The Arvin City Council has voted to delay imposing a new oil and gas ordinance until they can meet with producers and come up with regulations both sides can agree on.… Read More
GRANITE CONSTRUCTION HITS BACK AT FINE
Granite Construction says it is contesting the $46,000 citation by Cal/OSHA, which came after several workers contracted Valley Fever on a work site in Monterey County.… Read More
CITIES APPROVE, PASS ON POT
The Arvin City Council has voted to ban pot shops in the city but will allow commercial grows under certain conditions, and the production of marijuana edibles.… Read More
ANOTHER SINKHOLE TIES UP TRUXTUN
Crews have plugged a sinkhole near the Westside Parkway onramp from westbound Truxtun Avenue that snarled traffic in downtown Bakersfield.… Read More
QUAKE SHAKES WOFFORD HEIGHTS
A minor earthquake registering magnitude 3.1 shook the ground east of Wofford Heights, striking just before 4:00 Tuesday afternoon.… Read More
MOUNTAIN LION ROAMS GOLDEN HILLS
Residents in Golden Hills are on alert after a mountain lion that killed a dog started roaming the streets again.… Read More
PRISON FOR ARMED ROBBER
The Bakersfield man who pleaded no contest to tying up and robbing an elderly woman and her grandson at gunpoint has been sentenced to 21 years in prison.… Read More
OILDALE MARINE FINALLY LAID TO REST
A local Marine who was killed in action during World War II has been laid to rest at Bakersfield National Cemetery.… Read More
MAN ACCUSED IN FATAL STABBING ENTERS PLEA
A Tehachapi man charged in the stabbing death of his mother has entered a not-guilty plea at his arraignment Monday afternoon.… Read More
MAN FACING GUN, DRUG CHARGES
A Bakersfield man is facing gun and drug charges after a warrant turned up 14 ounces of suspected methamphetamine inside a residence on Kenny Street.… Read More
