Junior water-rights holders are being asked by the State Water Resources Control Board to stop taking water from the San Joaquin watershed for a second-consecutive year.… Read More
Accused Shooters Near Quailwood Ele. Appear in Court
Three men are denying that they took part in a shootout near Quailwood Elementary School in southwest Bakersfield.… Read More
Haystack Near Buttonwillow Being Allowed to Burn
Kern County firefighters are letting a 20-foot-tall haystack burn after it caught fire on a dairy farm at Magnolia Avenue and 7th Standard Road northeast of Buttonwillow, saying they’re trying to conserve water.… Read More
Workplace Deaths Up in 2013
Workplace fatalities increased slightly in 2013.… Read More
Grand Jury: $25K Used to Remove Tags Annually
Kern County’s general services department is spending $25,000 in supplies and paint each year to remove graffiti in the Bakersfield area.… Read More
Nasdaq Finishes at First Record High in 15 Years
A rally in crude oil sent stocks higher.… Read More
Council Passes New Residential Watering Restrictions
The Bakersfield City Council has approved new rules that restrict the irrigation of residential lawns and landscaping to three times a week.… Read More
Man Killed in Plane Crash ID’d
The Kern County Coroner’s Office says the man who died in a plane crash in the mountains of Tejon Ranch near Lebec is 36-year-old Ryan Ward of Saint Charles, Mo.… Read More
Delano PD: Bomb Not Found at High School
Police have released a teenager back into the custody of his parents after he told staff at Delano High School that he had a bomb in his backpack.… Read More
KCSO: Man Drowns in Canal
A man is dead after slipping into the into the Friant-Kern Canal, roughly a mile north of Lake Woollomes outside of Delano.… Read More
