Fire at southwest Bakersfield apartment complex displaces residents
More than a dozen people are without a place to live after flames erupted from a large southwest Bakersfield apartment complex early Tuesday morning.Flames were shooting from the roof of one of the...
View ArticleLocal non-profit that helps veterans, says it was ripped off
A local veterans non-profit is scrambling to recover after they say they got scammed.Jeremy Staat says his foundation began hiring staff and launching programs after accepting a $120,000 grant.But,...
View ArticleFree HIV testing offered on Union Avenue
BAKERSFIELD, CA - About 1,900 Kern County residents are currently living with HIV or AIDS, according to the state department of public health. Now, a local organization is reaching out to a high risk...
View ArticleContact 17 News: Local business to shut down following raid
A Bakersfield man says he's having to shut down his business, following a raid by the Kern County Sheriff's Department last month.David Zachary says deputies seized some of his property saying it was...
View ArticleCity trying to remove homeless camps along Kern River
A stake is pounded into dry riverbed-- marking a homeless camp. The yellow sign attached says the people living there must move out. Robert Castro and his wife Jessica, got one Wednesday morning. "I...
View ArticlePurple Heart reunited with WWII recipient's family
From the side of the road in Bakersfield to east Texas, a lost Purple Heart found by local veterans has finally been returned. Tuesday a duo from Kern County personally delivered the medal to the...
View ArticleReal Heroes: Law enforcement hero
As Senior Deputy Paul Hinkle headed to work on January 6, 2012, he had no idea the danger he would face that day."I turned my radio on and I could hear there was a pursuit in the desert." Deputy...
View ArticleBeginning Phases of Isabella Dam project underway
LAKE ISABELLA, CA - The beginning phases to repair the Lake Isabella Dam are underway, in an effort to avoid a potential disaster. The Army Corps of Engineers began planning work on the area after it...
View ArticleBuckaroos reunion at Crystal Palace
Terry Christoffersen retired from The Buckaroos last year, but was back at the Crystal Palace Wednesday night. He played electric guitar, pedal steel and banjo for Buck Owens for 25 years, and came...
View ArticleReal Heroes: Animal rescue hero
At least three days a week, this is where you'll find Carol Parks, playing with and caring for the hundreds of dogs at the Kern County Animal Shelter. "It doesn't matter the size, the color or breed,...
View ArticleMobile home fire in south Bakersfield
Firefighters tear into a burning mobile home on South Union Avenue. It's too much to take for the woman who called this place home for the last 6 years. In the red jacket, she cries, not wanting to...
View ArticleArizona plane crash has roots in Kern County
WIKIEUP, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities say a woman is dead and a man and teenage boy seriously injured after a small plane made an emergency landing near Wikieup in northwestern Arizona.Mohave County...
View ArticleTehachapi celebrates ground breaking for new hospital
For more than a decade, residents in Tehachapi have pushed for a new hospital, hoping to replace the current facility they say is old and overcrowded.But, now they have something to look forward to,...
View ArticleCampus Park residents: New neighbor terrorizes street
From a quiet cul de sac to a place police now frequent, a southwest Bakersfield neighborhood said they are living in fear as large parties rage outside their doors. But the woman throwing the parties...
View ArticleMaster Songwriter Series seminar and concert
Every hit song starts with one thing - a songwriter. American Sound Recording Studio is bringing professionals and amateurs together to create some beautiful music in Bakersfield. This weekend, about...
View ArticleLead may help solve girl's disappearance
Detectives say they received a tip last month that someone posted in the online community 4chan about the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl named Yamileth.Investigators checked their records and...
View ArticleReal Heroes: Community partner hero
They are there for you in your time of need. Hall Ambulance paramedics and EMT's respond to emergency calls every day. But, their work isn't limited to medical care. The nearly 400 employees of Hall...
View ArticlePolice looking for suspect's vehicle in deadly shooting of teen
Bakersfield Police say there have been no arrests, five days after a teenager was shot and killed in south Bakersfield. Fourteen-year-old Luis Angel Garcia Pacheco was shot around midnight on March 25...
View ArticleWorshipers gather for Good Friday
Many Christians took time out of their day to celebrate Good Friday, a day they believe Jesus was crucified.From Bakersfield, to the Holy Land, worshipers gathered to observe the death of Jesus Christ....
View ArticleFrom homeless to hopeful: Jobs give couple new lives
From living on the streets to loving life, a homeless couple says the Bakersfield Homeless Center's jobs program has turned their life around. With more job opportunities to clean littered highways on...
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