A family in southwest Bakersfield is safe today thanks to their dog. The Bakersfield Fire Department reports the dog named Lulu awakened the family when a two-alarm fire broke out at their house on Titanium Street at around 4 a.m. Sunday. Officials say the fire started on the outside of the house and caused significant…… Read More
A 21-year-old woman is facing felony charges following a deadly hit-and-run accident that killed a bicyclist in Wasco. Deputies say Gabriella Garza was drunk when she hit Gloria Soto, 41, last November near the intersection of Sequoia Drive and Palm Avenue, then drove off. Surveillance video and car parts led investigators to Garza’s home where…… Read More
A 30-year-old man from San Diego has been arrested after a stabbing in Frazier Park. Deandre Andrews was arrested Thursday on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after Kern County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the 700 block of Avalon Trail to find Andrews had taken off in a pickup which was found later…… Read More
A 20-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly driving under the influence after police say he crashed into a gas station sign in east Bakersfield. The California Highway Patrol says Derek Sanders hit the sign near the Fastrip at Niles Street and Mt. Vernon Thursday night. A front-seat passenger was moderately hurt and was taken…… Read More
A 19-year-old Bakersfield man is behind bars after allegedly throwing a rock through a truck window at a downtown McDonald’s. Police arrested Quintin Tae Flight on Thursday, a day after the unprovoked attack which left a man injured from shattered glass as he waited in the drive-thru at the restaurant in the 2300 block of…… Read More
The California Highway Patrol will conduct a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint in eastern Kern County Friday. The operation will be held from 7 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday at an undisclosed location. Officers will be looking for drivers with possible signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment. Communities served by the Mojave area of…… Read More
A Kern County judge has found there’s sufficient evidence for the case to proceed against two men charged in connection with the deaths of four people in Mojave. Ricardo Reyes-Partida, 35, and Jonathan Hernandez, 27, were bound over for trial Wednesday following the shooting deaths of Darius Canada, 31, Anna Hester, 34, Martina Barraza, 33,…… Read More
Kern County has reached a tentative deal with the county’s biggest union after more than a year of negotiations. SEIU Chapter 521 represents over 5,200 county workers. The new two-year agreement includes a 6% raise, a $1500 bonus, and pay increases for twenty eight job titles. It also boosts bilingual pay, uniform allowances, and adds…… Read More
California prison officials say two inmates attacked and killed another prisoner Wednesday afternoon at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says Timothy Whelan, 56, was killed Wednesday afternoon. William Nesler III, 43, and Edward Holden III, 35, allegedly attacked Whelan with improvised weapons. Whelan was serving a sentence…… Read More
A state task force uprooted more than 105,000 marijuana plants and seized more than 22,000 pounds of processed cannabis in what officials are calling the Central Valley’s largest pot-busting operation to date. The massive effort involving several agencies took place the week of May 5 and focused on illegal grow operations in Kern, Tulare, and…… Read More
