Pedestrian struck and killed by alleged drunken driver
A drunken driver struck and killed a pedestrian walking in traffic lanes outside a crosswalk early Friday in west Bakersfield, police said.
View ArticleMan charged in killings of mother, stepfather is brain dead following medical...
A man accused of gunning down his mother and stepfather suffered a "medical complication" earlier this week at Lerdo Jail and was rushed to a local hospital, according to authorities.
View ArticleBakersfield City School District can't agree on trustee, leaving downtown...
Downtown Bakersfield schools will be without elected representation for the better part of a year after Bakersfield City School District board members stalemated Thursday evening trying to fill a...
View ArticleDAN WALTERS: Democrats hurt by gerrymandered congressional districts, but not...
Belatedly — and only after they had lost control of Congress to Republicans — the national Democratic Party grasped the impact of how state legislatures redraw congressional districts after each...
View ArticleDrone videos give Californian new approach to telling Kern County stories
With ever-increasing advances in drone technology, the ability to shoot aerial footage is readily available. What previously could only be achieved with an expensive helicopter ride is now affordable.
View ArticleOn anniversary of massive 1952 quake, state says to get insured
Sixty-five years ago Friday, Kern County residents were jolted awake by a 7.3-magnitude earthquake at 4:52 a.m. — one of the biggest temblors in California history.
View ArticleBraves beat Dodgers 12-3 after Wood unravels in 1st loss
LOS ANGELES — Braves pitcher Jaime Garcia hit a grand slam off previously unbeaten Alex Wood to highlight Atlanta's 12-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.
View ArticleSale blanks Angels for 6 innings in Boston's 6-2 win
ANAHEIM — Chris Sale pitched six scoreless innings and the Boston Red Sox rode a five-run first inning to a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
View ArticleNot enough exercise, too much: Americans polarized here, too
The boarding process for a recent flight required going up a modest set of stairs. Greatly slowing it all was a woman carrying at least 80 more pounds than were optimal. Every step was a labored exertion.
View ArticlePhoto Gallery:Rebuilding Together
Local volunteers from Rebuilding Together and Sears' Heroes at Home are working at the Bakersfield Senior Center to upgrade the facilities
View ArticleHERB BENHAM: Miss Cupcake takes a ride
Yes. That’s the answer to will she know what to do with a chocolate cupcake. Children are born with the cupcake gene and by their first birthday, it is in full bloom.
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Liberty versus Ridgeview football
Ridgeview downs Liberty 19-14 on the Wolf Pack field
View ArticleGarces falls to Fresno-Edison
It was expected that the Garces football team would suffer growing pains early in the season considering the Rams overall youth and inexperience.
View ArticleDodgers beat Giants 4-2 to clinch 5th straight NL West title
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their fifth straight NL West title, beating the San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Friday night as Cody Bellinger set an NL rookie record with his 39th home run.
View ArticleMan killed, four injured in shooting
A man was killed in a shooting early Saturday morning that injured four other people, according to police.
View ArticleOur View: Let Milo's shallow, vacuous circus go forward
If the College Republicans club at CSU Bakersfield wanted the rest of the city to realize there's a College Republicans club at CSU Bakersfield, it succeeded.
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