The California Highway Patrol will conduct a DUI checkpoint in an unincorporated area of Bakersfield Friday.
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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.
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Shell Pipeline Co. LP is working to sell off its network of California crude oil pipelines, the company has confirmed to The Californian.
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 fifth annual Bakersfield Walk Like MADD and MADD Dash will be held Saturday at the Park at River Walk to raise awareness of the drunken driving problem in local communities, raise funds for MADD Kern County educational programs and provide support to local victims and survivors of drunke…
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.
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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.
While Ferris wheels and concerts may attract much of the attention at the Kern County Fair, some four-legged creatures tucked away in small pens have garnered their own following.
Bakersfield High senior Carl Jones will, in fact, get a chance to play Friday night against his former head coach.
The opening week of league volleyball play provided a little more clarity and intrigue to the regular season. No. 1 Fresno-Central, the reigning Division I champion, opened up TRAC play with a 3-0 win over No. 10 Clovis West and a 3-1 victory against No. 8 Clovis North. No. 2 Bakersfield beg…
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The city of Bakersfield, with a population of around 381,000, has only 16 buildings on our local historic register, two more identified as “Areas of Historic Interest," one historic neighborhood consisting of one short block (Eureka St. between Curran Lane and Sonora Street) and only four bu…
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We all know the homeless can be seen every day, at every corner. Some of us buy meals for them, while others ignore them.
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