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highway patrol messaging truckers

The California Highway Patrol has special messages for truckers during the Thanksgiving period. The CHP’s Commercial Vehicle Section is sending updates to commercial truck drivers to notify them about hazards, closures, and enforcement operations in high-crash areas around the state. The messages are 25 words or less and are sent through truck drivers’ Electronic Logging…Read More

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The California Highway Patrol has special messages for truckers during the Thanksgiving period. The CHP’s Commercial Vehicle Section is sending the updates to commercial truck drivers to notify them about hazards, closures, and enforcement operations in high-crash areas around the state. The messages are 25 words or less and are sent through truck drivers’ Electronic…Read More

next of kin sought after bakersfield murder

Police are asking for the public’s help to find the next of kin of a man who was murdered in south central Bakersfield. Any relatives of Javier Mata 39, are asked to contact the Bakersfield Police Department. Mata was shot during an incident in May in the 100 block of Union Avenue. Two suspects have…Read More

bakersfield woman enters plea after alleged murder

A Bakersfield woman whose husband is accused of killing her cousin enters a plea to accessory charges. Court documents indicate Noralina Vasquez-Hernandez pleaded no contest to the charges in October and will be sentenced in December. She allegedly used bleach and other cleaning materials to wipe down their apartment on Normandy Drive after her husband…Read More

bakersfield police nab distracted drivers

Bakersfield police issued eleven citations and impounded one vehicle after officers conducted an operation on drivers using their phones behind the wheel. The sting took place the morning of November 25. It’s illegal to hold a phone or any other electronic communications device while you’re operating a vehicle. This means no talking, texting, or using…Read More

fong speaks out on newsom’s visit

Republican Congressman Vince Fong of Bakersfield weighs in on Governor Gavin Newsom’s policies after the Democrat’s visit to Kern County. Newsom made a stop in Kern on Monday to tout his California Jobs First Economic Blueprint, but Fong says the governor’s rebranding tour ignores the fact that it’s his own policies that have damaged and…Read More

bakersfield doctor charged with negligence

A Bakersfield urologist has been accused of gross negligence and incompetence. The accusation was filed Friday by the director of the Medical Board of California against Dr. David Horovitz in connection to the death of a patient during a kidey operation in 2022. Horovitz was reportedly unable to control excessive bleeding during the robotic procedure…Read More

Arson suspect arrested

Arson investigators with the Kern County Fire Department have arrested a man in connection with a fire at the Amazon Distribution Center. Monty Goree, 26, of Bakersfield, was arrested Sunday afternoon on arson charges after the fire at the warehouse on Petrol Road earlier that day. There are no reports of injuries.Read More

rabies case reported in central valley

Health officials in Fresno and Merced counties have confirmed a rabies exposure involving a Fresno County resident who was suspected of having been bitten by a bat in Merced County. Fresno County health officials are working with healthcare workers to care for the individual. The Merced County Health Department is notifying others who may have…Read More

Second arrest in southwest bakersfield shooting

Police have arrested a second man in connection with a fatal shooting in southwest Bakersfield. Tyrell Cheadle, 29, was arrested Friday on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and other crimes after he and Christopher Kenney, 25, were accused of killing Jeremy Littlejohn and wounding four other people in a suspected gang-related shooting on Chandler Court…Read More

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