Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood was in the TBC Media studios Wednesday for "One on One with Robert Price," talking about the challenges facing his cash- and personnel-strapped department.
The downtown Justice building is currently being evacuated due to a possible gas leak, according to the Kern County District Attorney's Office.
The Bakersfield Police Department is looking for two people wanted for auto theft.
The Bakersfield Police Department is looking for a man suspected of multiple business burglaries in the downtown area this month.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Yosemite National Park is again wowing visitors and photographers with its annual "firefall" to go along with its other winter scenes.
Bakersfield College’s Automotive Technology program has been awarded a Master Automobile Service Technology Accreditation.
President Trump has directed the Department of Transportation to cancel $929 million in funding that had been designated for California's beleaguered high-speed rail project, and he wants the state to return the additional $2.5 billion in federal money it has already spent.
A group of more than 70 legal service providers and advocacy groups are calling for more transparency of the Mesa Verde ICE Detention Facility in Bakersfield that could potentially be on the brink of closing.
A North High School athletic equipment manager was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of having sexual contact with current and former students.
The Bakersfield Police Department is investigating a suspicious death in southeast Bakersfield.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that the man who was found in the backyard of a south Bakersfield backyard died of a drug overdose.
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One thing local farmers don’t want during the almond bloom is cold temperatures. Well, guess what?
Demolition activities scheduled for tonight at the Belle Terrace Bridge have been cancelled due to anticipated rain.
Bakersfield Police Department arrested two suspects on Tuesday on suspicion of human trafficking.
A man was killed after getting hit by a vehicle in northeast Bakersfield on Tuesday.
Former West High School football player Aaran Porter has died, the Bakersfield Police Department announced Tuesday.
Ada VanHooser Gipson Winget lived through most of the history of the 20th century, an incredible span of years that included the dawn of powered flight, World War I, the Roaring '20s, the Great Depression, World War II, the dawn of the "Atomic Age," the Korean War, Vietnam, the turbulent 196…
Organizers of a memorial event in honor of innocent victims of gang violence scheduled for this spring are inviting organizations and businesses to sign up ahead of time to participate in the event.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two people on suspicion of smuggling marijuana, methamphetamine and heroin into the Lerdo Jail Facility.
Two people have been arrested for allegedly committing a “large amount of mail thefts” in the Rosamond area, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office.
Each of the dusty old documents in the Walter Stiern Library Historical Research Center's voluminous archives tells two stories.
The Bakersfield Young Professionals group will host its February Pub Club from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m Thursday at Eureka!, 10520 W. Stockdale Highway in southwest Bakersfield.
Bakersfield residents were sharply divided when the city announced it planned to use some Measure N funds to change the way it pays for its pension system, but city officials say the move is sound financial practice.
(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.
February in Bakersfield can often seem like a dress rehearsal for spring, with sunny days, mild nights and blossoming flowers.
Angham Aldawood jumps every time her phone beeps to let her know that she has received an email.
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SACRAMENTO — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it plans to cancel $929 million awarded to California's high-speed rail project and wants the state to return an additional $2.5 billion that it has already spent.
His given name was Michael Adam Morales, but his friends and brother bikers knew him as Mikey Smash.
Local investors' plan to redevelop East Hills Mall has been thrown into question by their partnership's failure to make a large loan payment due last summer to the previous owner of the increasingly troubled shopping center in northeast Bakersfield.
The Bakersfield Police Department is asking the public's help in identifying a woman wanted in connection with credit card fraud and possession of stolen property.
The California Highway Patrol responded to a crash that left a man dead Tuesday morning at Garces Highway and Wasco-Pond Road near Delano.
A two hour delay has been issued for El Tejon Unified School District and Peak to Peak Mountain Charter, according to Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office.
A freeze warning remains in effect until 9 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
(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.
An innocent bystander who apparently was killed in the crossfire during a gun battle that erupted Thursday in east Bakersfield has been identified by the Kern County Coroner's Office.
The Kern County Sheriff's office has identified a man who was killed in an auto accident that happened Friday evening in Arvin.
The traveling violations are not called. The defensive game is pretty much non-existent. And the Refs are part of the punchline.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II died Sunday. George Mendonsa was 95.
The Kern County Coroner's Office has identified the body of a man found "with obvious traumatic injuries" Valentine's Day at a southeast Bakersfield intersection.
Three adults and two children from Delano who died Saturday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on northbound Highway 99 have been identified by authorities.
The Belle Terrace Bridge over Highway 99 is scheduled to be demolished Tuesday night, requiring several nights of closures on Highway 99.
A Bakersfield man who died after being stabbed Saturday night at the 1800 block of Eye Street downtown has been identified by authorities.
A Bakersfield woman is among the 18 castaways who will appear in the upcoming season of "Survivor" on Wednesday for a chance to win $1 million.
There's a certain irony that pops up when people start talking about hopes for a wildflower "super bloom" come springtime. It's just this: A very wet year isn't enough, by itself, to make it happen.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Denny Hamlin came to the Daytona 500 determined to honor his late car owner with a victory.
The Kern County Fire Department responded to a call at 1:44 a.m. Sunday for a house fire on the 5300 block of Patton Way.
Every sitting president in the past 30 years has made a stop in Kern County — sometimes to campaign, other times to use the occasion to take some sort of official action.
A 3.4 earthquake hit 19 kilometers north-northwest of Tehachapi at 3:36 a.m. Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The transition from community college to university is expected to be more seamless than ever for some local students now that Bakersfield College and Cal State Bakersfield have agreed to share more of their resources.
Bakersfield Police say a person died after being stabbed Saturday night in the 1800 block of Eye Street downtown.
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