• Shafter woman wins million dollar jackpot

    Shafter woman wins million dollar jackpot
    BAKERSFIELD, CA- A Shafter woman has hit it big at a casino.

    The woman won more than a million dollars at Eagle Mountain Casino.

    The casino says the woman hit a progressive jackpot worth $1,168,555.17.

    The Eagle Mountain Casino also reports a guest from Bakersfield won a $40,000 jackpot on Saturday March 7th.

    Congratulations to another Eagle Mountain Casino guest from Bakersfield, Ca who won a $40,000 jackpot on Saturday March 7th. The Jackpot hit just 5 days after a pr
  • Gov. Brown reappoints Bakersfield woman to education post

    Gov. Brown reappoints Bakersfield woman to education post
    BAKERSFIELD, CA- Governor Jerry Brown has reappointed a Bakersfield woman to the California State Board of Education.

    Aida Molina, 61, has served this position since 2011.

    This position requires Senate confirmation.

    Molina has served as assistant superintendent of Academic Improvement and Accountability for the Bakersfield City School District since 2013,

    Molina is a member of the Association of California School Administrators, California Association for Bilin
  • Researchers find surprising way to beat brain tumors

    Researchers find surprising way to beat brain tumors
    (NBC News) Duke Cancer Institute has announced significant results of a small clinical trial that gives hope to patients battling aggressive brain tumors.Doctors gave glioblastoma patients what's called an "immunotherapy vaccine." It primes the body's immune system to attack any cancer cells left over after surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.Some patients first received a tetanus booster shot, the same one you'd get after stepping on a rusty nail. The booster is meant to put the
  • Police say DNA link murder weapon to suspect's family

    Police say DNA link murder weapon to suspect's family
    BAKERSFIELD, CA- Bakersfield Police say they are working up DNA evidence on a gun that connects at least one of the suspects to a murder for hire.

    Jonathan Dean was shot and killed inside his car in the 7700 block of Silver Dollar Way near his home last August.

    Police believe Dean's own father hired two teenage hitmen to gun down his adopted son.

    They say one of those teens enlisted the help of 22-year-old Eric Gonzalez to commit the murder.

    When interviewed by det
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  • Judge denies defense motions that he recuse himself or dismiss charges in pot shop shooting case

    Judge denies defense motions that he recuse himself or dismiss charges in pot shop shooting case
    A Kern County Superior Court judge said Wednesday he would not recuse himself from nor dismiss the case against a man charged with two counts of murder in the July 2013 robbery of a Bakersfield pot shop.
    Deputy Public Defender Paul Cadman told Judge Charles R. Brehmer he planned to call him as a witness during the penalty phase if his client, Aaron Patrick Burris, is convicted. Brehmer said he will not be called as a witness during any portion
  • City, county leaders meet to improve pedestrian safety

    City, county leaders meet to improve pedestrian safety
    BAKERSFIELD, CA- City and county leaders put their heads together Wednesday morning to talk public transportation and pedestrian safety in Kern County.

    Eight pedestrians have been killed on local roadways so far this year by our count.

    Twenty-Five were killed in all of last year by our count.

    County supervisor Leticia Perez said at the meeting they would look at statistics from years past to see where most of the pedestrian deaths are taking place and what additional c
  • Lottery officials looking for million dollar prize winner

    Lottery officials looking for million dollar prize winner
    BAKERSFIELD, CA- State lottery officials are looking for a man they say won a million dollar prize.

    They say the man has one day left to claim the prize before his ticket expires.

    The lotter has surveillance video of the man they believe won the prize and are hoping the public will help them find him.

    They say the mystery man seen in the photo below (click link for store surveillance video http://youtu.be/gnh2_-nKUrk) purchased his winning ticket at Rosemead Supermarket, whi
  • Major U.S. survey finds record low confidence in government

    Major U.S. survey finds record low confidence in government
    Americans' confidence in all three branches of government is at or near record lows, according to a major survey that has measured attitudes on the subject for 40 years.
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  • AP sources: Eagles agree to deal with Bakersfield's Ryan Mathews

    AP sources: Eagles agree to deal with Bakersfield's Ryan Mathews
    Two people familiar with the decision say the Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to a three-year contract with running back Ryan Mathews.
  • Man, woman dead from gunshot wounds in southwest

    Man, woman dead from gunshot wounds in southwest
    The Kern County Coroner's office has identified a man and woman who died from gunshot wounds at a house in Stockdale Estates Tuesday evening as Shawn Michael Carroll, 56, and Diane Carroll, 55.
    The two were discovered by Bakersfield police Tuesday night at a house in the 7800 block of De Colores Court.
  • CSUB hosting agribusiness career fair

    CSUB hosting agribusiness career fair
    California State University, Bakersfield will host a Growing Opportunities Career Fair on Wednesday.
  • Bakersfield College celebrates Women's History Month

    Bakersfield College celebrates Women's History Month
    BAKERSFIELD, CA- March is Women's History Month and Bakersfield College is holding an event Wednesday night to advise women on methods to stay ahead in fields of science and business.

    The presentation on the B.C. campus by food scientist Paola Colindres Campo is called "Challenges for Women in Science and How to Navigate Through the Corporate World."

    It's happening from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Norman Levan Center for the Humanities on the B.C. campus.

    B.C. sa
  • 3 accused of burglary, trying to evict man in Ford City

    3 accused of burglary, trying to evict man in Ford City
    Three people were arrested earlier this week for allegedly burglarizing a home and unlawfully trying to evict the resident from the house.
  • Health care, construction among job areas with opportunity

    Health care, construction among job areas with opportunity
    "We have been pretty fortunate in Kern County. Our employment rate has been declining over the last few years. We have been growing pretty well in the job market, so we have seen some fairly robust numbers as far as job increases," said Teresa Hitchcock, assistant county administrative officer over the Economic and Workforce Division.
  • Unemployment up in Kern County

    Unemployment up in Kern County
    BAKERSFIELD, CA-  The latest unemployment numbers for Kern County were released last night.

    According to the Employment Development Department, 11.1% of people in Kern County were jobless in January of this year.

    That's up from December when the rate of unemployment was 10%, but down from January 2014, when it was at 12.1 %.
  • Taft couple cut deal on explosives, drugs charges

    Taft couple cut deal on explosives, drugs charges
    TAFT, CA- A Taft couple has taken a plea deal after being arrested on charges of having a pipe bomb, grenade, and drugs.

    Court records show Shanea Harrison, 21, pleaded no contest to possession of a destructive device. in exchange drug charges were dismissed.

    Barry Montgomery, 33, of Ford City pleaded no contest to accessory to the crime and drug possession. in exchange an explosive device charge was dropped.

    Montgomery was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 3 years probation
  • Deputies say man used stolen fuel card to fill buddy's cars

    Deputies say man used stolen fuel card to fill buddy's cars
    TAFT, CA- Kern County Deputies have busted a man on an ankle monitor they say stole more than $3,000 worth of gas from a Taft business.

    Deputies say a 2 month investigation identified Daniel Long, 31, as the suspect. They say Long used a stolen fuel card from the trucking business to fill up friends cars in exchange for cash.

    Deputies say since Long had a GPS ankle monitor they were able to track him to Oildale.

    When they searched Long's car, they say they found the stolen f
  • Huge drop in oil rig count in Kern County

    Huge drop in oil rig count in Kern County
    BAKERSFIELD, CA- Kern County has seen a precipitous 71% drop in oil rig count over the last year.

    This week there were 7 active drilling rigs in our county, according to oil field servicing company Baker Hughes.

    At the same time last year, there were 24 .

    Reuters reports California's oil industry is being hit harder than any other state by falling prices because of the comparatively poor quality of our crude and aging fields.

    California's oilfields produced 3 bil
  • Man, woman shot in southwest Bakersfield home

    Man, woman shot in southwest Bakersfield home
    BAKERSFIELD, CA- A man and woman are dead after they were found shot in an upscale southwest Bakersfield neighborhood.

    Police were called out to the 7800 block of De Colores court in Stockdale Estates around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, after someone called 911 reporting shots had been fired.

    When officers arrived, they found a man dead in the back yard. Police say a woman had been shot just inside the front door of the residence but was still alive. She was taken to Kern Medical Center whe
  • Man, woman dead in apparent murder-suicide

    BAKERSFIELD, CA- A man and woman are dead in what Bakersfield police are calling an apparent murder-suicide in an upscale southwest Bakersfield neighborhood.

    Police were called out to the 7800 block of De Colores court in Stockdale Estates around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, after someone called 911 reporting shots had been fired.

    When officers arrived, they found a man dead in the back yard. Police say a woman had been shot just inside the front door of the residence but was still alive. S
  • 11 service members presumed dead in crash

    11 service members presumed dead in crash
    PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- A military official says the seven Marines and four soldiers aboard an Army helicopter that crashed over waters off Florida during a training mission are presumed dead.
  • Emergency epipens in schools for growing number of allergies

    Emergency epipens in schools for growing number of allergies
    BAKERSFIELD, CA.-The Kern High School District say more students seem to have severe allergies and many allergies can cause dangerous reactions at school. 

    Thanks to a new law, all schools are now required to stock an epipen in case any student experiences Anaphylaxis. 

    Before State Senate Bill 1266 was passed, epipens were only available for specific students with known allergies. But now, allergies are on the rise in recent years, according to the CDC. An epipen is require
  • Official: 11 service members presumed dead in chopper crash

    Official: 11 service members presumed dead in chopper crash
    Human remains washed ashore in heavy fog Wednesday after seven Marines and four soldiers were believed to be killed in an Army helicopter crash during a night-time training mission off a Florida beach.
  • What CSUN admission restrictions means for CSUB

    What CSUN admission restrictions means for CSUB
    Through the years the cost of attending a college or university has shot way up. But so has the number at students enrolling in California State Universities.
  • Man in cuffs steals CHP cruiser

    Man in cuffs steals CHP cruiser
    CHP Officer Jim Bettencourt tells U-T San Diego that 25-year-old Aaron Teruya of San Diego was taken back into custody still wearing the cuffs Tuesday in the Fallbrook area.
  • Two people dead in Southwest shooting

    Two people dead in Southwest shooting
    Bakersfield police say two people were shot at a home in the 7800 block of De Colores Ct. around 5:21 p.m. Tuesday night. In a press release, Sgt. Joe Grubbs said Bakersfield police were dispatched to the home after someone called 911 to report hearing shots. 
  • Kern jobless rate climbed again in January to 11.1 percent

    Kern jobless rate climbed again in January to 11.1 percent
    Kern County's unemployment rate rose by slightly more than one percentage point in January to an estimated 11.1 percent as local joblessness expanded for a third consecutive month, according to state data released Tuesday.

    California's Employment Development Department reported sizable losses in Kern farming (2,600 jobs, or 4.7 percent), retail trade (1,400, 4.2 percent), government (1,200, 1.9 p
  • Report: Bakersfield drivers most likely to be ripped off at the pump

    Report:  Bakersfield drivers most likely to be ripped off at the pump
    A new study has listed the Bakersfield area as the spot where you are most likely to overpay for gas in the country.
  • Debate rages over civil service rules and library privatization

    Debate rages over civil service rules and library privatization
    Talk of hacking civil service rules and privatizing the Kern County Library system seem to have put a crimp in the relationship between the Kern County Board of Supervisors and Kern's largest employee union.

    Service Employees International Union, Local 521, which just launched contract negotiations, came out in force to Tuesday's supervisors meeting.
  • Oil regulators defend permitting of injection wells at contentious hearing

    Oil regulators defend permitting of injection wells at contentious hearing
    A brewing controversy over Kern County oil field practices heated up Tuesday as top Brown administration appointees fended off state lawmakers' allegations that California regulators have become too cozy with the petroleum industry.

    At a contentious, three-hour hearing in the state capitol, senators pressed Department of Conservation officials to explain why they continue to allow oil companies to op
  • Defendant yells at witness in serial rape trial

    Defendant yells at witness in serial rape trial
    Accused rapist Billy Ray Johnson lashed out at a witness who testified Tuesday about an encounter he had with Johnson outside an east Bakersfield market.

    "I was gonna kick your ass," Johnson told Jose Mendez Jr. as Mendez described how he and Johnson stared at each other outside the Super Q Market.
  • LOIS HENRY: UCLA’s immense power couldn’t squash this ‘David’

    LOIS HENRY: UCLA’s immense power couldn’t squash this ‘David’
    The reality of our world is that sometimes David slays Goliath and sometimes he has to settle for giving the big Phillistine a black eye.

    Such is life when dealing with giants who have all the money and all the power.
  • New brewery on tap for later this year; downtown apartments considered

    New brewery on tap for later this year; downtown apartments considered
    Members of the city zoning board turned the tap on a new brewery in the southwest Tuesday, but gave a new downtown apartment complex proposal more time to mature.

    In a 3-0 vote with no discussion, the Board of Zoning Adjustment approved a conditional use permit for Dionysus Brewing Co., a nano-brewery slated to open in mid- to late summer at 6201 Schirra Court.
  • Gas price variable is higher in Bakersfield

    Gas price variable is higher in Bakersfield
    You maybe well aware that gas prices have significantly gone up during the last month or so, but did you know that Bakersfield has the highest variable in gas prices in the nation.
  • Farm Day in the City again attracts thousands

    Farm Day in the City again attracts thousands
    School children, furry critters and strawberry banana juice samples were aplenty at the 30th annual Farm Day in the City event, which opened Tuesday at the Kern County Fairgrounds.

    Farm Day, a two-day agriculture education event staged by the Kern County Farm Bureau, is the largest annual event of its kind among the 50 or so in California.
  • Police: Double shooting in SW Bakersfield

    Police: Double shooting in SW Bakersfield
    Police are investigating a double shooting in southwest Bakersfield.
  • Names released from double shooting in SW Bakersfield

    Names released from double shooting in SW Bakersfield
    Police are investigating a double shooting in southwest Bakersfield.
  • Man, woman killed in shooting in SW Bakersfield home

    Man, woman killed in shooting in SW Bakersfield home
    Police are investigating a double shooting in southwest Bakersfield.
  • Three locals among state's top tax delinquents

    Three locals among state's top tax delinquents
    Three Bakersfield taxpayers have made the state's list of the top 500 tax delinquencies.
    The California Board of Equalization publishes the names of taxpayers who owe large tax debts. They can be viewed online and are updated quarterly.
  • Utah lawmakers vote to allow firing squad executions

    Utah lawmakers vote to allow firing squad executions
    Utah lawmakers have passed a bill that would make it the only state to allow firing squads for carrying out a death penalty if there is a shortage of execution drugs.
  • Judge outlines plan for California to regain prison control

    Judge outlines plan for California to regain prison control
    A federal judge has outlined a plan for California to end nearly a decade of federal control over its prison health care system.
  • Law enforcement officials recognized for fighting hate

    Law enforcement officials recognized for fighting hate
    More than 30 law enforcement officials from across Southern California were honored Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League for their efforts to fight hate crimes.
  • Report: Chance of mega-quake hitting California increases

    Report: Chance of mega-quake hitting California increases
    Scientists are virtually certain that California will be rocked by a strong earthquake in the next 30 years. Now they say the risk of a mega-quake is more likely than previously thought.
  • Report: Chance increases of mega-quake hitting California

    Report: Chance increases of mega-quake hitting California
    Scientists are virtually certain that California will be rocked by a strong earthquake in the next 30 years. Now they say the risk of a mega-quake is more likely than previously thought.
  • Parade of heroes

    Parade of heroes
    BAKERSFIELD, CA - Next month, the Kern chapter of the American Red Cross will honor ten groups or individuals who have distinguished themselves as 'Real Heroes' in our community.

    On Monday night, a media reception was held at the law offices of Young-Wooldridge in central Bakersfield. It was a chance for the honorees to meet one another and share their stories on how they came to be honored.

    One teenager, Madison Ridley, makes blankets for cancer patients. Kern County Fire Capta
  • Autopsy of man found in Lamont is inconclusive

    Autopsy of man found in Lamont is inconclusive
    BAKERSFIELD, CA- The Kern County Coroner has completed the autopsy on a man found dead in Lamont over the weekend.

    But they still have not ruled on the cause or manner of death.

    Alejandro DeJesus, 31, was found dead behind a Lamont apartment complex Saturday.

    Sheriff's officials say firefighters responded to a fire alarm around four Saturday afternoon in the Di Giorgio Road apartments near south Fairfax Road.

    While they were there, deputies say a group of kids told fir
  • Funeral Services for March 11

    Funeral Services for March 11
    Services scheduled

    Bonnie Boe, 83, Bakersfield, March 5. Visitation 4 p.m. March 11, Hillcrest Mortuary; Service 1 p.m. March 12, Hillcrest Memorial Chapel. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
  • FBI probes possible domestic terrorism at Reno KFC

    FBI probes possible domestic terrorism at Reno KFC
    The FBI is investigating an apparent attempt to firebomb a fast-food restaurant in Reno because of the possibility it could have been an act of domestic terrorism after the initials of an animal rights group were found scrawled on a drive-thru sign, local fire officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

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