CMN mediathon underway
BAKERSFIELD, CA- KGET TV-17 is teaming up with the Children's Miracle Network to make miracles happen on 34th Street. We're helping raise money to equip the new children's emergency room at the Lauren...
View ArticlePolice investigating death of 7-month-old girl
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 7-month-old girl. Police say they were called out to a residence in the 3100 block of Stine Road...
View ArticleJudge sentences man for beating death
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- A 24-year-old man was sentenced to 29 years behind bars Wednesday morning for beating a Bakersfield woman to death with a baseball bat. Prosecutors say Travis Brown beat 39-year old...
View ArticleCitrus growers approve of 48 hour hold
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Many citrus growers and handlers are in favor of a 48-hour hold on packing fruit picked after Wednesday. They said it ensures quality of California produce. While industry experts...
View ArticlePolice officers conduct truancy sweep
BAKERSFIELD,CA- It's a knock most parents don't want to get. Police conducted a truancy sweep Wednesday morning and visited parents of students who miss school too often. With each knock, police...
View ArticleBaby's death ruled homicide by "blunt injuries"
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- The Kern County Coroner's Office has ruled the death of a 7-month-old on Thanksgiving weekend is a homicide. But as 17 News learned that does not mean the baby was...
View ArticleCMN mediathon raises over $45,000
BAKERSFIELD,CA -Thanks to your generosity, the Children's Miracle Network raised more than $45,000 at our day long mediathon Wednesday.The money benefits Bakersfield Memorial Hospital and the Lauren...
View ArticleCity Council approves BPD pay raise
BAKERSFIELD, CA- Bakersfield Police officers and detectives will be getting a small raise, but it comes with a catch. Wednesday night, the Bakersfield City Council approved a 1-year contract giving the...
View ArticleDeputy-involved shooting in Derby Acres ruled justified
BAKERSFIELD, CA- A Kern County Sheriff's Department Review Board ruled a deputy-involved shooting in Derby Acres as justified. Sheriff's Deputies got a call November 10, just after midnight, about a...
View ArticleThree dogs abandoned near Ridgecrest
BAKERSFIELD, CA- Three dogs were left for dead near Ridgecrest. Kern County Animal Control found the dogs in the desert last week, in a crate only meant for one animal, with what they first thought...
View ArticleUpdate on dogs abandoned in the desert
BAKERSFIELD, CA - Three dogs were abandoned near Ridgecrest, in a manner that has angered animal lovers and opened a criminal investigation. County animal control found the dogs in the desert, in a...
View ArticleJudge sentences man for extortion case
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- A man was sentenced to 6 years in prison Thursday morning in connection with an extortion case out of McFarland. Michael Wayne Culp was aquitted of kidnapping, torture and robbery,...
View ArticleContact 17 News: Gas bill discount
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Glen Klepic says he was trained to tell people it was free to sign up for Blue Spruce Energy. But, once you read deep into the contract, there's a 33 cent fee per day charge.The...
View ArticleKern County's unofficial Person of the Year
BAKERSFIELD,CA - On Wednesday, Time Magazine named Pope Francis as the 2013 Person of the Year. So 17 News took the streets of Bakersfield to find out who people think is Kern County's Person of the...
View ArticleEastern Kern community opposes solar, water facility
KERN COUNTY, CA -- A Los Angeles based company has its sights set on a tiny desert community in eastern Kern County for a massive solar facility.But the community worries this power won't help Kern...
View ArticleLocal students learn computer code
BAKERSFIELD, CA- Millions of kids across the nation and here in our county are learning a new skill this week -- as the "Hour of Code" project is underway. It's an effort to get students to learn at...
View Article4.1 earthquake strikes near Lost Hills
Some Kern County residents woke up to an earthquake Thursday night.. According to the U.S Geological Survey, a 4.1 earthquake struck just before midnight. It happened north west of Lost Hills, just...
View ArticlePolice searching for high-risk sex offender
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Bakersfield Police need your help finding a high-risk sex offender who has not reported to his parole officer since being released from prison.Police say Shawn Alvarez, also known...
View ArticleFormer Realtor to enter plea deal on fraud charges
FRESNO, CA -- One of the founders of the Crisp and Cole realty firm has agreed to enter a plea agreement to fraud charges. The U.S. Attorney's Office says David Crisp will plead guilty Monday to the...
View ArticleDavid Crisp takes plea deal; faces decades in prison
FRESNO, CA -- David Crisp, the alleged ringleader of a criminal conspiracy that shook the Kern County real estate market during the last housing boom, has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges...
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