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Local retailers are seeing the beginnings of a profitable holiday season as shoppers and employers alike open their wallets to a degree not seen since before the recession.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office has detained three suspects for the murder of Kawanza Hilt, who was shot in Rosamond in December, 2017.
Local retailers are seeing the beginnings of a profitable holiday season as shoppers and employers alike open their wallets to a degree not seen since before the recession.
As word spread that the city of Bakersfield’s tax measure had passed weeks after the election, celebrations occurred at Bakersfield City Hall.
Cal State Bakersfield will host a poster presentation on plastic pollution and the natural breakdown of plastics from 5 to 5:50 p.m., Wednesday, on the main floor of the Walter W. Stiern Library located at 9001 Stockdale Hwy.
Bakersfield police will have more officers on the road looking for impaired drivers the next couple weeks as part of the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled" campaign.Â
Parker Chamberlin, who achieved notoriety as a teenager when he crept into his mother's bedroom and stabbed her 35 times, is due back in Kern County Superior Court Friday for a resentencing hearing.
Scores of physicians, staffers and other employees joined members of the news media Monday morning as Adventist Health Bakersfield announced one of the most significant awards they've yet received.
It’s open enrollment time for millions of Californians who’ve signed up for health insurance and medical care through the Affordable Care Act.
A felony warrant is out for the arrest of a man police say used his position at a local tax company to gain the trust of and defraud an elderly client.
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Snowed-in Southerners made the best of a day without work or school Monday while officials warned that roads remained treacherous even as the worst of a wintry storm departed.
An old house is a mysterious thing, and one of the mysteries of this 122-year-old house has been a light switch downstairs inside the front door.
After more than 30 years in Kern County’s legal department, County Counsel Mark Nations has moved on. His last day on the job was Friday.
The Bakersfield Police Activities League will host its annual Shop-with-a-Cop on Saturday.Â
Deputies have arrested a man accused of robbing a Wasco smoke shop.
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A Los Angeles man found dead in a Bakersfield alley Sunday evening suffered traumatic injuries and his death is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said.
The first payment of Kern County residents’ property tax installments will become delinquent if not paid by 5 p.m. today.
County government is considering pulling out of a coalition of local water agencies after failing to secure blanket immunity from lawsuits that could arise from efforts to rein in local groundwater pumping.
Heidi's Brooklyn Deli closed after multiple health violations were found, according to the Kern County Public Health Department.Â
Bike Bakersfield will host its annual Holiday Lights Ride on Wednesday.Â
Thousands hit the streets Sunday for the 35th Annual Bakersfield Toy Run and Food Drive.
Watching an Oakland Raider football game at home is not complete unless my 40-year-old daughter, Brenna, is there in her Silver and Black gear. It's not the real deal unless she is jumping up and down in our living room, screaming at every first down, penalty flag, pass completion or a rare …
A Kansas man has pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and his wife to child cruelty in connection with the death of their infant son at a Bakersfield motel 2 1/2 years ago.Â
- Three men detained on suspicion of murder of Kawanza Hilt
- Bakersfield police participating in 'Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over' campaign
- Warrant out for arrest of tax company employee accused of defrauding elderly client
- Man arrested in robbery of Wasco smoke shop
- Homicide detectives investigating death of Los Angeles man found in Bakersfield alley
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Valley fever cases hit a record high in 2017 with 7,466 new cases in California (37 percent of those from Kern county). Living in Bakersfield, we have all heard about valley fever, but do we really understand how serious it is?
During the holidays we can't ignore the starvation taking place overseas in war-torn Yemen. The UN World Food Program (WFP) says 20 million Yemenis are in desperate need of food aid.
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