California Resource Corporation has announced plans to buy longtime Western Kern oil producer Berry Oil. It’s a deal valued at $717 million. Both sides say they’re happy with the acquisition of Berry Corporation, a move by Kern County’s two largest oil producers anticipated to create a bigger, more cost-efficient oil and gas production company. The…… Read More
A homicide investigation is underway following a fatal shooting in Taft. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office says medical aid was dispatched to the 200 block of Philippine Street at around 4 a.m. Monday. Homicide detectives arrived at around 4:15 a.m. and cordoned off the entire block during the investigation. Deputies say Nahaman Bucato, 34, was…… Read More
An assistant basketball coach at Cal State Bakersfield will be arraigned Tuesday on charges of possessing child pornography. Secret Service investigators say they discovered more than 3,000 illicit images and videos on 32-year old Brian Mays’s cell phone, some of which depicted girls under the age of four. Mays is being held on $500,000 bail…… Read More
A pedestrian is dead after being struck by two cars in northeast Bakersfield. Police responded Monday morning to the 3300 block of Union Avenue to find a man down in the roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident happened when a driver struck the man as he walked outside the crosswalk. Another…… Read More
Highway 178 in the Kern Canyon will remain closed this week as SoCal Edison continues to make repairs. A full closure began at around 3:39 p.m. on Friday, September 12., after downed power lines affected the roadway. The lines were cleared from the road later that night, but SoCal Edison kept the road closed through…… Read More
Police are investigating the case of a dead body found in south Bakersfield. The discovery was made early Friday morning outside Los Compas Auto Glass on South Union Avenue where a man was found dead on the shoulder of the roadway, his body showing visible signs of trauma. Anyone with any information in the case…… Read More
More information is coming to light in the case of a Cal State Bakersfield assistant basketball coach accused of sex trafficking. The Kern County DA’s office says additional charges were filed Monday against Kevin Mays, 32, who allegedly possessed more than 600 images of child pornography. Mays faces nearly a dozen different charges following his…… Read More
Conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk died Wednesday after he was shot at an event at Utah Valley University. Read more at CBS News Meanwhile, President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will award conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated during a campus event in Utah, the Presidential Medal of Freedom…… Read More
A 3.6 magnitude earthquake hit southwest of Bakersfield. The US Geological Survey reports the quake struck near the community of Millux southwest of Bakersfield at around 8:53 p.m. Wednesday. Most of the shaking was felt in the southwest, south and northwest areas of Bakersfield. There are no reports of damage or injury.… Read More
Authorities are calling the discovery of a dead body in Mojave suspicious. Kern County Sheriff’s Deputies say the corpse of Benjamin McCleary, 58, was found by a passerby Saturday and showed signs of being consumed by an animal but also exhibited signs of small holes with dried blood. An ID from the California Department of…… Read More
