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Caleb Miller, Avery Scott and Garrett Miller watch chicks hatch at the Kern County Fair Tuesday. They are home schooled and their parents brought them to the fair during School Day at the Kern County Fair when school kids get in free.
Four years have passed since Matthew Odom was found stabbed to death in the front yard of a northwest Bakersfield home.
Sebastian Vecchio is in his first season as a Division I head coach and his first year at Cal State Bakersfield. He’s implemented new playing styles and a new culture this season.
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The California Highway Patrol will conduct a DUI checkpoint in an unincorporated area of Bakersfield Friday.
You'll be singing the blues — that's the "Folsom Country Blues" — come early next year thanks to a Johnny Cash tribute headed to the Fox Theater. Musician James Garner and his tribute will "walk the line" to downtown Bakersfield for a show Jan. 12.
Before the Kern County Fair gates opened at 9 a.m. for Tuesday’s School Days, a plethora of energy was seen and felt as children tried not to burst from excitement.
Send your images to photos@bakersfield.com with a caption. They will appear in a photo gallery online, and we will do our best to publish them in print. We'd especially like to see your photos from the Kern County Fair.
A Weldon man was shot dead by his mother over the weekend after he threatened to kill his parents and stabbed his father, sheriff's officials say.
The locker room is not yet ready for occupation (new carpet needs to be installed), but the ice is down and that is all the Bakersfield Condors needed on Monday as the team opened American Hockey League training camp at Rabobank Arena.
Today is School Days: There is free admission for children in preschool through sixth grade from 9 a.m. to noon. There are several activities available throughout the morning.
Truman Edward Fulfer, 33, of Weldon has been identified by the coroner as the man who was shot in the 5300 block of Isabel Drive in Weldon at 2:48 p.m. Sunday.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office has identified a teenager killed in a car crash at 5:45 p.m. Friday, on northbound Interstate 5 just north of Fort Tejon in Lebec.
A man who was shot and killed Sunday morning in the 2600 block of Chandler Court has been identified by the coroner’s office.
The man found dead in a dirt field in Oildale on Sept. 20 has been identified by the Kern County Coroner’s Office.
(AP) Models wear creations for Christian Dior's Spring/Summer 2019 ready to wear fashion collection presented Monday in Paris.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
The Kern County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to hear a report on the two marijuana ballot measures to be decided during November’s election during their Tuesday afternoon meeting.
Grimmway Farms has hired former state Sen. Jean Fuller's chief of staff to head up its corporate and government affairs operation.
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- Drowning determined as cause of death for man found dead in canal at Mill Creek Park
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