The Kern County District Attorney’s Office has filed felony charges against a man under the newly passed Proposition 36. The office says the suspect allegedly stole from the Target store at The Park at Riverwalk in southwest Bakersfield and has a history of theft-related convictions. Prosecutors say Dustin Towery and another person allegedly stole two…… Read More
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Arvin man sexually abuses dog
An Arvin man has admitted to sexually assaulting a neighbor’s dog. Court documents indicate Jose Flores-Chavez, 40, told police he hopped a fence and entered the neighbor’s yard to retrieve a soccer ball on December 4 and became aroused when he spotted the animal. He reportedly told authorities he touched the Cane Corso and began…… Read More
covered california reaches enrollment milestone
Covered California has reached an all-time enrollment high ahead of the program’s open enrollment deadline. Over 1.8 million people are enrolled in the state’s health insurance marketplace. About 144,000 Californians are enrolling for the first time, and over 1.6 million are renewing their coverage. Nearly half of new enrollees have come from Los Angeles, Orange,…… Read More
big rig driver dies in aquaduct
The driver of a big-rig hass bee found dead after crashing into the California Aqueduct south of Bakersfield. The Highway Patrol Fort Tejon office reports the semi was almost fully submerged when officers found it after the accident Sunday morning on northbound Interstate Five. Crews found the driver dead inside the vehicle when they pulled…… Read More
fire displaces family, animals in kernville
Three adults, two dogs and six puppies are without a home after fire torches their house in Kernville. The blaze broke out at around 9:30 a.m. Sunday on Panorama Drive where crews from as far away as Inyokern and Glenville joined Kern County firefighters to keep the fire from spreading to nearby houses. An off-duty…… Read More
man shoots himself inside fast-food restroom
Bakersfield police continue their investigation after a customer accidentally shoots himself in the bathroom of a fast-food restaurant. Officers got word Friday afternoon of shots fired inside the restroom at Chipotle on Mt. Vernon Avenue off Highway 178. The victim took off before the cops arrived but was discovered at a nearby hospital. Officers found…… Read More
CHP maximum enforcement ahead
The Highway Patrol will begin its two-day Christmas Maximum Enforcement Period Tuesday. Beginning at 6:02 p.m. Tuesday, CHP officers will be on the lookout for dangerous driving behaviors, speeding, impaired drivers, distracted drivers and people not wearing their seat belts. The operation will end at 11:59 p.m. on Christmas Day. 20 people died in crashes…… Read More
bakersfield attorney on the wrong side of the law
A Bakersfield attorney has been arrested on suspicion of driving drunk after crashing into a DUI checkpoint. William Wright, 42, reportedly ran through the checkpoint and hit the back of a Highway Patrol car during the set-up of the operation at Calloway and Slikker Drives December 14. The patrol car struck three CHP personnel who…… Read More
man convicted of sex crimes receives sentence
A man found guilty of exposing himself to a woman pushing her daughter in a stroller at Panorama Park is sentenced to six months’ time served. Timothy Kensavath, 24, was ordered Thursday to register as a sex offender after the incident at the park in northeast Bakersfield in August. Kensavath pleaded no contest to groping…… Read More
Dui driver sentenced to prison
A Bakersfield man found guilty of felony DUI charges after a crash that injured a man and his wife will spend a year in jail. Sean Tokash, 25, will also be on probation for five years after the accident in April 2023 where the passengers in his car were injured when he ran a red…… Read More
