KMC CEO fired, hospital over budget
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- The Kern County Board of Supervisors learned Monday KMC has a $64 million budget shortfall that's getting bigger each month. Although Supervisors did not directly blame KMC CEO Paul...
View ArticleHelping students through college application process
BAKERSFIELD,CA --Thousands of parents and students attended the fourteenth annual College Night Monday at the Rabobank Convention Center.California and out of state colleges were there to help...
View ArticleCounty Supervisors to discuss animal shelter location
BAKERSFIELD, CA - The Kern County Board of Supervisors could decide on a new location for the animal shelter, in a closed meeting Tuesday morning. The community rallied to adopt as many animals as...
View ArticleDeputies use SWAT team to arrest man in Rosamond
ROSAMOND, CA -- Deputies from the Rosamond substation say they received a call Monday night to keep the peace regarding a child custody matter at an apartment located at 1332 Rosamond Blvd. During the...
View ArticlePrivate investment firm to buy Fresh & Easy
LOS ANGELES, CA -- A private investment firm announced Tuesday that it will buy Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market. The Yucaipa Companies LLC, says is it purchasing Fresh & Easy Neighborhood...
View ArticlePresident's speech
WASHINGTON, DC -- From MSNBC.COM. President Barack Obama will tell the nation Tuesday night that he is pursuing a last-minute Russian proposal to remove chemical weapons from Syria, and will argue...
View ArticlePolice arrest man suspected of human trafficking, assault, sexual assault
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield Police have arrested a man suspected of human trafficking, physical assault and sexual assault. On Monday, September 9, at approximately 10:20 p.m., Bakersfield Police...
View ArticlePolice describe sexual assault suspect
UPDATE: BAKERSFIELD, CA -- The Bakersfield Police Department released a suspect composite Wednesday morning of the man wanted for a sexual assault in Northwest Bakersfield near Brimhall and Coffee...
View ArticleSupervisors fire animal control director
BAKERSFIELD, CA-- Kern County Supervisors dropped a bombshell of their own Tuesday firing Animal Control Director Jen Woodard less than one year after she took the job.The supervisors also voted to...
View ArticleWinning Mega Millions ticket sold in Bakersfield
A winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1.5 million was sold at a south Bakersfield convenience store.The winning ticket matched five of the six numbers for Tuesday's drawing, minus the Mega ball...
View ArticleWounded Heroes Fund prepares to build home for wounded veteran
BAKERSFIELD,CALIF.- Thanks to community support, wounded veteran Lance Corporal Jeremiah Thein will soon have a new home."By building that house for him and his family, we're able to give him that...
View ArticlePolice looking for help finding robbery suspect
Bakersfield Police need your help identifying a suspect wanted for robbery. On July 26, 2013, at approximately 5:07 p.m., a cab driver drove the suspect to the 800 block of 34th Street. When the...
View ArticlePolice investigating golf club assault in central Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Police are looking for a man who beat another man with a golf club and stole his car Wednesday morning. It happened on H Street about 9:00 a.m. Police say the 52-year-old victim...
View ArticleHome built for local veteran wounded in Afghanistan
BAKERSFIELD, CA - The Wounded Heroes Fund and local officials broke ground Wednesday morning on a home for a local veteran who lost both his legs in Afghanistan. Jeremiah Thein's life changed in April...
View ArticleBakersfield Police looking for third suspect in series of robberies
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield Police have made two arrests in connection with two bank robberies and one attempt bank robbery. The investigation led officers to the identification of three suspects...
View ArticleAttorney: DNA taken from murder suspect
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- According to her attorney, Kern County Sherifff's deputies took more DNA from Leslie Chance, the woman deputies say killed her husband. Kyle Humphrey said detectives requested a...
View ArticleCounty animal control chooses temporary director
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Kern County Animal Control has a new active director following the termination of Jen Woodard. County officials say the decision will not affect shelter duties and all animals will...
View ArticleRiders hit the road for 9/11
SHAFTER, CA -- Here in Kern County, hundreds of motorcycle riders hit the road to remember the lives lost on this date 12 years ago.Some even traveling from out of state to be a part of this annual...
View ArticleLocal high school staff to address concussions
Bakersfield-- As football season begins in earnest this school year, it's the high school coaches and staff going back and hitting the books. They're studying the dangers of traumatic brain injury and...
View ArticleDeadly motorcycle crash in South Bakersfield
A motorcycle rider died in a crash with a vehicle Wednesday night in South Bakersfield.Bakersfield police say it happened just before 10 p.m. at the intersection of Planz Road and South H Street....
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