Contact 17 News Investigation: Shopping carts pile up in east Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, CA - In a Contact 17 News Investigation, hundreds of shopping carts are piling up in east Bakersfield. Residents say they're unsightly and unsafe. County Code Compliance is working to get...
View ArticlePlaying it safe on the Kern River
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A sobering reminder to play it safe this Memorial Day from the Kern County Search and Rescue Team. On Friday, they updated the number on the sign leading up to the Kern River, adding...
View ArticleDistrict Attorney to review David Silva case
BAKERSFIELD, CA - The Kern County District Attorney's office will conduct an independent review into the death of 33-year-old David Silva. It will be the third investigation into Silva's in-custody...
View ArticleJudge keeps sentences the same in elderly couple murder case
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A Bakersfield judge ruled Friday afternoon not to change the sentences of two men convicted of murdering an elderly couple in 2008.81-year-old Joseph Parrott and his 77-year-old wife,...
View ArticleFlags placed on graves at Bakersfield National Cemetery
Bakersfield, CA -- A few hundred people gathered at the Bakersfield National Cemetery Saturday morning, to place flags at the graves of our fallen service members. It's an annual tradition community...
View ArticleTwo dead, 2 wounded at northeast Bakersfield house party
Bakersfield, Ca. --A Memorial Day weekend party ended with a shooting and two people dead, including a local teenager. Flowers and candles mark the spot where the shooting happened just before 1:30...
View ArticleKern River Blue Star Moms pay tribute to fallen soldiers
Bakersfield, CA - This Memorial Day, mom's of service members are gathering to honor those who've lost a child in the military. Blue Star Mothers of America is a group for moms of service members. The...
View ArticleSuspicious fire destroys southeast Bakersfield home
Bakersfield, Ca. --Arson investigators say they're looking into a fire that destroyed an abandoned house in southeast Bakersfield Monday morning. According to the Kern County Fire Department the call...
View ArticleHonoring service men and women on Memorial Day
BAKERSFIELD, CA - On the morning of Memorial Day, people gathered at Greenlawn Cemetery in southwest Bakersfield. Local leaders, veterans, and their families gathered to show their respect to those...
View ArticleFriends remember two young men shot and killed at party
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Friends came together in east Bakersfield on Memorial Day to raise money to help bury two young men, shot to death at a party over the weekend.Four people were shot in the early...
View ArticleFireworks returning to the Bakersfield College skies
BAKERSFIELD, CA - The fireworks will return to the skies above Bakersfield College this Fourth of July. After a four year absence, Vision Corps and Canyon Hills Church is putting on "I Love America -...
View ArticleLocal expert says communication is key to managing money in relationships
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Relationships can be challenging on their own, but throw in finances and for some couples that can create turmoil. One local expert says it's all about communication. When dealing...
View ArticleLocal woman found dead in North Carolina motel room
Bakersfield, Ca.--Rubi Estefania Smith, from Bakersfield, was the wife of Esteban Smith, a 23-year-old marine who died Sunday in a gunfight with Texas Police.Esteban Smith was stationed at Camp...
View ArticleStay at Lerdo costs more than Marriott
It used to be called the Honor Farm, but Lerdo jail is becoming more dangerous by the day - and more expensive, too - according to a new report by the Kern County Grand Jury.On average, it costs 129...
View ArticleFireworks return to Bakersfield College for the Fourth of July
BAKERSFIELD, CA - The blasts from the past are in Bakersfield's future for the first time in four years for the Fourth of July. "We didn't get the approval for this year until March the first. So, we...
View ArticleAffordable Care Act could cost Kern County millions
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Kern County will soon be feeling the impacts of the Affordable Care Act. Administrators say a provision mandating insurance be offered for temporary employees could cost the county...
View ArticleHighland High School to honor Derrick Duff at graduation
BAKERSFIELD, CA - As seniors prepare for graduation, Highland High School is using the ceremony to pay tribute to one of its own. Eighteen year old Derrick Duff, jr. was killed in a car crash on the...
View ArticlePolice investigating early morning shooting in southwest Bakersfield
A woman is in the hospital with major injuries after a shooting early Wednesday morning in southwest Bakersfield. Witnesses called police shortly before 6:00 a.m. about a man seen in the 4300 block of...
View ArticleLocal Marine’s rampage leaves three dead, six wounded
Staff and NBC reports The Marine Gulf War veteran killed by police after a shooting spree in Texas once was a Kern County honor student known for his passion about the Second Amendment, guns and the...
View ArticleAnkle monitor law passes Senate
BAKERSFIELD, CA - A proposed bill to put parolees who remove their ankle monitors back in prison has passed the state Senate and is headed to Assembly.Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood and former...
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