On tonight's edition of BVarsity Nightly with Trevor Horn, check out highlights from Bakersfield Christian's win over Kerman in the Central Section Division IV boys basketball semifinals. The Eagles advance and will play a familiar foe in the championship game on Saturday.
Cold and wet weather can mean snowfall appearing on the mountains surrounding Bakersfield and Wednesday morning supplied a clear view of those elements. Weather watchers believe even more is coming — as low as 2,000 feet — beginning Wednesday night and continuing into Thursday. Residents of …
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Yosemite National Park is again wowing visitors and photographers with its annual "firefall" to go along with its other winter scenes.
Marley’s Mutts founder Zach Skow talks about the roles dogs play in our lives and the impact they leave behind.
Daniel Robinson, founder and head trainer of Doggy Jitsu, talks about the relationship between humans and dogs and the lessons they teach each other.
No. 1-seeded Bears beat No. 4 Minarets, 2-1, in Division VI semifinals.
On tonight's edition of BVarsity Nightly with Trevor Horn, check out highlights as Bakersfield High beats Tehachapi in the Central Section Division II girls basketball semifinals, propelling the Drillers back to Selland Arena for the fourth consecutive season.
Buttonwillow School students recently attended a class focusing on soft skills and etiquette. On Tuesday, they were treated to a behind-the-scenes tour of Café 1600 restaurant, operated by culinary students of the Bakersfield Adult School. The students had the opportunity to put their new sk…
(AP) Tuesday's full moon, or supermoon, appears brighter and bigger than other full moons because it is close to its perigee, which is the closest point in its orbit to Earth.
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World-renowned fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld, dies at the age of 85. Lagerfeld was best known as the artistic director of Chanel.
The world-famous Harlem Globetrotters brought their unique combination of athleticism, theater, and goofball comedy to Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield.
(AP) San Bernardino County Fire officials say a mountain lion was rescued Saturday in Hesperia after being perched about 50 feet up a tree. State wildlife personnel tranquilized the animal, and firefighters lowered it to the ground using a rescue harness.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Denny Hamlin came to the Daytona 500 determined to honor his late car owner with a victory.
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Rams win big in Central Section Division V quarterfinals.
LEMOORE - Frontier senior Trent Tracy wins the Central Section 182-pound boys wrestling title.
No. 3 Foothill boys basketball beat No. 6 Taft, 92-55, in the quarterfinals of the Central Section Division IV playoffs.
It's that time of year when Kernville goes back in time to the 1860s and becomes Whiskey Flat once again. Whiskey Flat Days returned Friday for its 62nd year, opening with the Whiskey Flat Cowboy and Mountain Man Encampments. The festivities continue Saturday through Monday, with four days o…
On tonight's edition of BVarsity Nightly with Trevor Horn, check out highlights from Kern Valley and East in the Central Section Division V girls basketball quarterfinals and from Garces as the Rams beat Tulare-Mission Oak in D-II.
The Independence High School Energy and Utilities Career Academy hosted about 160 students from the school for an Energy Science and Career Fair on Thursday.
The city's Downtown Business Association and its sister organization, the nonprofit Downtown Bakersfield Development Corp., held a breakfast Thursday. It is the 65th anniversary of the DBA.
Security video recorded early Tuesday morning at Mane Headquarters at 2100 19th St. in downtown Bakersfield appears to show a brazen burglar breaking the front window and making off with thousands of dollars in salon products.
(AP) Hundreds of couples of all ages, many accompanied by their children, gathered to legally tie the knot in a mass ceremony in the Mexico City's Venustiano Carranza neighborhood.
NEW YORK (AP) — Wire fox terriers are still King at Westminster.
On tonight's edition of BVarsity Nightly with Trevor Horn, it was quite possibly the busiest night of Central Section playoff action in history for Kern County with more than 40 games played in boys basketball and boys and girls soccer.
Feb. 13 can mean only one thing: last-minute Valentine's Day preparations.
Released exclusively at Walmart, BAKERSFIELD-OPOLY offers a local spin on the empire-building classic Monopoly. The game is billed as a celebration of "California's Country Music Capital."
On tonight's edition of BVarsity Nightly with Trevor Horn, check out highlights as Bakersfield Christian beat Mira Monte in the opening round of the Central Section Division I girls basketball playoffs.
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Area women's group gathered outside of City Hall in Bakersfield on Tuesday to protest the lack of representation on the Measure N Oversight Committee.
There's quite a lot to see at the 52nd annual World Ag Expo running Tuesday through Thursday at the International Agri-Center in Tulare. At roughly 100 acres, the event showcases a wide array of the latest in farming products from manufacturers around the world.
Parker Chamberlin was 15 years old when he stabbed his mother, Torie Lynn Knapp, 35 times on July 3, 2001. Now 33 years old and serving 26 years to life in prison, he is back in Kern County after state prison officials recommended he be resentenced based on his good performance in custody.
SEATTLE (AP) — Schools closed across Washington state and the Legislature canceled all hearings Monday with winter snowstorms pummeling the Northwest again as a larger weather system wreaked havoc in the region and even brought snow to Hawaii.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammy Awards kicked off Sunday with a group of powerful women, including Michelle Obama and Lady Gaga, describing the role of music in their lives — a display that came a year after female voices were somewhat muted at the 2018 ceremony.
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SHAFTER - Liberty senior Anthony Lucas won the Central Section Division II boys wrestling 170-pound individual championship in an 11-8 decision over Cameron Gonzalez from Paso Robles on Saturday at Shafter High.
Silly songs around the campfire under a dazzling night sky at Camp KEEP Ocean last Wednesday night: Here is a small sample of "The Scat Song."
Silly songs around the campfire under a dazzling night sky at Camp KEEP Ocean last Wednesday night: Here is a small sample of "Boom Shika Boom."
Cal State Bakersfield wrestling beat Fresno State, 18-12, in the "Feud on the Field."
Eleven prominent figures from Kern County history were brought to life on Saturday as part of the first Stories on the Sidewalk event, an educational walking tour held by the Arts Council of Kern in downtown Bakersfield.
The Kern Environmental Education Program, or Camp KEEP, was developed in time for the 1968-69 school year, fulfilling educators' desire to offer a hands-on earth sciences learning opportunity for the students of Kern County. The Kern County Superintendent of Schools office, working with repr…
About 1,000 people took part in a prom for people with special needs Friday night in Bakersfield at the Crossroads Christian Fellowship on Fairfax Road in conjunction with a worldwide event headed by the Tim Tebow Foundation. Night to Shine celebrated 225 local people with special needs, age…
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