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The Kern County Law Enforcement Agency attempted to put pressure on the Board of Supervisors during negotiations for a new contract Tuesday by staging a rally at the board meeting, during which many sheriffs deputies and family members complained of low pay and retention rates within the She…
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A surveillance camera captured chilling footage of armed suspects running into a southwest Bakersfield home after a resident answered a knock at the door.
Kern County Sheriff's Deputies and their supporters filled the Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday to bring attention to the low retention rate in the Kern County Sheriff's Department where many newly trained deputies are leaving the department for better pay in other police departments. KL…
Cal State Bakersfield men’s basketball will host Long Beach State in a charity exhibition game on Oct. 27, CSUB head coach Rod Barnes said at the athletic department’s Caravan Day on Saturday. The game will raise money to go toward relief efforts for the fires around California, Barnes added.
A man bit a police dog after leading deputies on a chase in a stolen vehicle early Tuesday, according to sheriff's officials.Â
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A human body part found in the Kern River over the weekend has been identified an arm, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Office.Â
Two men were taken into custody following an hours-long SWAT standoff in southwest Bakersfield Monday evening.
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A wildfire that broke out in the lower Kern Canyon area has been held to 370 acres and was 50 percent contained as of Monday morning, according to the U.S. Forest Service.Â
A man who died in a February crash on Highway 99 has been identified through DNA testing as 26-year-old Angel Vargas, according to the coroner's office.
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I very much agree with the opinion of Sayed Sadredin, retired long time director of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, that amateur PurpleAir monitors cannot be depended on as tools to influence public policy ("Grassroots air quality sensors spreading to local neighborhoo…
It was as though Nancy Reagan had given a "Just Say No" speech while her husband honored the occasion back at the White House by snorting cocaine during a live news conference.
Take a wild guess what country is reducing its greenhouse gas emissions the most? Canada? Britain? France? India? Germany? Japan? No, no, no, no, no and no.
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