MEXICO BEACH, Fla. — With stunned faces and tears, residents of hard-hit Mexico Beach returned home for the first time Wednesday about a week after Hurricane Michael hit to find pieces of their lives scattered across the sand and a community altered.
WATCH: Demolition begins on The Dome property.
Patriots beat Rams 25-15, 25-21, 25-20.
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Sears Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday. As part of the move, 142 Sears and Kmart stores are expected to close within months. The company is not necessarily going away, at least not yet. The company will be left with 687 stores, including Kmarts. Besides the undisclo…
Well-wishers were on hand Sunday at Meadows Field for the arrival of 22 Honor Flight participants: 16 Korean War and six WWII veterans and their chaperones.
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From the food to the tours to the photo-ops, there’s nothing quite like the Coptic Festival.
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The Good Neighbor Festival is held Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center. Food, games, kids’ activities and resource booths were part of the attraction of the annual event.
Many motorcycle riders participated in the 6th annual Sikh Motorcycle Ride Saturday and hundreds attended the festivities after the ride at Hart Park that included food, drinks, and music in a family setting. The Sikh Motorcycle Riders of America donate funds collected at the ride to benefit…
Garces High held off Centennial to win 31-23 in their game Friday night.
Bakersfield Christian's Lauren Buetow won the singles competition, while Toka Welch and Brianna Camero of Ridgeview took home the doubles title.
After waiting for almost five years for a new heart, 10-year-old Brayden Eidenshink underwent heart transplant surgery Thursday. His mother, Brenda Eidenshink, reported Friday afternoon things are looking hopeful.
The Kern County Homeless Collaborative held a press conference Friday morning to issue a call to action to local property owners. The collaborative has identified 60 people who could be placed in housing, but cannot place them in rental units due to a shortage.
Eight years ago as a junior at Independence High School, Tyler Schilhabel was paralyzed from the chest down in an ATV accident. His hopes of furthering his playing days vanished, but his love of football never did.
WINDSOR, England (AP) — Britain's Princess Eugenie married tequila brand ambassador Jack Brooksbank in a star-studded royal wedding Friday at St. George's Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle.
On tonight's edition of BVarsity Nightly with Trevor Horn, take a look at Tyler Schilhabel's journey as the first-year head coach for the Independence football program before Sunday's feature in The Bakersfield Californian.
The Kern County Veterans Stand Down that took place at Stramler Park in Bakersfield Thursday is on its 20th year. It's a one-day, one-stop-shop community-service day benefiting all veterans but focused on veterans who are homeless.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Michael came into focus Thursday with rows upon rows of homes found smashed to pieces, and rescue crews began making their way into the stricken areas in hopes of accounting for hundreds of people who may have stayed behind.
These four dogs at Kern County Animal Services are looking for their forever homes. Can you help?
Team completes a 25-8, 25-13, 25-12 sweep of West LA on Tuesday.
Can-do spirit filled the air inside Valley Plaza Thursday. As the annual holiday-hiring blitz kicked off in unofficial fashion, retailers handed out job applications to people with a diversity of employment backgrounds and one thing in common: a desire to fill just about any position that op…
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At 7 feet 3 inches, George the Giant, also known as George McArthur, certainly fits his name. It also helps describe his passion for the strange and unusual things he collects. He is putting on an event called George the Giant's Strange Museum of Oddities & Wonders this weekend next to t…
(AP) The National Hurricane Center says Michael's eye has crossed from the Florida Panhandle into southwestern Georgia as a dangerous Category 3 storm, the strongest to hit that part of the state in recorded history.
Local legend, sideshow performer and, now, museum curator George McArthur, better known as George the Giant, was part of the third season of "America's Got Talent."
The Eagles have won 76 straight league games, including Tuesday's 25-20, 25-13, 23-25, 25-14 win over the Warriors.
On tonight's edition of BVarsity Nightly with Trevor Horn, check out highlights from Bakersfield Christian 3-1 win over Tehachapi in South Yosemite League action.
Golden Globe-winning "black-ish" actress Tracee Ellis Ross will host the fan-voted American Music Awards.
(AP) "Pollock and the school of NY" in Rome's Vittoriano museum opens to the public on Wednesday runs through Feb. 24, 2019, and contains some 50 pieces between paintings, sculptures and installations.
It's that time of year when pumpkin patches open and kids start counting down the days until Halloween. Earlier this week, several families took in an early fall afternoon at the Little Bears Pumpkin Patch in Shafter, which opened Saturday.
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A ceremony planned Saturday to recognize the 30th anniversary of California's Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Sacramento will include the unveiling of three names recently added to the memorial. One of the three is James E. Williams of Bakersfield, an Arvin High alumnus who died in April at the…
Earthmovers shuttled up and down a large dirt mound across from Meadows Field airport Monday, the latest sign Amazon is moving ahead with a plan to open a distribution center that would employ at least 1,000 people as soon as late 2019. The project, first disclosed in late August, is now ful…
ATLANTA (AP) — When the Los Angeles Dodgers bolstered their already power-packed lineup with slugging shortstop Manny Machado, this is just what they had in mind.
(AP) Animal welfare workers removed 71 beagles from a cramped house in rural Pennsylvania, where officials say a woman had been breeding them without a license before she died last month.
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Strolling through Pioneer Village may already feel like a step back in time but those who attended Village Flea Sunday got a superb experience. Looking over vintage clothing, jewelry, furniture and more was part of the fun at the inaugural event. The day featured vendors, including In Your W…
SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A limousine on its way to a birthday party blew a stop sign at the end of a highway, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians in the deadliest U.S. transportation accident in almost a decade, officials and a relative of one of the victims said Sunday.
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The Condors walked the red carpet upon arrival lat Rabobank Arena on Saturday before a game against San Jose.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in Saturday night as the 114th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, after a wrenching debate over sexual misconduct and judicial temperament that shattered the Senate, captivated the nation and ushered in an acrimonious new level of polarization — no…
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