All a shelter dog wants is a home for the holidays, even if it's only a temporary stay with a foster family.
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Officer Matthew Johnson and his partner told the young man they had to pat him down.
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Bakersfield city officials are poised to work with Bird, a scooter share company that deployed 200 scooters on city streets late last week, and are already in talks with a second company that wants to start scooter service here as well.
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Described as "Larry David in a dragon suit performing jaw-dropping magic tricks," Piff the Magic Dragon isn't easy to pin down.
The Kern County Sheriff's Office's Rural Crime Investigation Unit is encouraging the public to meet its detectives for coffee in Buttonwillow next week.
The coroner's office is asking for help in locating the family of a 52-year-old woman whose remains were found in a sump in October.
The Edmonton Oilers have recalled defenseman Caleb Jones from the Condors following an injury to Oscar Klefbom on Tuesday night.
(AP) Emily Blunt and the cast of "Mary Poppins Returns" attended Wednesday's premiere in London. A stunt double was also seen atop of the London Eye on the banks of the River Thames.
The 23rd Street and D Street intersection will be closed this weekend to replace the existing drainage pipe with a new 48-inch pipe, the city of Bakersfield announced Wednesday.
Since Bakersfield does little to conjure up the cold, icy image of winter sports, you could be forgiven for not knowing that our town has a figure skating community. An upcoming event, though, is the perfect way to catch local talent in action.
The first platelet-rich plasma injection Cal State Bakersfield forward James Suber received in the front of his left knee was so painful — “one of the worst feelings I ever felt in my life” — he demanded he be put to sleep for the future treatments.
The show must go on, especially at Christmas. So when a lead actor calls in sick, as one did for the opening weekend of Bakersfield Community Theatre's "A Coney Island Christmas," someone just has to fill in.
Greg Gallion has been president and CEO of the Houchin Community Blood Bank for the past 18 years and will retire at the end of the month.
Local author Eve Henderson has a lot of stories to tell.
What's in a name? Would an acoustic rock band by any other name sound as folksy? That's the question for Glitterfox, the acoustic rock duo of multi-instrumentalists Andrea Walker, 36, and Bakersfield native Solange Igoa, 27, formerly known as Bearcoon.
The CBCC Foundation for Community Wellness will host their 6th annual Cancer Pediatric Christmas celebration and Toy Give-Away on Saturday.
Bakersfield National Cemetery will host Wreaths Across America, an annual holiday wreath-laying ceremony, to honor and remember the nation’s veterans at 8:50 a.m. Saturday at the cemetery assembly area located at 30338 E. Bear Mountain Blvd. in Arvin.
The Kern County Board of Supervisors voted to withdraw from the Kern Groundwater Authority at Tuesday’s meeting, altering water management in certain areas of the county.
Local advocacy groups and private citizens criticized collaboration between the Kern County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency known as ICE during a public hearing at the Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning.
Deborah Lindsley and her mother, Jeannine Hicks, showed up at Mexicali West 10 minutes before the doors opened Tuesday morning because they know from experience: Wait until noon and it might be too late to get a quiet table by the window.
In explaining why he repeatedly stabbed his father in mid-November, Timothy Nelson claimed he, his mother and sisters suffered years of abuse and he wanted to protect them, according to Sheriff's Office reports.
Kern County's education indicators have lagged well behind California's for as long as people have been keeping track.
Mexicali West will close by the end of the year as its owners refocus on their downtown location as part of a retirement pullback.
An intoxicated man who jumped in and out of traffic at a Bakersfield intersection was arrested Tuesday morning after assaulting one of the officers who confronted him, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.
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