury found Alejandro Leon guilty this morning of first-degree murder in the death of a woman whose body was found in an East Bakersfield fire pit in May.The coroner's office...
View ArticleOildale man with outstanding felony warrants arrested
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Local law enforcement officials arrested a subject wanted on outstanding felony warrants.The California Multi-Jurisdictional Methamphetamine Enforcement Team, with assistance from...
View ArticleSearch warrants result in two drug busts
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A coalition of local law enforcement agencies recently made two arrests of local suspected narcotics traffickers, seizing methamphetamine and Heroin in the busts.The first arrest was...
View ArticleFamily, friends remember retired Bakersfield police chief
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Friends, family and colleagues paid tribute Thursday to retired Bakersfield Police Chief Eric Matlock. He was buried Thursday at Hillcrest Memorial Park in east Bakersfield. The...
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