Lightening started a fire just before noon in the Tehachapi mountains, south of Highline road in the Mountain Meadows area. 150 firefighters are attacking the flames from the ground and air. The air assault was halted for about 30 minutes when a drone entered the air space. 50 acres has burned and a 30% containment…… Read More
KUZZ News
Trash Fire Spreads to House
The Kern county Fire Department went to the 7900 block of Nolan Court in East Bakersfield for a trash fire.… Read More
Stock Market
The stock market surged Tuesday. The Dow rose 390 points, the Nasdaq cliimbed 128, the S & P 500 gained 48. Crude oil finished the day 11 cents lower at $45.94.… Read More
Marijuana Bust
CHP Officers seized three trash bags of marijuana Tuesday in Bakersfield after they made a traffic stop on a Pathfinder with no license plates on Highway 99. The driver and passenger ran from the car leaving the dope behind. Officers found Honer Arreola-Madriz of Reedly, California hiding in a back yard on Stine Road and…… Read More
Delano PD DUI Operation
Police in Delano were out in force over Labor Day weekend, stopping every second or third vehicle of the 755 that passed through their checkpoints at certain times of the night or morning. Of those, 344 drivers were screened with 21 detained and two arrested for DUI. Twenty citations were also issued.… Read More
CHP DUI Stats
The CHP in the greater Bakersfield area arrested 36 people for DUI over the Labor Day weekend, which is seven more than last year’s holiday, but there were no fatal accidents. More officers were on patrol during the maximum enforcement period that went from 6pm Friday through 11:59pm Monday. Key Budge… Read More
Jet Ski Explodes
A jet ski exploded while a 58-year-old man was riding it at Buena Vista Lake Tuesday afternoon.… Read More
BPD Looking for Grand Theft Suspect
Bakersfield Police detectives are looking for the public’s help in identifying a person who entered the Walmart… Read More
Verizon Thefts
The Bakersfield Police department is asking for help from the public in identfying two men wanted for identity theft.… Read More
Business Burglary
Sheriff Investigators need the public’s help in identifying two men who broke into a business in the 31100 block of Shelby Lane in Shafter, at the northwest border with Bakersfield.… Read More
