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• Police seek check bouncer

  02-02-2015 23:53
  
  The Bakersfield Police Department is seeking the community’s assistance in identifying and locating the following suspect wanted for Burglary and Forgery.
  
  On December 28, 2014, at 6:10 pm, the suspect entered the Smart & Final Store located at 4980 Stockdale Hwy., selected a large quantity of items and paid for the items with a check.
  
  It was later determined that the check was stolen in a vehicle burglary. The suspect is described as a: white female, 30’s medium buil
  
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• Trace Adkins to play Bakersfield amphitheater

  02-02-2015 23:51
  
  Country music star Trace Adkins will perform May 9 at Bright House Networks Amphitheatre.
  
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• The Super Bowl Experience Part 1

  02-02-2015 23:36
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Though no local athletes are playing in the big game, Kern County has ties to this year's Super Bowl along with Super Bowls past. Wasco native Carl Smith is the quarterback coach for the Seahawks. He's been with the team since 2011, helping Russell Wilson propel into NFL stardom. He's the first quarterback in league history to start in two Super Bowls in his first three seasons. As for the Patriots, former Cal-State Bakersfield wrestler, Stephen Neal, won three Super Bowl cham
  
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• BPD: 3 women stole merchandise from Big 5 store

  02-02-2015 23:21
  
  The Bakersfield Police Department is looking for three women who they say stole merchandise from the Big 5 Sporting Goods store located at 3203 Mall View Road.
  
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• Police looking for shoplifters

  02-02-2015 23:16
  
  The Bakersfield Police Department is seeking the community’s assistance in identifying and locating the following suspects wanted for Shoplifting.
  
  On December 2, 2014, at 10:00 am, the suspects entered the Big 5 Sporting Goods store located at 3203 Mall View Rd., grabbed some duffle bags, began filling the bags with merchandise and fled the store without paying for any of the items.
  
  The suspects ran to a waiting vehicle described as brown sports utility vehicle and fled.
  
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• Emergency repair to close major freeway ramp

  02-02-2015 22:54
  
  The Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announces maintenance crews will be conducting an emergency slab repair on the connectors from northbound and southbound State Route (SR) 99 to eastbound State Route (SR) 58 in the City of Bakersfield this Sunday, February 8, 2015, weather permitting.
  
  The following connector closures are scheduled to take place:
           The northbound SR 99 to eastbound SR 58 connector will be closed from 6:00
  
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• 'First Look': Racers, start your engines for Winter Showdown at the Kern County Raceway Park

  02-02-2015 22:50
  
  The two-day "Winter Showdown" at the Kern County Raceway Park is bringing racers from across the country together for one solid reason: to race.
  
  "This will be nothing like the west coast has ever seen," said Brian Olsen on "First Look with Scott Cox."
  
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• 'First Look': First News for Feb. 2

  02-02-2015 22:48
  
  Lead stories from "First Look with Scott Cox's" Top Stories:
  
  POLICE BELIEVE HIT-AND-RUN, EARLIER ACCIDENT RELATED: Police investigating an unreported traffic accident early Sunday morning in the area of White Lane and Buena Vista Road later determined that the body of a man found about 1 1/2 miles away may be related to it. The unidentified male was found about 3:30 a.m. in the center medi
  
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• RICHARD COLLINS: Facebook-free February: Lent lite for lapsed luddites

  02-02-2015 22:44
  
  Today I went offline.
  
  Well, not entirely offline. A few days ago I announced on Facebook that I was joining "Facebook Free February." It's a real thing. Just ask anyone on Facebook. It's Lent Lite for Lapsed Luddites. It coincides roughly with Mardi Gras season, Ash Wednesday and Lent. It's an excuse to give something up.
  
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• Trace Adkins coming to Bakersfield

  02-02-2015 22:33
  
  Trace Adkins is coming to Bakersfield.
  
  The popular country singer Will play the Brighthouse Amphitheatre on May 9.
  
  Tickets go on sale Friday February 6th at 10 a.m. You can get them in person at the Rabobank Arena Box Officer or call: 1-800-745-3000 or go to ticketmaster.com
  
  Adkins’ trademark baritone has powered countless hits to the top of the charts and sold over 10 million albums, cumulatively.
  
  His hit list includes “You're Gonna Miss This,” “Lad
  
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• RUSS ALLRED: Business managers, learn these emotional defenses

  02-02-2015 22:30
  
  Creating constraints can set you free. Many people start their own business to escape the constraints they perceive in their jobs. They want to be free to create, set their own hours, escape their demanding boss and make enough money to enjoy living. In the beginning, they find freedom to create, but little else.
  
  They work much longer, their clients become their new bosses and they don't make much mo
  
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• Lawmakers seek to repeal fee for paper bags

  02-02-2015 22:19
  
  One legislator   wants to   repeal an aspect of the plastic bag ban which goes into effect in California in July.  The ban requires supermarkets  to charge at least  10 cents for a paper bag.   One bill has been introduced to repeal the plastic bag ban and the other would repeal the 10-cent fee for paper bags. 
  
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• 'Power Ranger' actor arrested in fatal sword attack

  02-02-2015 21:59
  
  A former star of the "Power Rangers" TV series has been arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing his roommate with a sword.
  
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• Charles Manson marriage license to expire without a wedding

  02-02-2015 21:40
  
  California prison officials say the marriage license of Charles Manson and a 26-year-old devotee is set to expire without a wedding taking place.
  
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• Sheriff's office wants help solving 2013 murder case

  02-02-2015 21:31
  
  The Kern County Sheriff's Office on Monday issued a plea for help in a nearly two-year-old murder case.
  
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• Deputies need help to solve homicide from 2013

  02-02-2015 21:23
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Deputies need your help finding a suspect from a murder in 2013.  Sheriff's officials say the body of Joaquin Molina, 23, was found in an orchard near Comanche and Pioneer Drives in May, 2013.  Deputies say he had been shot to death.   
  
  Detectives initiated an investigation into Molina’s murder, however at this point in the investigation have not identified a suspect or suspects and have exhausted all investigative leads.
  
  If anyone has infor
  
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• KCSO still looking into 2013 murder

  02-02-2015 21:03
  
  The Kern County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help in obtaining information for a murder investigation.
  
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• Man arrested for hit and run in SW Bakersfield

  02-02-2015 20:38
  
  A man is dead following an overnight hit-and-run incident that occurred Sunday in Southwest Bakersfield, according to the Bakersfield Police Department. 
  
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• Man arrested in suspected hit-and-run crash

  02-02-2015 20:36
  
  The victim's body was found early Sunday morning on the center median of the 3300 block of Buena Vista Road. The coroner's office on Monday identified him as 22-year-old Miguel Angel Aldaco.
  
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• Police: No charges to be sought against theft suspect

  02-02-2015 20:26
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Police say there will be no charges sought for a woman suspected in stealing a wallet from a service counter at the Walmart on Rosedale Highway.  
  
  Police say the woman returned the victim's wallet late last week with all of the contents intact.  Police say the suspect had seen her picture on the news and social media but could not explain why she took the wallet.  
  
  Police say the wallet had been left at a service counter at the Walmart store on Rosedal
  
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• Chick-fil-A offers free coffee all of February

  02-02-2015 19:55
  
  For the entire month of February, Chick-fil-A restaurants nationwide will give customers free cups of its new specialty-grade THRIVE Farmers™ hot or iced coffee all day long.
  
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• Smoke might be seen from prescribed burning

  02-02-2015 19:31
  
  Kern River Ranger District fire personnel plan to begin prescribed burning Monday.
  
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• Obama tells parents to get their kids vaccinated

  02-02-2015 19:06
  
  In the midst of a measles outbreak, President Barack Obama is telling parents to get their kids vaccinated.
  
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• Obama sends record $4 trillion spending plan to Congress

  02-02-2015 17:57
  
  President Barack Obama sent Congress a record $4 trillion budget Monday that would boost taxes on higher-income Americans and corporations, pushing past tight federal spending caps to fund an ambitious public works program and provide middle-class tax relief.
  
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• Name the new Bakersfield Condors team

  02-02-2015 17:40
  
  The Bakersfield Condors, owned by the Edmonton Oilers, announced today that the organization is asking for submissions for a 'Name the AHL Team' contest. This follows yesterday's announcement that Bakersfield will be part of a brand-new Pacific Division of the American Hockey League (AHL), the top development league of the National Hockey League (NHL).
  
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• Too much salt & sugar found in food for toddlers

  02-02-2015 17:35
  
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers discovered that 70 percent of food for toddlers has too much salt and sugar, and these problems can especially impact children in Kern County.
  
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• Shooting in McFarland sends man to hospital

  02-02-2015 17:11
  
  On Sunday, February 1, at approximately 7:10 p.m., officers from the McFarland Police Department were dispatched to the area of East Perkins Avenue and Browning Road in regards to a shooting that had just occurred.
  
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• Maddie's Mommy Mondays: Staying fit during pregnancy

  02-02-2015 16:28
  
  17's Maddie Janssen explores the various ways to keep in shape and avoid packing on more-than-necessary pounds during the course of your pregnancy.
  
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• Local pizza parlor slammed on Super Sunday

  02-02-2015 09:45
  
  During Super Bowl weekend Americans consume more chicken wings and pizza than almost any other day. But how do those pizzas get to your table? It's the unsung heroes of Super Bowl Sunday: pizza delivery.
  
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• Derek Carr shares an inspiring message

  02-02-2015 08:00
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Like every NFL quarterback, Bakersfield native Derek Carr has faith he will one day reach a Super Bowl.     And no doubt, that faith helped Carr stay focused through a challenging rookie season with the Oakland Raiders, posting a 3 and 13 record.     But whether he is in or out of the locker room, Carr expresses his love for god.     He kicked off his Super Bowl sunday at his home church, Liberty Christian Center in Bakersfield.&nbs
  
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• OLIVIA GARCIA: Tax-filing season arrives with changes

  02-02-2015 04:18
  
  Tax season is beginning and one big change is that for the time, filers will be asked to provide individual or family information related to health insurance.
  
  According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, tax filers will be asked to indicate if they had health coverage in 2014. However, those who purchased through the Health Insurance Marketplace (or chose not to) will be asked to provid
  
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• Patriots defeat Seahawks in Super Bowl 49

  02-02-2015 04:03
  
  GLENDALE, AZ - The New England Patriots have defeated the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 to win Super Bowl 49.  The win gives Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady his fourth Super Bowl Ring.  
  
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• Raiders QB Derek Carr visits Bakersfield church

  02-02-2015 03:15
  
  Derek Carr shares his testimony at Liberty Christian Center.
  
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• NFL quarterback Derek Carr visits Bakersfield

  02-02-2015 03:15
  
  Derek Carr shares his testimony at Liberty Christian Center.
  
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• BPD investigating pedestrian death

  02-02-2015 02:45
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Bakersfield police are investigating the death of a man found in the center median of Buena Vista Road early this morning.
  
  At approximately 3:30 a.m. on Feb. 1, officers were in the area of White Lane and the 1300 block of Buena Vista Road where they located an adult male deceased in the center median.
  
  According to BPD, they arrived on scene around 2:40 a.m. where they contacted an adult male and began investigating what they believed was an unreported traffic accide
  
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• BPD investigating death of man found on roadway

  02-02-2015 02:45
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Bakersfield police are investigating the death of a man found in the center median of Buena Vista Road early this morning.
  
  At approximately 3:30 a.m. on Feb. 1, officers were in the area of White Lane and the 1300 block of Buena Vista Road where they located an adult male deceased in the center median.
  
  According to BPD, they arrived on scene around 2:40 a.m. where they contacted an adult male and began investigating what they believed was an unreported traffic accide
  
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• Local student touts FBI Teen Academy

  02-02-2015 02:09
  
  Isaac Solis was just 17 but tasked last spring by the FBI Sacramento field office with gleaning evidence from a vehicle used in a crime.
  
  Along with a handful of other teens, he swept the car for fingerprints, hair samples and anything else that could be used in building a case. Plastic gloves were found, along with an empty money pouch.
  
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• Ask TBC: Don't stations have to lower the volume on commercials?

  02-02-2015 00:00
  
  Q: Whatever happened to the legislation/implementation of legislation that required television stations to lower commercial sound levels to match programming sound levels?
  
  -- Jerry Pearson. Sr.
  
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