The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died after an explosion in Taft. Jose Rios, 37, suffered thermal injuries to his body after an an explosion that occurred while he was reportedly manufacturing black powder fireworks at a house in the 1000 block of Loma Vista Avenue June 29. Rios died the…… Read More
Senator Shannon Grove is pleased to announce a community backpack drive to benefit local K-12 students. The drive will take place throughout the month of July with three drop off locations in Kern County. The backpack drive runs now through July 31st, Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Donations of new…… Read More
Fernando Jara, the husband of Kern County 5th District Supervisor Leticia Perez, was arrested Saturday afternoon on charges of threatening with intent to terrorize. 23ABC reported on social media that law enforcement was seen in the couple’s neighborhood near Alta Vista Drive and Jefferson Street Saturday afternoon where Bakersfield police confirmed a domestic incident took…… Read More
A Porterville woman whose 1-year-old son died after being left inside a hot car in Bakersfield is due in court Tuesday. Prosecutors say Maya Hernandez, 20, left her two sons inside a parked car for more than two hours while she got lip injections at a beauty spa on Real Road on June 29. The…… Read More
Another postponement for the status conference hearing for former Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner. August 26 is new new date for the former District 2 supervisor who faces allegations including child sexual assault. Scrivner is charged with three counts of willful cruelty of a child and 2 counts of possession of an assault rifle after…… Read More
A suspected arsonist is behind bars following a brush fire near the Park at Riverwalk. Bakersfield fire crews say the flames started around 11:00 a.m. Wednesday and burned several acres near the river bottom adjacent to the ampitheater at the park on Stockdale Highway. No one was injured and no buildings were damaged. The suspect…… Read More
A Bakersfield man faces two years behind bars after pleading no contest to domestic violence and gun charges. Prosecutors say Jarrod Gentry, 47, admitted to committing spousal abuse and being a felon in possession of a gun. Police were made aware of surveillance video that captured an assault on February 13 outside a home on…… Read More
A former member of the Fairfax School District Board has been sentenced for voter fraud. On Wednesday, Palmer Moland was sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years probation after his conviction in June on perjury charges. Moland was arrested in September 2022 after falsifying information on papers he filed in order to run…… Read More
A judge has sided with the City of Bakersfield, giving the green light for a new $40 million Veterans Affairs clinic. The project has been tied up in court for several years. Two groups challenged the city over concerns about disturbing Kit Fox habitats, but on Tuesday, a Kern County judge rejected their claims. The…… Read More
A 19-year-old man will spend four years in prison for assaulting a customer at a central Bakersfield fast food restaurant. Quintin Flight was sentenced Monday after pleading no contest to charges of assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism after he threw a large rock at a man in a pickup in the drive-thru at…… Read More
