A 38-year-old Taft woman is dead following a crash near Elk Hills. The California Highway Patrol says an SUV crossed into oncoming traffic and hit a semi-truck head-on on Taft Highway east of Tupman Road Tuesday afternoon. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver suffered minor injuries. There’s no word on…… Read More
A 32-year-old man is behind bars after an alleged attempted murder in Lamont. Kern County Sheriffs deputies say Michael Ortiz broke into a home in the 9100 block of South Fairfax Road Tuesday morning, wrapped a blanket around the victim’s head, and stole a phone and some tools. Hours later, a call about a stolen…… Read More
The Kern County coroner has revealed the cause of death for an east Bakersfield baby. The one-month-old was found unresponsive at a home on Washington Street near Potomac Avenue in late November and died several days later at Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera. The coroner says the cause of death was blunt force trauma to…… Read More
The City of Bakersfield has received a $22.8 million grant to address substance abuse in Bakersfield and Kern County. The grant from the State of California’s Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure allows the city and county to join efforts to create a 65-bed substance use treatment facility for adults and perinatal women. In February, the Bakersfield…… Read More
A person with signs of trauma was found dead inside a vehicle near Wasco. Kern County Sheriff’s deputies responded around 9 a.m. Tuesday to the area of Dresser and Western avenues where the man was pronounced dead at the scene. No suspects have been identified or arrested. Anyone with information is asked to call the…… Read More
A DUI checkpoint lands four Bakersfield drivers in jail. Police made the arrests Friday night in the 2400 block of Union Avenue. Twenty eight people got tickets for driving without a license and five drivers were cited for for driving on a suspended license. Out of 1,204 vehicles which passed through the checkpoint, fourteen drivers…… Read More
Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood announced Monday he’s supporting Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco for California governor. Bianco announced his candidacy in February. Bianco is a Republican who blames the state’s problems such as soaring gas prices, high crime rates, and uncontrolled homelessness on Democrats. Bianco has been the sheriff of Riverside County since 2018.…… Read More
A Bakersfield man has pleaded guilty to shining a laser at a Kern County Sheriff’s helicopter. Federal prosecutors say Brett Hair, 23, struck the aircraft at least fifteen times while it flew near Meadows Field Airport last September. Deputies tracked the laser to a home where Hair allegedly aimed the beam directly into the cockpit.…… Read More
TMZ reports Torey Lanez was attacked by another prisoner Monday in the yard at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi. Lanez was taken to Bakersfield hospital. Authorities say his injuries are not life threatening. Lanez is serving ten years for shooting Grammy winner hip- hop artist Megan Thee Stallion, striking her in the feet. The…… Read More
A gun battle leaves two men dead and two others injured in Arvin. A man between 18 and 20 years old and man in his mid-twenties were pronounced dead at the scene after a hail of bullets showered the neighborhood near the intersection of Bautista Street and Soledad Drive around 4:30 Saturday morning. An adult…… Read More
