Homeless cats, dogs flying to new homes
Cats and dogs will get along, when their lives depend on it. Such was the case Friday morning at epic jet center. "All of these guys are leaving." Where an epic 50 cats and dogs were loaded,...
View ArticleCould each Kern County school have an armed guard?
Kern County has about 275 schools, and there are about 619 Kern County Sheriff's deputies and 343 Bakersfield police officers. So placing an armed officer at every local school would take officers...
View ArticlePost Office denies local woman of personal mail
A local woman says the Post Office refuses to deliver her mail after she moved her curbside mailbox.Kelley McMillan said it was there for decades and needed repairs."My mailman parks on the street, he...
View ArticleSheriff's deputies discover assault rifle in home
Sheriff's deputies arrested two men Friday night, after discovering an assault rifle at a home in East Bakersfield. Deputies were called to the 1900 block of Quincy Drive for a parole search.When they...
View ArticleBakersfield's Joey Porter arrested on felony count
Bakersfield's Joey Porter, a former member of the NFL, is in custody at the downtown jail.Bakersfield police tell 17 News Porter was arrested during a routine traffic stop just before ten Friday night...
View ArticlePolice continue search for hit-and-run driver
Bakersfield police are still looking for a hit-and-run driver who killed a local mother Thanksgiving night.33-year-old Buffy Mitchell was crossing East Brundage Lane, just west of Mount Vernon when she...
View ArticleSpecial gift for brother of two murdered bail bondsmen
The brother of two bail bondsmen who were murdered several months ago, got a very special Christmas surprise Monday morning. A Bakersfield man delivered a $700 watch to the teen who has been through so...
View ArticleHundreds of kids get toys at homeless center giveaway
It was Black Friday at the Bakersfield Homeless Center. The one day of the holiday season when its store room turns into Toys”R”Us.Close to 800 families were lined up around the homeless center on...
View ArticleLast-minute shoppers pack local stores
Christmas Day is coming quickly. Last-minute shoppers are scrambling to get gifts by St. Nick's deadline."I do it early every year, but this is the year that I didn't do it early," says Lori Ruiz, who...
View ArticleShoppers pack mall until the final hour
'Tis the season to go shopping, many stores in Bakersfield’s Valley Plaza Mall are slashing prices to bring customers in."For me there are good prices today because I went to Tulare too to check the...
View ArticleFamilies celebrate true meaning of Christmas
Many people make church a priority on Christmas Day. It's the one place that some feel serves as the basis for the holiday celebration."I needed to come to church, you know it's almost like you don't...
View ArticleCar crashes into apartment
It was a frightening end to the Christmas Day holiday for one Bakersfield family after a car crashed into their apartment. The accident happened around 5:30 Tuesday evening in the 3600 block of...
View ArticlePassenger leads police on car chase
Bakersfield police pulled over a car for a traffic violation Christmas Day and the passenger jumped into the driver seat and took off. It happened just before 2:00 Tuesday afternoon at North...
View ArticleLocal family feeds the needy in Old Town Kern
Christmas came bright and early for some needy families in our community. A Bakersfield family has made it their mission to give back to the less fortunate every Christmas.The Vallejo family handed...
View ArticlePresident George H.W. Bush in intensive care
HOUSTON (AP) - A spokesman says former President George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital.Bush's spokesman, Jim McGrath, said Wednesday evening that the former president...
View ArticleTravelers feeling the effects of storms
Travelers are feeling the effects of a storm as it moves to the northeast. Blizzard warnings are holding up flights across the country. More than 1,000 flights have been cancelled nationwide, and more...
View ArticleContact 17 News: Thief steals Christmas package, caught on camera
A Bakersfield family is warning anyone who will listen after their security cameras caught a man stealing a package off their doorstep on Christmas Eve.What is supposed to be a time to give, quickly...
View ArticleDriver killed in head-on collision
According to the CHP, holiday traffic and the rain may been to blame for a deadly head-on crash on Interstate 5. The crash happened after 4 p.m yesterday, just north of Lerdo Highway.Officials say a...
View ArticleTournament holds hope for at-risk youth
A local foundation holds a basketball tournament called Hoops of Hope for at risk youth. Wednesday night was the third year the Wendale Davis Foundation hosted the tournament. Twenty two teams of...
View ArticleEnd of longtime Bakersfield business
It's the end of another longtime Bakersfield business. Green Frog Market is officially closing up shop. The grocery store closed their Columbus Street location in November 2011, but their Alta Vista...
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