Family says 14-year CHP veteran committed suicide
A 14-year California Highway Patrol veteran is the victim of Thursday night's shooting in northwest Bakersfield.Officer Denny Drummond was a two-time cancer survivor, according to friends. They said...
View ArticleBomb scare at North High School forces students to evacuate
A bomb scare forced the evacuation of hundreds of students at North High School in Bakersfield Friday afternoon but authorities say the suspicious device turned out to be a harmless plumber's...
View ArticleLocal volunteers remodel home for needy family
It may not look like much now inside this Southwest Bakersfield home, but the dozens of volunteers remodeling it say give it some time."I can tell you that in a couple of months, this place is going...
View ArticleLamont family reunited with stolen pony
The Manriquez family couldn't keep their hands off their pet pony Shadow. It has been nine days since they've last seen her."Someone took her away,” says 4-year-old Koen Manriquez.The night after...
View ArticleDuchess Kate is pregnant with first child
By Eun Kyung Kim, NBC TODAYPrince William Kate Middleton are expecting an heir to the throne, the British royal family announced Monday.The recurrent headline had become increasingly persistent in...
View ArticleMissing plane found, no survivors
The search for a missing pilot from Bakersfield and his passengers has come to an end. The small plane that took off from Shafter a week ago was found Sunday in Utah and there are no survivors.Family...
View ArticleMan arrested after nine hour SWAT standoff
A man has been arrested, following a nine hour SWAT standoff in west Bakersfield. The Sheriff's Department was called to the one thousand block of Butterfly Lane early Sunday morning near Brimhall and...
View ArticleCentral valley areas protesting prison realignment funding
Fresno County is joining a growling list of central valley areas protesting prison realignment funding. Last month, Kern supervisors voted to ask the state for more money to handle the increase in...
View ArticleLocal veteran killed in car crash in Oklahoma
A local Army veteran has been killed in a car accident in Oklahoma. Jennifer Gadberry-Williams, 31, is a graduate of Stockdale High School. For years, she served on the front lines as a combat medic...
View ArticleTeen stabbed in the head with a screwdriver
A teen is recovering after being stabbed in the head with a screwdriver. Sheriff's deputies say they found the 19-year-old victim in the 12 hundred block of Padre Street at Cottonwood Road in...
View ArticleRetired teacher feels he's paying the price for his former district's mistake
A retired teacher says he's paying the price for a mistake the Delano Joint Union High School District made. Gerald Saunders says the district reported more than his base salary to the state when he...
View ArticleDignity Health and CBCC partner to treat cancer patients
Memorial and Mercy Hospitals, along with the Comprehensive Blood and Cancer Center, are partnering to give cancer patients services at each medical center. This will allow the healthcare providers to...
View ArticleMemorial service for CHP officer
A memorial service will be held this Friday for the CHP officer, who died last week.A Coroner's report released Sunday afternoon said Denny Drummond's death was suicide. He was found shot in the head...
View ArticleTraining for wind energy jobs
If you're a job seeker looking to break into the renewable energy field, you may be told you're not qualified. But getting the skills you need may not be as hard as you think, especially if you're a...
View ArticleRestaurant known for feeding the hungry is closing
A long-time family-owned restaurant, known for feeding the needy during the holiday season, is closing one of its locations.The owners of Clay's Restaurants, have decided to shut its California Avenue...
View ArticleKeene residents upset over water rate hike proposal
Leeanna Davis and her husband Jim moved to Keene one year ago. They recently removed their dishwasher and take two-minute showers to conserve water.“We save rain water and dish water and so forth to...
View ArticleKern County court case load expected to increase
Kern County courts will be handling thousands of extra cases starting this summer due to prison realignment. That's because parole violation hearings will now be held in court rather than in the jail....
View ArticleExtreme morning sickness
Morning sickness is something pretty common for pregnant women but imagine being so sick you can't keep anything down and you are worried about the health of your baby. That severe condition affects...
View ArticleNew type of theft on the rise locally and nationally
There is a new crime alert for you if you own an SUV - thieves are breaking into vehicles to steal the third row of seats. The seats then turn up for sale online on sites like eBay and it's a costly...
View ArticleLocal farming family shares its success with Memorial Hospital
An immigrant family living the American dream, is sharing its success with Memorial Hospital. The Munger family of Munger Farms in Delano, announced Wednesday they are donating $2 million to create an...
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