EDD: Local unemployment up slightly
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Local unemployment is up slightly from last month, but still significantly lower than the same time in 2012. The Employment Development Department reports Kern County's rate rose to...
View ArticleMinor quake rattles Isabella area
LAKE ISABELLA Â - The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake shook the Lake Isabella area Friday morning. The shallow 3.3 magnitude quake happened about 7:40 a.m. The epicenter was about 12 miles...
View ArticleMan wounded in shooting outside downtown bar
BAKERSFIELD - Police are looking for the shooter who opened fire outside a bar in downtown early Friday morning.Police say they found a man suffering from gun shot wounds to the chest on 19th and H...
View ArticlePedestrian hit and killed
BAKERSFIELD Â - A pedestrian was hit and killed Thursday night in southeast Bakersfield. CHP officers say the 59-year-old woman was crossing Cottonwood Road near Cheatham Avenue just before 10 p.m.,...
View ArticleBakersfield Police arrest suspected robber
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield Police have arrested a suspect they say robbed a woman and held her against her will, using a gun. On August 15, 2013, at approximately 12:19 p.m., Bakersfield Police...
View ArticleAuthorities looking for mother, twin girls
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- The Kern County District Attorney's Office has issued a warrant for 25-year-old Shantee Jimenez. She is accused of taking her 1-year-old twin daughters Arielle and Ava Solis July...
View ArticleHealth Department: Measles case travels through Kern County
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Kern County Public Health Services confirms a measles case that traveled through and spent the night in the county while infectious. Dr. Claudia Jonah wants to inform the public of...
View ArticleAnimal rescue officials: Bakersfield dog mutilated
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- A Bakersfield dog is scheduled for surgery after a local rescue organization says a three-year-old French Mastiff was mutilated.The dog was rescued by Marley's Mutts three weeks ago...
View ArticleAnti-immigration ad takes aim at Congressman Kevin McCarthy
BAKERSFIELD - An anti-immigration commercial is taking aim at Congressman Kevin McCarthy. The ad claims the Congressman is open to open borders and legalizing eleven million undocumented immigrants....
View ArticleBakersfield mother suspected of abducting twin daughters
BAKERSFIELD - The District Attorney's office has issued a family abduction alert.It believes one-year-old twin sisters Arielle and Ava Solis, were abducted by their mother Shantee Jimenez on July...
View ArticleBackpacks delivered to children in need
BAKERSFIELD, CA-- The Bakersfield Homeless Center handed out backpacks to disadvantage children Saturday.The event was sponsored by KGET and The Bakersfield East Rotary Club."For some of these kids...
View ArticleChild hit and killed by car
Delano police are investigating the death of a three-year-old boy struck and killed by a vehicle.The accident happened just before 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon on Cecil Avenue in Delano. Police say...
View ArticleRespected CSUB professor laid to rest
A respected Cal State Bakersfield professor was laid to rest Saturday afternoon.Dozens of family and friends gathered at Hillcrest Cemetary to celebrate and honor the life of Dr. Michael...
View ArticleLearning the ropes: French firefighter studies with KCFD
A French firefighter is back home, after volunteering at the Kern County Fire Department this summer.Fire officials say this is the first time an international woman has come to the department with a...
View ArticleDozens come together to pray before new school year
More than a hundred people gathered near the Liberty Bell in downtown Bakersfield Sunday afternoon.They came together to pray for children in our community before a new school year begins.The event was...
View ArticleLightning sparks Kern forest fires
The Kern County Fire Department was fighting at least four lightning-caused forest and brush fires west of the Kern River Valley Monday morning. The first reports started coming in a little after 9...
View ArticleKCSO Homicide Detectives investigating suspicious death
Bakersfield- Homicide detectives with the Kern County Sheriff's Department are investigating a suspicious death in East Bakersfield.Deputies were called to the 2800 block of Primera Vista Street near...
View ArticlePedestrian hit and killed in South Bakersfield
Bakersfield- A 68-year-old woman in a wheelchair was struck and killed by a vehicle Saturday afternoon in South Bakersfield.The accident happened at South Union Avenue just north of Taft Highway just...
View ArticleAir Alert in effect for back-to-school week
The first Air Alert of the season begins Monday. Air Alerts are declared Valley-wide when conditions such as increased emissions, high temperatures and stagnant air flow are favorable for ozone levels...
View ArticleLightning sparks several fires in Sequoia National Forest
LAKE ISABELLA, CA -- Officials with the Forest Service say 12 lightning caused fires have been discovered burning Monday in the Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument. The...
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