Police want the public’s help finding a man linked to a deadly drive-by shooting in east Bakersfield.… Read More
COUNTY DEFENDS CONTRACT PROCESS
Kern County is defending its ambulance contracts in a state hearing.… Read More
ECONOMIC SUMMIT BRINGS OPTIMISM
Business and community leaders have a better feel for the direction of our local economy after the 18th Kern County Economic Summit.… Read More
GUN VIOLENCE PROTEST HITS HOME
Hundreds of students at several Kern County high schools walked out of classes as part of a nationwide protest on gun violence.… Read More
THOUSANDS ATTEND JOB FAIR
JobFest Bakersfield organizers report almost three-thousand people attended the largest winter job fair in the county.… Read More
DELANO COUPLE IDENTIFIED
The man and woman who died in a car crash in Delano as they were trying to outrun immigration agents have been identified as 35-year-old Santo Garcia and 33-year-old Marcelina Garcia Profecto.… Read More
MINOR DRIVER, ONE DEAD
Police say a 14-year-old girl was at the wheel of the car that crashed in east Bakersfield and killed a teenage boy.… Read More
SIX EVACUATED
One person has been treated for smoke inhalation and six people were evacuated when a four-unit apartment building caught fire in east Bakersfield.… Read More
MAN IN STANDOFF IDENTIFIED
The armed man who caused a SWAT standoff behind the Comprehensive Blood and Cancer Center in Bakersfield has been identified as 37-year-old William Fazendin.… Read More
DRIVER SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR
The Bakersfield man convicted of killing a jogger in a crash near Ashe and McKee Roads has been sentenced to a year in jail.… Read More
