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UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN DIES IN SOLO VEHICLE CRASH

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN DIES IN SOLO VEHICLE CRASH

Highway Patrol investigators have not identified a woman who was killed in a solo vehicle crash in southwest Bakersfield. The woman, described as in her early to mid twenties, died after her car drifted off of Gosford Road near Carlock Road, overturned, and struck a brick wall. She was not wearing a seat belt. C-H-P…Read More

SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ARRESTED FOR D-U-I

SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ARRESTED FOR D-U-I

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

TEENS HURT, ARRESTED AFTER LEADING POLICE ON CHASE IN STOLEN CAR

TEENS HURT, ARRESTED AFTER LEADING POLICE ON CHASE IN STOLEN CAR

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

MOJAVE MURDER SCENE CALLED ‘GRUESOME’ AS SEARCH FOR SUSPECT CONTINUES

MOJAVE MURDER SCENE CALLED ‘GRUESOME’ AS SEARCH FOR SUSPECT CONTINUES

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 DEAD, SUSPECT AT LARGE IN MOJAVE SHOOTING

FOUR DEAD, SUSPECT AT LARGE IN MOJAVE SHOOTING

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

ALBUM PRODUCED BY BUCK OWENS RELEASED FOUR DECADES LATER

ALBUM PRODUCED BY BUCK OWENS RELEASED FOUR DECADES LATER

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 A CD is being released today by singer Victoria Hallman, 41 years after it was originally made, and the executive producer is the late Buck Owens.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

SHOOTING CLOSES NORTHBOUND I-5 FOR TWELVE HOURS AT BOTTOM OF GRAPEVINE

SHOOTING CLOSES NORTHBOUND I-5 FOR TWELVE HOURS AT BOTTOM OF GRAPEVINE

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

WEST BOYS MURDER TRIAL TO GET UNDERWAY TUESDAY

WEST BOYS MURDER TRIAL TO GET UNDERWAY TUESDAY

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

TWO MEN CONVICTED IN STREET RACING DEATH

TWO MEN CONVICTED IN STREET RACING DEATH

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

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