An employee at a business north of Valley Plaza mall was assaulted during a robbery, according to police.
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A man and a woman broke into a vehicle at The Marketplace and stole items, police said.
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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo reached the blackness of space for the first time early Thursday morning during a test flight from its base in the desert outpost of Mojave, in eastern Kern County.
A Kern County sheriff's deputy and another person were injured in an officer-involved shooting that occurred when deputies tried to conduct a compliance check in Oildale Wednesday evening.
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Four new members will be inducted into the Bob Elias Kern County Sports Hall of Fame on Feb. 19 at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Bakersfield.
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Colors of Christmas will light up the night at Bakersfield Christian High School tonight.
A man who entered a McFarland residence while probation officers were conducting a search immediately ran, discarding a gun in a trash can as he fled to another residence, authorities said.
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It wasn’t quite how Bakersfield College head coach Rich Hughes planned, but sophomore guard Shahadah Camp hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer while falling down to lift BC men’s basketball (7-5) to a 71-68 win over West Hills Coalinga (4-7) at the Gil Bishop Sports Center on Wednesday.
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Officer Matthew Johnson and his partner told the young man they had to pat him down.
If you're not busy shopping, headed to Christmas parties or school pageants, you might be seeking some other form of holiday fun. Here are highlights this week.
- Store employee assaulted during robbery at Marshalls on Ming Avenue
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The county has no problem tacking on citizen fees for everything from dumping to traffic (“County braces for increased cost from city’s sales tax boost,” Dec. 11). I suggest they create some Sheriff Support fee. For example: an incarceration fee for arrest, a perimeter protection fee, even a…
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