DATE: Saturday, May 4th
LOCATION: 8306 Basalt Street
TIME: 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Testimony from a 16-year-old Bakersfield girl will likely send a 32-year-old man to prison for human trafficking. Deputy DA Janae Knallay says Rico Herring seduced the girl online and sent her a bus ticket to be with him. Knallay says Herring used the victim’s desire for a romantic relationship, which is common in trafficking cases,…… read more
A woman whose body was found in an orchard just east of State Route 43 is identified as 33-year-old Claudia Vazquez of Bakersfield. Deputies found her April 26th in the area off Superior Road and Stockdale Highway, but it’s not known how long she’d been there or how she died. An autopsy is planned. Photo…… read more
Bakersfield Police are investigating a fatal stabbing that happened early Tuesday morning on Butte Street near Tulare Street, and say a suspect has now been arrested. The victim was discovered around 2:15am following a report of a stabbing, 37-year-old Jeremy Roberts was booked on suspicion of murder. The Coroner’s Office is withholding the victim’s name…… read more
The CHP says a man who was running across the lanes of State Route 58 has died after being struck by a moving vehicle. It happened around 1:15 Saturday afternoon at Union Avenue, and the driver of the Honda stayed at the scene. That 24-year-old woman was not hurt and investigators say drugs and alcohol…… read more
The Academy of Country Music, Prime Video and Dick Clark Productions have announced the first round of artists set to perform live at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards. Country Music’s Party of the Year will feature performances by Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, and…… READ MORE
Scotty McCreery recently dropped a new single, “Lonely,” from his forthcoming album, Rise & Fall, arriving May 10. “I love a good heartbreak, honky-tonk country song, and ‘Lonely’ is definitely that,” Scotty said. “Brent [Anderson], Derek [George], Frank [Rogers], Bobby [Hamrick], Jeremy [Bussey], Monty [Criswell] and I had such a good time writing this song…… READ MORE