Man wanted in commercial robbery
The Bakersfield Police Department is looking for information on a man wanted in a commercial robbery on Friday.
View ArticleWalk Like MADD & MADD Dash held on Saturday
Around 1,000 people came out to the Park at River Walk on Saturday to run for a cause.
View ArticleFormer Kern County Supervisor Don Maben dies
Don Maben, a former Kern County supervisor known for being a good guy who never sought out the limelight and instead focused on doing both the big and little things needed for the people he...
View ArticleThe gentle people shall prevail over bullets
I passed through Houston Monday and found a lot of cheerful stoicism ("It could've been worse") a month after Harvey had messed with Texas. Some boarded-up windows downtown, some houses awaiting...
View ArticlePraise in the park at annual Gospel Fest
If the music is your favorite part of a Sunday morning sermon, an upcoming event just might make you jump to your feet and say "Hallelujah!"
View ArticleGrimmway Farms awards 62 scholarships to kids of employees in Kern
Grimmway Farms has awarded 62 college scholarships to recent Kern County high school graduates as part of its annual Rod and Bob Grimm Memorial Scholarship Program, it announced Tuesday.
View ArticleLetter to the editor: Thank you, Old Glory
It really is a sad thing to see the events occurring today that involve the Stars and Stripes. I keep hearing that the flag doesn’t represent this country. Wow! Do any of those making this claim have...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: Find another way
Regarding professional athletes' anthem displays: It's wonderful that they're protesting injustice, something everyone of course is against. However, to protest by publicly disparaging their country's...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: Sign your name right here
I have a way to resolve the recent NFL controversy. Tell the players to take off their uniforms and put on ours. They play a game and make millions under the freedom that we provide. Pat Tillman led by...
View ArticleTBC FIVE @ 4: Monday, September 25
Coming up on today’s TBC Five @ 4… What investigators asked from Sabrina Limon after the death of her husband, and could barbecues become regulated like wood fires in Kern County? Catch The FIVE @ 4...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: Preserve the mortgage deduction
If you are a mortgage holder, contractor, real estate agent, or anyone that derives income from home sales, you are about to be injured by the GOP's so-called tax reform plan which will eliminate the...
View ArticleSTEFANI DIAS: Good golly, Miss 'Dolly' on Stars stage
Bette Middler is bringing down the house with the Tony-winning revival of "Hello, Dolly!" on but you don't have to venture down the Great White Way to enjoy the matchmaker's tale. Stars Theatre...
View ArticleGET installing 11 new bus shelters
Golden Empire Transit on Tuesday started installing 11 new bus shelters in Bakersfield, offering riders covered, semi-enclosed waiting areas with benches at bus stops.
View ArticleVIDEO: Bakersfield High principal talks about Friday's opening of Griffith Field
On Wednesday afternoon, Bakersfield High principal David Reese spoke with The Californian about the reopening of Griffith Field, the near century-old stadium on the BHS campus.
View ArticleWoman who had corpse of Bakersfield man, teen daughter in car gets probation
SAN LUIS OBISPO — A woman who was found in Central California with her teenage daughter and a decomposing corpse from Bakersfield in the car has been sentenced to probation.
View ArticleAuthorities arrest man on arson charges in Oildale, investigate possible link...
Kern County Fire Department arson investigators arrested a 41-year-old man Wednesday on four counts of setting fires that damaged three trash cans and a fence in Oildale, and are investigating whether...
View ArticleTBC FIVE @ 4: Wednesday, September 27
Coming up on today’s TBC Five @ 4… What detectives told Sabrina Limon to try to get the truth out of her, and another fun family attraction coming to Bakersfield this weekend. Catch The FIVE @ 4 every...
View ArticleTrevor Horn's Week 6 football preview and predictions
Well, here goes nothing. Or is it something?
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