New coaches, new players in key places and a schedule shakeup with new section rivals taking form. The 2018 season will be like none that Kern County has ever seen. Here’s why:
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Fruit grown in Kern County definitely heads to some far-off destinations but it's not every day that it lands a starring role on a plate at a high-end Los Angeles restaurant.
For a town that has a lot of people decrying it as bereft of “things to do,” this weekend — specifically this Saturday — is shaping up to be quite the opposite.
While many summer Saturdays at the California Living Museum are reserved for Twilight events, in which guests can watch animals at their most active time, one day per summer is a real treat. The Ice Cream Zoofari, taking place this weekend, helps everyone keep cool with an afternoon of appro…
A packed house attend the Community Baby Shower for expectant parents and moms who recently had children hosted by Omni Family Health to inform parents of the need for regular mother and child preventative-care appointments. Speakers, games, prizes and healthy food were also part of the even…
You might be seeing double downtown next week. On Wednesday, mobile food business Pita Paradise will unveil a second food truck that's ready for business.
Bakersfield is used to seeing a Zamboni being driven in Rabobank Arena but, come January, much bigger vehicles will be taking over the place.
Highway 99 was shut down for hours Thursday after a pedestrian Bakersfield Police later identified as Frank Javier Ruelas, 50, was spotted hanging off the eastbound White Lane overpass at about 10:45 a.m. The situation was peacefully resolved, BPD said, at about 2:45 p.m. when Ruelas came do…
A man who set fire to a south Bakersfield apartment has been sentenced to a year in jail and five years' probation, according to court records.
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All Kern High School District home football games tonight have been delayed because of excessive heat in the region.
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School may have started but summer is still in full swing as the Tehachapi Mountain Festival takes over this weekend. In its 55th year, the annual gathering features well-loved activities, including a carnival, parade and, of course, the rodeo.
Those looking to add to their back-to-school looks can head to Valley Plaza Mall Friday for the opening of the Privé Revaux kiosk. The eyewear brand favored by celebrities — Oscar winner Jamie Foxx and actresses Hailee Steinfeld and Ashley Benson are brand partners — will now be sold at the …
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U.S. agriculture had the upper hand when it came to trade with China. Then President Donald Trump made good on his promise to address the overall trade imbalance.
Dwight Yoakam is returning to town just in time for an early Christmas gift for local country fans.
SANTA ANA — For Bakersfield High coach Paul Golla, the start to the 2018 football season was a night of what-ifs.
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Prosecutor Gina Pearl and Deputy Public Defender Paul Cadman gave opening statements to the jury in the trial of Rigoberto Sanchez a former correctional officer on trial for killing his wife’s lover, Edwin Lima. His wife, Sandra Sanchez, whom Sanchez was separated from, was at her apartment …
Kern County firefighters late Thursday afternoon reported a vegetation fire near the unincorporated community of Woody, which is west of Glennville.
Hundreds of parents and their kids got to explore the new Whitley Elementary School Thursday for the first time as the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District opened its doors for the new school year.
The city is closing the westbound on-ramp from Truxtun Avenue to the Westside Parkway at night starting Aug. 27, a week later than originally planned.
Former Kern County Supervisor and state senator Michael Rubio has landed on Capitol Weekly’s Top 100 list, an annual look at Californians who have an outsized influence on state politics or policy but do not hold office.
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