A Kern County Sheriff’s deputy has been arrested after his patrol car was found stopped in the middle of the road. Bakersfield Police Sergeant Robert Pair says the vehicle was found in the middle of White Lane near Liverpool Way in southwest Bakersfield around 6 o’clock Wednesday morning… 34 year-old Joseph Garcia was off-duty and…… Read More
This is far more serious than just a case of ‘boys will be boys’ Sunday morning… Bakersfield Police Sergeant Robert Pair says a 14 year-old boy was driving. Two other 14 year-olds and a 16 year-old were in the car. The pursuit ended when the driver tried to turn on westbound Highway 58 and crashed,…… Read More
The verdict is in in the trial of Trezell and Jacqueline West… Both were found guilty on five of seven counts in the deaths of four year-old Orrin and three-year old Orson West, the adopted California City boys whose bodies have never been found… That’s family friend Keisha Stevenson. The jury deadlocked on two charges…… Read More
Kern County Sheriff’s investigators continue to search for the suspect who killed four people in Mojave Sunday night. Few details have been released for a variety of reasons. Lori Meza says there’s no security video available, several persons of interest haven’t been as helpful as deputies had hoped, and leads keep changing. Meza also says…… Read More
Four people have been shot to death in Mojave, and the shooter or shooters are still at large. Lori Meza with the Kern County Sheriff’s says deputies responded around 11:20 last [Sunday] night to a property on H Street near Cerro Gordo Road… The victims were inside what Meza described as an RV parked on…… Read More
A piece of local music history. A CD is being released today by singer Victoria Hallman, 41 years after it was originally made, and the executive producer is the late Buck Owens. Our own Jim Shaw is the leader of the Buckaroos and the handler of the Buck Owens private foundation. He wrote four songs…… Read More
Interstate 5 at Grapevine Road is open in both directions now, after the northbound lanes were closed for about 12 hours because of a shooting. The suspect is still at large and fled the scene after shooting a truck driver around 7:30 last Monday night. Highway Patrol Officer D-C Williams says the freeway was closed…… Read More
A jury has been seated and opening statements begin Tuesday in the murder trial of the missing California City boys. Trezell and Jacqueline West are charged with killing their two adopted sons Orrin and Orson West two years ago, although the bodies of the boys have never been found. The Kern County District Attorney has…… Read More
A Bakersfield man has been convicted of second degree murder for a street racing crash that killed a 58-year-old woman, and seriously injured her two grandchildren. Chief Deputy District Attorney Cole McKnight says Ronald Pierce Jr. slammed into Maria Navarro’s mini van in November 2019 on Old River Road between White Lane and Ming Avenue……… Read More
The 50th anniversary of Title IX, giving women equal access to education and sports is being celebrated, but with a caveat. At Tuesday’s event at Bakersfield College, Head Softball coach Casey Goodman said we’re used to men being passionate about sports, but not so much for women… Goodman noted that when you take salary out…… Read More
