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
The California Highway Patrol will hold a DUI and driver license checkpoint this weekend in an unincorporated area of Bakersfield. The checkpoint runs Saturday from 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. Sunday. Officers will check for signs of impairment and for valid licenses. The CHP says checkpoints help prevent crashes and save lives. Nearly 3,000 people…… Read More
CBS — At least 82 people are dead and at least 41 more are missing after devastating flash floods slammed Texas Hill Country, with water rescues taking place along the Guadalupe River, which rose rapidly early Friday morning to the height of a two-story building. Almost a dozen are still missing from Camp Mystic in Kerr…… Read More
An inmate at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano died after being found in his cell with serious injuries. Prison authorities are investigating the death Friday morning of Fernando Camarillo-Cervantes, 22, as a homicide. Staff reported seeing Camarillo-Cervantes on the floor of his cel with Albert Gonzalez, 50, allegedly standing inside the cell nearby. Gonzalez…… Read More
A 7-year-old boy is safe after being abducted in Ridgecrest. An Amber Alert issued Friday afternoon said the child was believed to be traveling in an SUV driven by Michael Abbott, 42. Police sent an update within an hour of the alert to say the child had been found and that Abbot had been arrested.…… Read More
CBS Washington — President Trump is bringing pomp and circumstance to his signing of the “big, beautiful bill” on Friday, with a 4 p.m. Independence Day ceremony at the White House. Some Republican members of Congress who voted to pass the legislation are expected to attend, as the president puts his signature on his sweeping…… Read More
