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chp launches maximum enforcement period

chp launches maximum enforcement period

The California Highway Patrol will launch a statewide Holiday Enforcement Period for the July 4 weekend. Beginning at 6:01 p.m. Thursday and continuing through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, all available CHP officers will be out in full force, focusing on impaired, distracted and aggressive drivers. During a recent statewide crackdown in June, CHP officers issued nearly…Read More

man enters plea after fatal hit and run

man enters plea after fatal hit and run

A Bakersfield man faces two years in prison after pleading no contest to two felony charges in connection to a deadly hit and run crash five years ago. Roman Bernal, 28, pleaded no contest Tuesday to vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and hit and run causing death. Police say Bernal struck a pedestrian who was…Read More

two arrested for alleged drugs, guns in delano

two arrested for alleged drugs, guns in delano

Two people are facing charges after a traffic stop in Delano leads to a drug and gun bust. Officers pulled over a VW Beetle in the 1800 block of Garces Highway June 27 during a targeted operation where they report finding methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and a ghost gun. Luis Rojas, 34, and Elisavet Gamino, 32,…Read More

fire at wasco poultry farm

fire at wasco poultry farm

Kern County firefighters tackled a two-alarm fire at a poultry farm near Wasco. Flames broke out at around 2:20 Tuesday afternoon at Central Valley Eggs near Highway 46 and Gun Club Road. 41 first responders rolled out to the three-story building where all the employees got out safely and no chickens were hurt. No firefighters…Read More

man drowns in kern river

man drowns in kern river

A man was found dead in the Kern River. The body was pulled from the water Monday morning near Riverside Park in Kernville. Deputies say the victim’s leg was caught on a raft. He was pronounced dead at the scene. More than 340 people have died in the Kern River since 1968.Read More

elderly bakersfield man admits to possessing child pornography

elderly bakersfield man admits to possessing child pornography

A 71-year-old Bakersfield man has admitted to distributing child porn. Neal Pendleton entered a no-contest plea to the charges Friday. A charge of selling obscene matter was dismissed.. He was arrested June 7 when several law enforcement agencies served a search warrant at his home in the 1000 block Shattuck Avenue. Pendleton remains in jail…Read More

vacant bottling plant destroyed by fire

vacant bottling plant destroyed by fire

An iconic Bakersfield building has been destroyed by fire. Crews responded early Monday morning to the Seven-Up bottling plant on east 18th Street to find the structure fully engulfed in flames. The building was vacant after the company moved out several weeks ago. It was built in 1934. There were no reports of injuries. The…Read More

taft man injured in explosion, fire

taft man injured in explosion, fire

A man has been severely burned during an explosion and fire in Taft. It happened Sunday at around 11 a.m. in the 100 block of Loma Vista Avenue where firefighters and Taft police found the badly injured man in front of a burning garage. The Midway Driller reports the man was taken to Taft Airport…Read More

assault suspect wanted

assault suspect wanted

Bakersfield police are working to identify a woman wanted for alleged assault.  Police say the suspect, between 20 and 30 years old, is believed to have joined other suspects in assaulting a victim outside Dignity Health Arena on Truxtun Avenue at around 11 p.m. March 30. The woman is described as 5 feet, 4 inches…Read More

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