The State Water Resources Control Board has adopted emergency conservation mandates, with the aim of slashing urban water use by 25 percent.… Read More
Coroner IDs Man Struck By Semi on I-5
The coroner’s office says the man who struck and killed by a tractor trailer while walking along Interstate 5 south of Copus Road is 72-year-old Calvin Thomas of San Francisco.… Read More
Possible Explosive Found at Sheriff’s Facility
Bomb technicians have taken a suspected explosive away from the Kern County Sheriff’s property room on L Street in downtown Bakersfield.… Read More
Teen Jailed for Armed Robberies
A 17-year-old is jailed for robbing four businesses with a gun in east Bakersfield last month.… Read More
Rollover Victim ID’d
The passenger who died after being ejected from a car during a rollover crash on Highway 58 just west of Hyundai-Kia Boulevard in California City has been identified by the coroner’s office as 27-year-old David Strong of Vallejo.… Read More
Man, Woman, Baby Injured in Shooting
Doctors had to induce labor after a pregnant woman and a man were shot in a drive-by at Oswell and Monterey streets in east Bakersfield.… Read More
Stocks See Red on Tuesday
New concerns over Greek debt sent stocks into the red.… Read More
Air Pollution District: Permits Are Valid, EPA is Wrong
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control says its permits for the Bakersfield Crude Terminal near Taft are valid, despite claims otherwise by the Environmental Protection Agency.… Read More
Gallop: People Less Likely to Feel Safe in Bakersfield
A national Gallop poll says people from Bakersfield are some of the least likely to feel safe and secure in their community.… Read More
GET Gets Money for Bus Stops
Golden Empire Transit has been awarded a $600,000 grant from Caltrans to improve bus stops.… Read More
