Trial continues over Community Recycling facility near Lamont
LAMONT - A decision has been continued on whether Community Recycling near Lamont should shut down. The case went to trial Wednesday, nearly two years after two employees died at the composting...
View ArticleYoung Bakersfield motocross star gets national attention
BAKERSFIELD - Bakersfield is getting a shoutout thanks to a young motocross star. Eight-year-old Ryder Difrancesco was featured in a GoPro video called "Tikes on Bikes" taken at a race in Las Vegas in...
View ArticleMurder victim's car returned to wife
BAKERSFIELD - A murder victim's vehicle is back with his wife, an elementary school principal suspected of the crime. Kyle Humphrey, Leslie Chance's attorney, says the car involved in the murder was...
View ArticleDistrict attorney looking into Bakersfield apartment fire
BAKERSFIELD - Charges may be filed against a man for blowing up his northeast Bakersfield apartment. Investigators say he may have been making drugs illegally. The Kern County District Attorney's...
View ArticleNorth High student arrested for bringing bomb on campus
OILDALE - A student at North High School faces at least one felony charge for bringing a bomb on campus Friday morning.The school was put on lockdown for about an hour and the Sheriff's bomb squad was...
View ArticleCommunity rallies around popular business owner with cancer
KERNVILLE - A local woman is getting widespread support from the community after learning less than a month ago she has stage four cancer.Carol Anderson's husband Terry, says nothing could have...
View ArticleHomicide investigation in southwest Bakersfield
The Kern County Sheriff's Department is investigating a homicide in southwest Bakersfield, after a woman's body was found inside a burnt-out garage Saturday morning.Bakersfield Police say the woman's...
View ArticleVillage Fest a big success this year
It was a sold out event at the 18th annual Village Fest.The event took place at the Kern County Museum Saturday night.There were more than 60 types of beer, more than 20 wineries, and more than 30...
View ArticleFatal hit-and-run in Southeast Bakersfield
Bakersfield- A pedestrian was hit and killed Sunday night in Southeast Bakersfield bringing the total to 27 deaths in Kern County. California Highway Patrol officers say it happened around 11 p.m. at...
View ArticleIn-custody death ruled accidental
Bakersfield- The Coroner says a 25-year-old Bakersfield man who died in the custody of sheriff's deputies in June succombed to meth intoxication. The coroner says the cause of Wilfredo ramos' death...
View ArticleLocal peace protest against military strikes on Syria
A vigil will be held Monday night in Downtown Bakersfield as part of a peace protest against military strikes on Syria. The vigil starts at 7 p.m. at the intersection of Truxtun and Chester avenues....
View ArticleBakersfield residents wake up to smell of hay fire
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Bakersfield residents woke up Monday morning to haze and smoke after a reported hay fire at Cottonwood and Panama roads overnight. Kern County and Bakersfield City Fire departments...
View ArticleBakersfield Police: Search continues for bank robber
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Police say around 4:00 p.m. Saturday they responded to Chase Bank, 2680 Mount Vernon Avenue, for a bank robbery that had just occurred. Employees inside the bank stated the suspect,...
View ArticleSavage radio in Bakersfield
"KSVG 89.7 radio you're listening to reggae and I'm your boss DJ Jake.""We're a non-commercial, educational radio station, that's our class with the FCC. The radio station's here in Bakersfield are...
View ArticleAir District: Second air alert is in effect
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Valley air officials say increasing ozone levels and possible smoke impacts from lingering wildfires have prompted local air officials to declare the air basin’s second Air Alert...
View ArticleBPD: Woman sexually assaulted in northwest Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield Police are looking for a man they say sexually assaulted a woman Monday morning in northwest Bakersfield. Police say officers responded just before noon Monday morning...
View ArticlePolice release surveillance pictures of robbery suspect
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield Police say back on Monday, August 20, 2013, at approximately 8:32 PM officers respondedto the AM/PM located at 3333 Union Avenue regarding a robbery that had just...
View ArticleAutopsy reveals little in suspicious death investigation
BAKERSFIELD - An autopsy performed Monday didn't answer any questions about how a Bakersfield woman died. Bakersfield firefighters and police found the body of Clara Basta inside her burning south...
View ArticleCourt trial for Community Recycling in judge's hands
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- The trial proceedings in the county fight against Community Recycling ended with the case in the judge's hands. Judge Eric Bradshaw left the courtroom Monday evening saying he will...
View ArticleSupervisors fire KMC CEO Paul Hensler
BAKERSFIELD-Supervisors fired KMC CEO Paul Hensler Monday evening during a closed session, announcing the hospital owes the state $28 million dollars and it's losing more money every month."The Board...
View Article