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• Bakersfield set to go primetime on "Triple D"

  16-02-2015 23:40
  
  A month after "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" wrapped up filming in Bakersfield, an episode featuring a local restaurant will air next month.
  
  Crews from the popular Food Network show filmed at several eateries including Moo Creamery and Salty's last month..
  
  A representative from the show says an episode featuring at least one Bakersfield restaurant will air March 6.
  
  The owners of Mama Roomba confirm their restaurant will be in that episode titled "From Atlantic t
  
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• BPD: Man used victim's credit card at Kohl's

  16-02-2015 23:20
  
  The Bakersfield Police Department is asking the community for help in identifying and locating a man wanted for identity theft.
  
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• Police looking for identity thief

  16-02-2015 23:20
  
  Bakersfield Police are asking for help in identifying and finding a man they say committed identity theft.
  
  On December 28, 2014, the suspect made purchases at the Kohls’ store located at 5385 Gosford Rd. using the victim’s identity.
  
  The suspect is described as a: white or hispanic male in his 20’s with black hair.
  
  Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to call Detective Patrick
  Hayes at (661) 326-3537 or the Bakersfield Police Department a
  
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• COOL! Student finalist shares electric car idea

  16-02-2015 23:01
  
  "By the year 2020 there's an EPA regulation that's going to cut 90 percent of the combustion engines in the central valley," William Schallock, a Senior at Bakersfield High and a finalist in the Bright Ideas STEM From Today's Youth competition, said.
  
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• Passengers panic after untrue Los Angeles airport gun scare

  16-02-2015 22:18
  
  A mistaken public address announcement that a gunman was on the loose at a Los Angeles International Airport terminal sent some passengers fleeing from the gate area and onto the tarmac Monday, authorities said.
  
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• Train carrying crude oil derails in West Virgina

  16-02-2015 22:16
  
  Huntington, WV -- An train carrying crude oil derailed in West Virginia Monday.
  
  Local NBC affiliate WSAZ in Huntington, West Virginia is reporting the derailment happened near Adena Village in a remote part of West Virgina, about 65 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pa.
  
  A mile and a half around the train has been evacuated according to WSAZ.
  
  Dispatchers told the Huntington, WV station that there were explosions and several nearby homes caught fire.
  
  So far, there are no reports of i
  
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• MARK POWELL: McFarland's Hollywood moment

  16-02-2015 22:08
  
  The seeds of "McFarland, USA" were sown long ago, along dimly lit, pre-dawn roadsides and dusty, humble stretches of farmland.
  
  What McFarland has reaped in return is anything but obscurity.
  
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• Special Report: Preventing infant deaths

  16-02-2015 21:35
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - The death of two babies over the weekend, an eight month old in Taft and a two month old in Shafter, once again brings to light the all too common issue of infant death in Kern County.
  
  Sudden Unexplained Infant Death accounts for the majority of deaths of local children under one year old.
  
  The coroner's office reported at least nine babies died last year of Sudden Unexplained Infant Death, or SUID. There are ten other baby death investigations where the cause of de
  
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• CHP: Pedestrian dead, hit by 2 vehicles

  16-02-2015 21:13
  
  A man is dead after being hit by two cars Sunday morning.
  
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• Police looking for leads in suspicious death

  16-02-2015 21:11
  
  The Bakersfield Police Department is seeking the community's assistance in locating possible witnesses who may have information regarding a Suspicious Death.
  
  On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at 11:15 am, Bakersfield police officers responded to the Villa Inn Motel located at 80 Union Av. regarding an unconscious female in one of the rooms at the motel.
  
  Once officers arrived they found an adult female, later identified as 40-year-old Bakersfield resident Angela Ruth McCall deceased.
  
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• South Bakersfield shooting under investigation

  16-02-2015 20:57
  
  A person was shot on the 2700 block of Villalovos Court, near Wilson Road and Highway 99.
  
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• Man arrested for deadly Delano party shooting

  16-02-2015 20:50
  
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of shooting another man at a party.
  
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• Bicyclist hit Sunday night

  16-02-2015 20:45
  
  Police are investigating a vehicle versus bicycle accident that occurred Sunday night in east Bakersfield.
  
  It happened around 8 p.m. near Monterey Street and Beale Avenue.
  
  The Bakersfield police department says they responded to calls of a bicyclist struck by a vehicle and found a man laying in the roadway suffering from minor injuries.
  
  The man, whose name has not been released, was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
  
  Police say and the accident is currently under inve
  
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• Person found dead under crashed tractor

  16-02-2015 20:43
  
  A person was found dead over the weekend under a tractor near Highways 46 and 99.
  
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• Traffic lanes reduced during bridge repair

  16-02-2015 20:36
  
  Beginning on Tuesday, February 17, the City of Bakersfield will begin a project to perform bridge deck repairs on the Oak Street Overpass between Truxtun Avenue and California Avenue.
  
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• Delano drive-by shooting vic's brother dies in chase crash

  16-02-2015 20:31
  
  The brother of a drive-by shooting victim has died in a crash while apparently pursuing the shooter or shooters.
  
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• Special needs kids get chance to shine in sports league

  16-02-2015 20:21
  
  It's not too late to get involved in helping children with mental and physical special needs.
  
  Young athletes showed off their skills Sunday at the League of Dreams tryout day at Fruitvale-Norris park.
  
  League of Dreams is an adaptive sports league for special needs children.
  
  You can still register your child online or register yourself as a volunteer until February 27th.
  
  The season starts March 15.
  
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• Bakersfield police: Man shot multiple times

  16-02-2015 20:18
  
  A man was shot multiple times Sunday night on the 900 block of South Robinson Street.
  
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• AP Exclusive: Many sex offenders killed in California prison

  16-02-2015 20:03
  
  California state prisoners are killed at a rate that is double the national average.
  
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• High Schools to allow more PED's in classroom

  16-02-2015 20:00
  
  Starting in March, the Kern High School District will be asking students to BYOD.
  
  Students at seven high schools will be allowed to bring their own devices to school in an effort to incorporate more technology in classrooms.
  
  Thanks to the voluntary pilot program, select students will no longer have to tuck their technology away in a backpack.
  
  Their phone or tablet will now help deliver the lesson.
  
  Students at Arvin High, East High, Frontier, Highland, Liberty, Ridgeview and
  
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• Bakersfield Locks Of Love draws many volunteers

  16-02-2015 19:50
  
  La Dolce Vita Beauty & Spa, NYFotography, and Kiss Me Photo Booth have partnered up for Bakersfield's first Locks Of Love event in 2015.
  
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• Bakersfield Blaze announce 2015 job fair

  16-02-2015 19:43
  
  The Bakersfield Blaze are hiring day-of-game, seasonal employees for the 2015 home baseball schedule at the 2015 Bakersfield Blaze Job Fair.
  
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• HECA emails suggest wrong-doing

  16-02-2015 19:30
  
  Newly-released emails suggest a pattern of backroom deals between a PG&E executive and the former state Public Utilities Commission over the Hydrogen Energy California Project set to be built near Tupman.
  
  The $4 billion project would burn coal to produce electricity, fertilizer and CO2 that could boost nearby oil production.
  
  The San Francisco Chronicle poured over the 65,000 emails just released by PG&E last month.
  
  State and federal prosecutors are looking into possible w
  
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• Man arrested for murder in Delano

  16-02-2015 19:12
  
  Police have arrested a suspect they say shot and killed a man in Delano over the weekend.
  
  Delano police say 37-year-old Juan Molina junior was arrested in connection with a deadly shooting at a party Saturday night near Cesar Chavez High School.
  
  Molina was booked into the Kern County jail on a first degree murder charge.
  
  The victim's identity has not been released.
  
  Police are asking anyone who was at the party to contact the Delano Criminal Investigation unit at 721-2245.
  
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• Man recovering after being hit in drive-by shooting

  16-02-2015 18:57
  
  A man is being treated for multiple gunshot wounds after being hit in east Bakersfield.
  
  The shooting happened about 8:30 Sunday night in the 900 block of South Robinson Street.
  
  Witnesses say 39-year-old Arthur Washington was walking in the area when gunshots were heard.
  
  Police responded and found Washington suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
  
  Washington is currently in stable condition at a local hospital.
  
  Police are looking for a dark-colored ford mustang which
  
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• Locks of Love event helps kids with medical conditions

  16-02-2015 18:41
  
  A Locks of Love event is taking place Monday at La Dolce Vita Salon in Bakersfield.
  
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• 'McFarland, USA' gets Bakersfield premiere

  16-02-2015 18:17
  
  The local premiere of "McFarland, USA" was held Sunday night in downtown Bakersfield - an event star Kevin Costner called a "homecoming."
  
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• 'McFarland, USA' gets Bakersfield premier

  16-02-2015 18:17
  
  The local premier of "McFarland, USA" was held Sunday night in downtown Bakersfield - an event star Kevin Costner called a "homecoming."
  
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• Blaze announce seasonal job fair

  16-02-2015 18:08
  
  The Bakersfield Blaze are getting ready for another season and are hiring people to staff the games.
  
  The Blaze say the will hire more than a hundred people in just a single day at their annual job fair.
  
  The jobs are seasonal but the team says they are an opportunity to have fun, get work experience and make money over the summer.
  
  The 2015 fair is scheduled for Sunday, March 8, from 10:00am to 2:00pm (or until interviews are completed) at the Bakersfield Marriott at the Conventio
  
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• Man dies after leading police on chase

  16-02-2015 17:41
  
  Delano police say a man died in a high-speed chase last night as he pursued the suspects who had just shot his brother.
  
  The crash happened just after 9:30 p.m. on Garces Highway near Austin Street in Delano.
  
  Police say the man was chasing the suspects who had just wounded his brother in a drive-by shooting on Dover Place.
  
  Police say the brother crashed and died at the scene.
  
  Officers say they have no description of the suspects.
  
  The shooting victim is in s
  
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• Amid measles outbreak, few rules on teacher vaccinations

  16-02-2015 16:57
  
  While much of the attention in the ongoing measles outbreak has focused on student vaccination requirements and exemptions, less attention has been paid to another group in the nation's classrooms: Teachers and staff members, who, by and large, are not required to be vaccinated.
  
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• Drive-by shooting in Delano leaves one dead

  16-02-2015 16:22
  
  Homicide Detectives with the Delano Police are investigating a drive-by shooting that left one man critically injured and another dead.
  
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• Kevin Costner attends red carpet in Bakersfield

  16-02-2015 08:26
  
  It was one thing for Kevin Costner to attend the red carpet premiere in Los Angeles last week for his movie McFarland, USA. It was another for him to attend the red carpet premiere Sunday night at Maya Cinemas in Bakersfield.
  
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• KGET live at the McFarland, USA premier at Maya Cinemas

  16-02-2015 03:34
  
   BAKERSFIELD, CA - McFarland's big day has finally arrived in Bakersfield. The Disney film "McFarland, USA" premiered .
  On Monday, McFarland, USA had its hollywood premiere at the El Capitan theatre.     Today, The film's star Kevin Costner and company came over the grapevine to introduce the film to the Golden Empire.
  The Diaz family and the other real-life runners from McFarland's 1987 cross country state championship team were also on hand.    &nbs
  
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• Delano man arrested for deadly shooting at party

  16-02-2015 02:58
  
  DELANO, CA - A suspect in a deadly shooting in Delano was arrested for the deadly shooting of a party goer on Feb. 14.
  According to Delano police, 37-year-old Juan Molina Jr. was arrested in connection to a deadly shooting that took place at a party around 11:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of 5th drive, near Cesar Chavez High School.     Molina was booked into the Kern County Jail on a first degree murder charge.     The victim's identity has not been released. 
  
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• Two pedestrians killed on local freeways

  16-02-2015 02:45
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - The California Highway Patrol is investigating two deadly accidents involving pedestrians who were hit and killed on Bakersfield freeways. 
  Just after midnight, a man was killed on eastbound Highway 58, east of Weedpatch Highway.     According to CHP officers on the scene, the man was walking in the fast lane for unknown reasons when the driver of a BMW hit him.     A second vehicle also hit the man a few moments later. The second vehicle w
  
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• McFarland gets a new playground

  16-02-2015 02:37
  With just a few days left until McFarland U.S.A. opens in theaters, a new park is coming to life in the heart of the movie's namesake. Two-hundred and fifty people gathered in McFarland today to put together an entire playground in just six-hours. The City of McFarland, Disney and KaBoom! got together to build a state of the art facility for this small community.
  
  Alec Stackhouse works for KaBoom which is a non-profit that ensures kids get the active "play" they need to thrive.
  
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• Ask TBC: What's with the 'Adopt a Highway' sign on a city street?

  16-02-2015 01:00
  
  Q: Heading east on Panorama Drive from Columbus Street is a "Highway clean up sponsored by (the name of a family)" sign. I never thought of Panorama as a highway. The city street sweeper cleans the street and residents care for their property.
  
  I have only seen these signs on highways, never on a residential street. I am interested to know how/why it came to be.
  
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• JOSE GASPAR: Politics are putting undocumented people in harm's way

  16-02-2015 00:00
  
  As they say in the real estate business, it's all about location, location, location.
  
  The same philosophy appears to be the case for undocumented immigrants who apply for a U visa. A bipartisan Congress created the U visa program in 2000 under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act. Realizing that undocumented immigrants are prime targets of violent crimes who are afraid to speak out
  
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