Work on Centennial Corridor can continue for now, judge decides
Work on Centennial Corridor, the controversial connection between Highway 58 and the Westside Parkway, can proceed pending a hearing late this year or early next on the project’s environmental report,...
View ArticleKHSD Trustee Chad Vegas won't run for reelection
Chad Vegas, the Kern High School District’s longest continuously serving board member and a Christian pastor known for his conservative values, announced Friday he will not seek reelection in November,...
View ArticleBen Hibbert's fall will break your heart, but it's how he finishes that matters
After a brilliant season, Frontier senior Ben Hibbert was looking for a fast and clean 110-meter high hurdles in the CIF-State Track and Field Championships on Friday night. Hibbert, however, had...
View ArticleLIVE BLOG: CIF Track & Field Championships
Follow along live as Trevor Horn and Zach Ewing provide minute-by-minute updates, photos and videos from Clovis and the state track championships, where several locals are hopeful for medals or state...
View ArticleKeselowski steals pole from teammate Logano
LONG POND, Pa. – Going out late in a light rain in the final round of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series knockout qualifying at Pocono Raceway, Brad Keselowski edged Team Penske teammate Joey Logano for the top...
View ArticleWeaver, Angels take care of banged-up Pirates
PITTSBURGH – The Los Angeles Angels’ swings and misses of early this season are transforming into hits – a lot of them – and possibly the potential for a turnaround.Kole Calhoun homered and drove in...
View ArticleBoxing legend Muhammad Ali dead at age 74
LOS ANGELES – Legendary three-time heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, who bragged that he was “the greatest” and then backed up the claim in the ring, died Friday in Phoenix, Arizona. He was...
View ArticleSeager powers Dodgers past Braves
LOS ANGELES — Corey Seager homered three times, including the go-ahead home run, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves before 46,366 at Dodger Stadium on Friday...
View ArticleState track championships: All local results
CIF State Track & Field ChampionshipsAt Veterans Memorial Stadium, Clovis
View ArticleHicks, White, Jountti, Wallace reach state finals in jumps
CLOVIS - As the temperature peaked to a balmy 102 degrees, Dennis Hicks began to heat up.The Liberty senior cleared 48 feet, 3.75 inches on his first jump of the boys triple jump preliminaries on...
View ArticleFinch, Threlkeld reach long-awaited state finals
CLOVIS — Heartbreak or triumph at the CIF State Track and Field Championships can come down to a matter of fractions of inches or seconds.That’s especially true on Friday, preliminary day, when...
View ArticleState notebook: Tough day on the track
CLOVIS — Nobody said competing at the CIF State Track and Field Championships was supposed to be easy, but it proved especially difficult for Kern County runners on Friday.Only one local runner,...
View ArticleThoughtful, contrary: That was the Haggard I came to know
The last time Merle Haggard and I talked, he had just received an honorary doctorate of arts from California State University, Bakersfield. We were drinking coffee in his touring RV with musician Red...
View ArticlePolice seize guns in series of stops
Several firearms were seized by Bakersfield Police officers in a series of vehicle stops around Bakersfield Friday night.In the first incident, officers stopped a car in the 900 block of Martin Luther...
View ArticleLOIS HENRY: Toes are getting sensitive as groundwater turf is set
If you don’t want to know how the sausage is made, turn the page.Though the sausage I’ll be discussing today, groundwater management, is vitally important to the future of Kern County, the inner...
View ArticleLIVE: 2016 Beautiful Bakersfield Awards
The Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce presents the 2016 Beautiful Bakersfield Awards from the Double Tree Hotel. Tonight's event is hosted by KGET's Jim Scott and Tami Mlcoch and honors the...
View ArticleBeautiful Bakersfield Award Winner Interviews
TBC Media’s Charmaine Cleveland and Elizabeth Sanchez interview award winners from the 2016 Beautiful Bakersfield Awards from the Double Tree Hotel. The awards ceremony is brought to you by the Greater...
View ArticleLIVE BLOG: CIF State Track & Field Championships, Day 2
Follow along live with Trevor Horn and Zach Ewing as seven local athletes go for gold in the state finals tonight at the CIF track state championships in Clovis. inbed:
View ArticleFuneral services for June 5, 2016
Services pending Margaret E. Brassfield, 90, Bakersfield, June 3. Greenlawn Funeral Home.
View ArticleBakersfield All-Stars shut out Central Coast
For the third year in a row, the Bakersfield All-Stars beat the Central Coast. This time, it was in a rout thanks to a 12-0 shutout on Saturday at Gerry Collis Field.Bakersfield is undefeated (6-0) in...
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