Hill no-hits Padres for 5 2/3 innings in Dodgers' 5-1 win
LOS ANGELES — Left-hander Rich Hill pitched 5 2/3 no-hit innings to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night in front of 47,590 at Dodger Stadium.Hill (2-0)...
View ArticleFriday Night Rewind: Foothill's comeback a 'signature' win for Trojans
Games like this didn’t happen in the first three seasons for Foothill head coach for Jason Oliver.The Trojans, once a strong and formidable program, have been arguably the hardest hit school by the...
View ArticleGades hold off Hancock to post 22-19 season-opening win
SANTA MARIA — Bakersfield College built a comfortable lead by halftime Saturday and the Renegades needed every bit of that.The Renegades opened their season by withstanding a fourth-quarter rally by...
View ArticleNo. 1 Alabama annihilates No. 20 USC
ARLINGTON, Texas —The Jalen Hurts era of Alabama football began with the top-ranked Crimson Tide routing No. 20 USC 52-6 Saturday in Cowboy Stadium.The true freshman, who took over after the second...
View ArticleQuick start propels Angels past Mariners
SEATTLE — Albert Pujols and Kole Calhoun each had two of the Angels’ five home runs as Los Angeles piled up 15 hits to hammer the Seattle Mariners 10-3 on Saturday night.The Angels (60-75) scored six...
View ArticleTexas A&M edges No. 16 UCLA in overtime
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Trevor Knight probably experienced more than anyone could have expected in his Texas A&M debut Saturday afternoon.Luckily for the Aggies, his experience is a plus.
View ArticleOzigbo helps Nebraska roll past Fresno State
It took an entire half to get going, but Nebraska eventually pulled away in what ended as a 43-10 victory over Fresno State on Saturday night in non-conference play at Lincoln, Neb.Sophomore running...
View ArticleDrake wins Late Model race at Speedway
Steve Drake continued his mastery of Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday night. Drake took the lead with 11 laps to go then sailed to victory in the Late Model race on the third-mile clay oval.
View ArticlePipeline break spews oil over Highway 33
An AERA Energy pipeline broke Sunday morning, spreading reclaimed water and oil across Highway 33 just south of Lerdo Highway and into an almond orchard.Emergency teams learned of the break at around...
View ArticleTrio arrested in string of armed robberies
Bakersfield Police arrested a trio of Bakersfield men they believe are behind a series of armed robberies of local businesses.Police pulled over Carlos Ochoa, 28, Raul Lara Jr., 21, and Christopher...
View ArticleWoman hit by driver who drove away, came back
A woman pushing a blue grocery cart across 18th Street at Cedar Street Sunday afternoon received major, life-threatening injuries when she was hit by a car.The woman was walking north in a crosswalk...
View ArticleKind-hearted duo help keep homeless kids in school
Depending on the week, 8-year-old Sebastian goes home to one of two places: the cramped, two-bedroom east Bakersfield house with the backed-up plumbing that he shares with his mother, grandmother and...
View ArticleJOSE GASPAR: All the questions I still have for KHSD
Public reaction to revelations that Kern High School District administrators spied on students and others by tapping a law enforcement database has run from outrage to condemnation to “What else is new...
View ArticleKHSD police probes will cost at least $78,000
The Kern High School District will spend at least $78,000 on just one of two consultants hired to overhaul and investigate its on-campus police department, according to documents obtained by The...
View ArticleFuneral services for Sept.5, 2016
SERVICES PENDING Antonio D. Luna, 27, Sept. 2, in Bakersfield. Doughty-Calhoun-O’Meara Funeral Directors.
View ArticleMan shot in car chase fighting for life at KMC
Two men were shot late Sunday afternoon in a residential neighborhood just a few hundred feet from Garces High School in the Alta Vista neighborhood.One man was fighting for his life at Kern Medical...
View ArticleTruex captures Southern 500
DARLINGTON, S.C. — Martin Truex Jr. claimed his second win of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season Sunday night with a victory in the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.It was Truex's...
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