DATE: Friday, July 18th
TIME: 4:00PM – 6:00PM
LOCATION: 1850 West St – Porterville

The California Highway Patrol will launch a statewide Holiday Enforcement Period for the July 4 weekend. Beginning at 6:01 p.m. Thursday and continuing through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, all available CHP officers will be out in full force, focusing on impaired, distracted and aggressive drivers. During a recent statewide crackdown in June, CHP officers issued nearly…… read more
A Bakersfield man faces two years in prison after pleading no contest to two felony charges in connection to a deadly hit and run crash five years ago. Roman Bernal, 28, pleaded no contest Tuesday to vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and hit and run causing death. Police say Bernal struck a pedestrian who was…… read more
Two people are facing charges after a traffic stop in Delano leads to a drug and gun bust. Officers pulled over a VW Beetle in the 1800 block of Garces Highway June 27 during a targeted operation where they report finding methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and a ghost gun. Luis Rojas, 34, and Elisavet Gamino, 32,…… read more
Kern County firefighters tackled a two-alarm fire at a poultry farm near Wasco. Flames broke out at around 2:20 Tuesday afternoon at Central Valley Eggs near Highway 46 and Gun Club Road. 41 first responders rolled out to the three-story building where all the employees got out safely and no chickens were hurt. No firefighters…… read more
The 2025 Stand Up to Cancer fundraiser will be hosted by Sheryl Crow and feature Dolly Parton, and is set to be broadcast from Nashville for the first time on August 15. This one-hour special will take place at The Pinnacle, a new 4,500 capacity venue in Music City, and will bring together musicians, celebrities,…… READ MORE
Lainey Wilson’s new single, “Somewhere Over Laredo,” creatively references Judy Garland’s iconic song, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” just with a modernized, countrified touch on The Wizard of Oz classic. Wilson co-wrote the track with Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, and Dallas Wilson, with the original composers of Dorothy’s tender anthem, Harold Arlen and E.Y. “Yip” Harburg,…… READ MORE