The Kennedy Thunderbirds took care of business Friday night, and continued to roll through their 2018 football season in the process.
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The Bakersfield Historic Preservation Commission has reached out to the current and former owners of The Dome urging them to consider an alternative to demolishing the architecturally novel event venue built in 1940.
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Bakersfield High coach Paul Golla in his pregame pep talk inside the Drillers’ locker room an hour before kickoff on Friday night spoke to his players about not making excuses.
Eleven high schools and seven colleges, including one from Iowa, took part in the Bakersfield College cross country invitational on Friday at the Kern County soccer Park.
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Reader: Reference is made to Robert Price's Sept. 19 column, "It’s not easy to admit you’re a victim of sexual assault.” While the main theme of the piece is easy to identify, consistent with the headline — and well argued by Price, as usual in his works — there is an underlying theme that, …
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The California Highway Patrol issued four citations and two warnings during a school bus pedestrian safety enforcement operation focusing on motorists who fail to stop for a school bus with its flashing red lights activated and stop arm extended.
Though still well behind the rest of the state, Kern posted a big improvement in its jobless rate last month, dropping from a seasonally unadjusted 8.1 percent in July to 7.3 percent in August.
GALIVANTS FERRY, S.C. — With muddy river water still washing over entire communities on Friday, eight days after Hurricane Florence slammed into land with nearly 3 feet of rain, new evacuation orders forced residents to flee to higher ground amid a sprawling disaster that's beginning to feel…
The Kern County Fire Department is responding to a grass fire east of Highway 65 in the area of Poso Creek, according to tweets by the department.
William Cooper's laugh fills the animal barn at the Kern County Fair as he tells how much he enjoys going to the fair. He especially likes it on Senior Day when entry is free.
By the time you read this, you may have already been out to the Kern County Fair, which kicked off Wednesday. Then you would have certainly sampled some fair food favorites or maybe something new. For those who have yet to go — or plan to return for more — here's a closer look at some of tho…
It might not be the only day they come out to the Kern County Fair, but for those 62 and older, Senior Day is the best day to come. After all, free admission, health information and early access to all the fair favorites is hard to beat.
It takes a special person to volunteer for what could be a months- or even years-long commitment of being an advocate for children in need, both in and out of the courtroom.
The two local sales tax initiatives that will appear on the ballot this November are essentially the same, but they will impact completely different portions of the county.
With less than one month until Cal State Bakersfield’s men’s basketball scrimmage, CSUB announced its 2018-19 schedule. The slate features non-conference road matchups at Texas Christian, USC and Gonzaga, and home contests against Lamar and Cal Poly.
A Bakersfield DUI attorney charged in connection with an alleged drunken driving crash that injured four has been released from custody after posting bond.
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Santa Monica quarterback Paul Davis saw about 10 yards of open space in front of him as he took his first step to scramble out of the pocket on third down. But Bakersfield College defensive tackle Ricky Leung-Wai reached out his left arm a moment later, stripping Davis of the football and fa…
Prentice Foreman is once again trying to fire legal counsel representing him on a charge of first-degree murder in the nearly 40-year-old slaying of a young Bakersfield woman.
Kern County sheriff's homicide detectives are investigating after a body was found Thursday in a dirt field in Oildale.
Police detained five people Thursday in connection with an armed robbery that occurred at a convenience store in south Bakersfield.
A southeast Bakersfield convenience store has been shut down after health inspectors found it was operating without hot water and stored "marijuana product" next to pizza inside a freezer.
Reader and Liberty High band director Jason Armistead told us about PorkChop & Bubba’s BBQ, raving that it was the best barbecue he’d had since he was in Nashville. Reader David Irvine, a regular tipster for this column, sent me a Facebook message telling me I needed to check it out.
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In his Sept. 8 op-ed piece ("Community Voices: We all have a part to play in reducing homelessness"), City Councilmember Andrae Gonzales expanded on the reality that “we all have a part in reducing homelessness” – a totally correct statement (and challenge).
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