Bail is set at $250,000 for a Bakersfield man accused of fatally striking a pedestrian while drunk during a street race on Edison Highway east of Neumarkle Road.… Read More
Woman Killed Near Wasco ID’d
The pedestrian struck south of Poso Drive on Wasco Avenue has been identified by the coroner’s office as 25-year-old Amanda Mendoza of Los Angeles.… Read More
Civil Rights Suit Filed Against BPD
The family of an unarmed man shot dead by officers after a chase on Highway 178 has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Bakersfield Police Department.… Read More
City to Know Impact of Watering Restrictions by Mid-Month
The Bakersfield Water Resources Department will know by as early as June 14 if the city hit its state-mandated 36 percent state conservation target.… Read More
Californians Conserving More, Still Not Hitting Target
Mandatory cutbacks led to Californians using 13.5 percent less water in April, compared to figures from the same month in 2013.… Read More
Stocks Dip on Greek Debt
Stocks dipped Tuesday as investors waited for details on debt negotiations in Greece.… Read More
Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Wasco
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office says a woman is dead after being struck by a motorist on a darkened portion of Wasco Avenue, about a quarter-mile south of Poso Drive.… Read More
Man Killed at Red Light Crash Named
The man who died after being rear-ended at a red light on Highway 119 west of Gosford Road has been identified by the coroner’s office as 59-year-old Dan Lamb of Bakersfield.… Read More
Man Involved In Fatal Wreck With Semi Named
The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man killed in a crash with a tractor trailer on Bear Mountain Boulevard west of Interstate 5 as 40-year-old Abraham Flores of Lamont.… Read More
Man Killed Along Weedpatch Hwy. ID’d
The man killed after being struck by a vehicle while walking alongside Weedpatch Highway north of Lamont has been identified by the Kern County Coroner’s Office as 63-year-old Michael Robertson of Bakersfield.… Read More
