A judge has sided with the City of Bakersfield, giving the green light for a new $40 million Veterans Affairs clinic. The project has been tied up in court for several years. Two groups challenged the city over concerns about disturbing Kit Fox habitats, but on Tuesday, a Kern County judge rejected their claims. The…… Read More
A 19-year-old man will spend four years in prison for assaulting a customer at a central Bakersfield fast food restaurant. Quintin Flight was sentenced Monday after pleading no contest to charges of assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism after he threw a large rock at a man in a pickup in the drive-thru at…… Read More
The California Highway Patrol will hold a DUI and driver license checkpoint this weekend in an unincorporated area of Bakersfield. The checkpoint runs Saturday from 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. Sunday. Officers will check for signs of impairment and for valid licenses. The CHP says checkpoints help prevent crashes and save lives. Nearly 3,000 people…… Read More
CBS — At least 82 people are dead and at least 41 more are missing after devastating flash floods slammed Texas Hill Country, with water rescues taking place along the Guadalupe River, which rose rapidly early Friday morning to the height of a two-story building. Almost a dozen are still missing from Camp Mystic in Kerr…… Read More
An inmate at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano died after being found in his cell with serious injuries. Prison authorities are investigating the death Friday morning of Fernando Camarillo-Cervantes, 22, as a homicide. Staff reported seeing Camarillo-Cervantes on the floor of his cel with Albert Gonzalez, 50, allegedly standing inside the cell nearby. Gonzalez…… Read More
A 7-year-old boy is safe after being abducted in Ridgecrest. An Amber Alert issued Friday afternoon said the child was believed to be traveling in an SUV driven by Michael Abbott, 42. Police sent an update within an hour of the alert to say the child had been found and that Abbot had been arrested.…… Read More
CBS Washington — President Trump is bringing pomp and circumstance to his signing of the “big, beautiful bill” on Friday, with a 4 p.m. Independence Day ceremony at the White House. Some Republican members of Congress who voted to pass the legislation are expected to attend, as the president puts his signature on his sweeping…… Read More
A woman was shot during an officer-involved shooting in southwest Bakersfield. It happened around 8:30 p.m. Thursday when the woman charged toward Bakersfield police officers responding to reports of an assault outside the Walmart Supercenter in the 5000 block of Gosford Road. Police say the shooting occurred when the woman brandished a large hunting knife.…… Read More
A 54-year-old man is in custody for allegedly grabbing a child at a southwest Bakersfield convenience store. Bakersfield police report Tino Ibach was arrested July 1 after he allegedly grabbed the child’s hands inside the store in the 3600 block of Stockdale Highway on June 30. The child’s mother stepped in and confronted Ibach, who…… Read More
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
