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KUZZ News
BAKO MULLS TACO TRUCK RULE CHANGE
City staff are looking into changing the rules for taco trucks and other mobile food vendors in Bakersfield at the request of the Downtown Development Corporation.… Read More
ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN HIT AND KILLED IN BAKERSFIELD
Bakersfield police are investigating the latest fatal accident involving a pedestrian, but say drugs and alcohol are not suspected on the part of the drivers.… Read More
CHEVRON CUTS ALMOST 100 BAKERSFIELD JOBS DUE TO OIL WOES
Chevron is slashing almost 100 jobs in Bakersfield starting June 13 as the oil producer deals with the falling price of crude.… Read More
FORMER SHERIFFS DEPUTY GETS PROBATION
Former Sheriff’s deputy Edward Tucker, who was captured in Oildale after escaping from a locked patrol car at the Bakersfield jail, has been sentenced to one year in a drug rehabilitation program and three years probation.… Read More
BAKO POLICE LOOKING FOR DRIVER IN HIT AND RUN
Bakersfield police are looking for the driver who hit a pedestrian and sped off.… Read More
SKETCH OF NW BAKO ANNOY SUSPECT
Police have released a composite sketch of the man who’s been annoying teenage girls in northwest Bakersfield, most recently near Frontier High School.… Read More
HOMELESS CENSUS SHOWS 12 PERCENT DROP
This year’s count of the homeless in Kern County found well over a thousand people without a permanent place to stay, meaning they were sleeping outside, in an emergency shelter, or in transitional housing.… Read More
MCFARLAND GANG MEMBER FACES LIFE IN PRISON AFTER ARREST
A McFarland gang member has been convicted of assault with a firearm and other charges for pointing a semi-automatic weapon at a person who was pulling into their own driveway.… Read More
COUPLE ARRESTED AT TEJON OUTLETS FOR STOLEN PROPERTY
Deputies have arrested a man and a woman on a host of charges involving ID theft, counterfeiting and for having stolen property.… Read More
