Bakersfield news

• New restaurant La Forêt opens Friday to public

  18-03-2015 23:46
  
  Local entrepreneur Jae Shin has opened a new fine dining restaurant called La Forêt where the old Tavern By The Green used to be.
  
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• Police: Woman followed mother, infant before shooting

  18-03-2015 23:40
  
  Surveillance video released Wednesday deepened the mystery surrounding the kidnapping and killing of a 3-week-old California girl earlier this year.
  
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• BPD: Man with knife near high school caught

  18-03-2015 23:37
  
  A man who police said had a knife on Frontier High School's campus Wednesday is now in custody.
  
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• California officials set modest plans for vanishing lake

  18-03-2015 23:21
  
  California officials say the state set an unrealistic bar to save the Salton Sea and have outlined a series of small projects aimed at staving off the demise of the state's largest lake.
  
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• Skydiver who was in military dies in Riverside County

  18-03-2015 23:16
  
  A skydiver who was a member of the military died Wednesday in Southern California but there were no immediate details of the circumstances.
  
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• AP sources: Navy SEAL dies in training accident in Calif.

  18-03-2015 23:16
  
  A Navy SEAL was killed in a parachute jump accident in southern California on Wednesday, Navy officials said.
  
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• 'First Look': Wings of Rescue cuts back in Kern County

  18-03-2015 22:50
  
  After three years of flying dogs and a few cats across the country for a forever home, Wings of Rescue will be cutting back on its services.
  
  Wings is an all-volunteer organization out of Los Angeles.
  
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• 'First Look': Tips on watering lawns and more at 10th annual Garden Fest

  18-03-2015 22:49
  
  Did you know you could train your lawn to look lusciously green without the need of watering it everyday?
  
  According to Lindsay Ono, a Bakersfield College horticulture professor, 50 percent of water is wasted when a lawn is watered.
  
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• 23rd Annual Mud Volleyball Tourney for Epilepsy

  18-03-2015 22:47
  
  The Epilepsy Society of Kern County is hosting their 23rd Annual Mud Volleyball Tournament for Epilepsy.
  
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• Drunken man falls from tree, gets impaled on fence and dies

  18-03-2015 22:32
  
  Los Angeles police say a man was killed when he fell out of a tree and impaled himself on the spikes of a metal fence after a night of heavy drinking.
  
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• Blue Shield of California loses state tax-exempt status

  18-03-2015 22:30
  
  Blue Shield of California is protesting a state decision to strip the nonprofit health insurer of its tax-exempt status, which the company has held since its founding in 1939.
  
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• Fire at San Bernardino County school investigated as arson

  18-03-2015 22:29
  
  Authorities are investigating as arson early morning fires that gutted a school classroom and damaged a bus and storage container in San Bernardino County.
  
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• Urine samples fall off truck on Wible Road

  18-03-2015 22:07
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- A bizarre find puts Bakersfield Police in an awkward position Wednesday morning.
  
  Someone spotted several vials full of urine laying in a parking lot in the 2300 block of Wible Road just south of Ming Avenue.
  
  Police say they were full urine samples that fell off a truck after they had been placed on the truck's roof.
  
  Police found 6 or 7 four ounce vials along with paper work. They say the samples came from Clinica Sierra Vista.
  
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• Urine samples fall of truck on Wible Road

  18-03-2015 22:07
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- A bizarre find puts Bakersfield Police in an awkward position Wednesday morning.
  
  Someone spotted several vials full of urine laying in a parking lot in the 2300 block of Wible Road just south of Ming Avenue.
  
  Police say they were full urine samples that fell off a truck after they had been placed on the truck's roof.
  
  Police found 6 or 7 four ounce vials along with paper work. They say the samples came from Clinica Sierra Vista.
  
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• PAUL ANDERSON: Loyalty is a two-way street

  18-03-2015 22:01
  
  Loyalty is spoken of as a virtue and a good thing, especially in the business world. Keeping an existing customer over the long haul is a lot more cost effective than trying to recruit a new customer.
  
  Smart organizations know this, hence the great expanse of loyalty club cards that fill the average American's wallet. What many businesses fail to address, however, is that loyalty should go both ways.
  
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• Missing South Carolina cat found 2 years later in California

  18-03-2015 21:35
  
  A cat that vanished in South Carolina two years ago is going home after ending up nearly 2,000 miles away in Southern California.
  
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• Decades old murder mystery has Bakersfield link

  18-03-2015 21:24
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- A 27-year-old murder mystery in Oklahoma, has ties to Bakersfield.
  
  In 1988 a woman was found dead in the Neosho River in eastern Oklahoma.
  
  She was given the nickname "Daisy Doe" because she had a tattoo of a daisy on her shoulder.
  
  Detectives never gave up trying to identify the victim.
  
  This year, using technology not available in 1988, detectives identified the woman as 30-year-old Jeanette Ellen Coleman.
  
  They say Coleman has a sister l
  
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• Pests coming out earlier this year

  18-03-2015 20:46
  
  You may have noticed more insects coming out earlier than normal, which hasn't hurt the pest control industry.
  
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• Two Bakersfield schools on lockdown

  18-03-2015 20:25
  
  Frontier High School and Veterans Elementary were placed on lockdown Wednesday after a man armed with a knife jumped a fence onto the Frontier High campus, Bakersfield police reported.
  Officers are on scene at Frontier High, located at 6401 Allen Road, Sgt. Joe Grubbs, department spokesman, said in an email.
  
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• School lockdowns lifted, suspect not found

  18-03-2015 20:08
  
  Two schools were placed on lockdown Wednesday as officers searched for an armed man.
  
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• School lockdowns lifted, suspect arrested

  18-03-2015 20:08
  
  Two schools were placed on lockdown Wednesday as officers searched for an armed man.
  
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• Frontier HS and Veterans Elementary on lockdown

  18-03-2015 20:06
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- Bakersfield Police are searching for a man with a knife near Frontier High School.
  
  Frontier and nearby Veteran's Elementary are on lockdown as of 12:10 p.m. Wednesday.
  
  Police say the man with a knife jumped a fence onto the Frontier campus. They say he later jumped a fence off campus. 
  
  Police are now searching the neighborhood east of Frontier.
  
  The suspect is described as a white male in a red sweatshirt.
  
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• Suspect arrested in Phoenix-area shooting that killed 1

  18-03-2015 19:42
  
  A gunman killed one person and wounded five others Wednesday in a rampage that included a motel shooting, a carjacking and a home invasion and ended with his arrest at a nearby apartment in suburban Phoenix.
  
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• 4 shot in Phoenix suburb shootings; suspect at large

  18-03-2015 19:42
  
  A gunman wounded at least four people across multiple locations in a Phoenix suburb Wednesday, and police warned residents to stay indoors as they hunt for the suspect.
  
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• 1 dead, 5 wounded in suburban Phoenix shootings

  18-03-2015 19:42
  
  A gunman killed one person and wounded five others Wednesday in a rampage that included a shooting at a motel, a carjacking and a home invasion at a nearby apartment complex.
  
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• Wings of Rescue helps Bakersfield shelter dogs, needs donations

  18-03-2015 19:29
  
  The group of volunteer pilots flies dogs and cats from overcrowded shelters, such as those in Kern County, to other parts of the country, where the animals can find homes.
  
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• 3 killed, 4 hurt in shooting at Stockton convenience store

  18-03-2015 18:39
  
  Three people were killed and four people were wounded in an apparent drive-by shooting at a Northern California convenience store that one official called one of the worst mass shootings in the city's recent history.
  
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• Mud volleyball registration dates announced

  18-03-2015 18:36
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- The Epilepsy Society of Kern County has announced the registration dates for this year's Mud Volleyball Tournament.
  
  This will be the 23rd year for the fundraiser. This year it will be on June 20th at Stramler Park.
  
  It is the largest fundraising event for the agency during the year.
  
  Approximately 130 teams of ten (1,300 participants) play in 16 mud pit courts
  
  This event is fun for the entire family to watch – however, only adults can play. There w
  
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• Bakersfield officer shoots man, reportedly armed with knife

  18-03-2015 18:33
  
  An officer shot a man with a knife Tuesday night in downtown Bakersfield.
  
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• Bakersfield to honor Kevin Harvick

  18-03-2015 18:24
  
  The City of the Bakersfield will honor 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick for his
  
  achievements in the sport of auto racing.
  
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• Vin Scully raises money for hospice in Bakersfield

  18-03-2015 18:19
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- His voice has been described as "the soundtrack to summer," and last night people turned out to hear the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers iconic play-by-play man Vin Scully talk baseball in Bakersfield.
  
  Now entering his 66th year with the Dodgers, Scully was keynote speaker for this year's voices of inspiration dinner and auction in support of Hoffmann Hospice.
  
  Money raised from this event will help Hoffmann finish its new hospice home set to open this summe
  
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• Robbery homework: teachers waiting on state textbooks

  18-03-2015 17:32
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA.-A parent in the Panama Buena Vista Union school district says her son was given homework inappropriate for the second grade.
  It wasn't out of a glossy textbook.Turns out, many teachers are creating homework assignments on their own to meet common core standards, because state materials aren't yet available.
  The offensive word problem centers on a robbery. The story details a man's plan to steal money from a store, and students were asked questions to assess their reading an
  
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• BPD shoots and kills man they say had knife

  18-03-2015 17:21
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting Tuesday night in a downtown Bakersfield hotel.
  
  It happened just before 7 p.m. at 19th and M Streets.
  
  Police say they got a 911 call about a man screaming and yelling inside the Hart Hotel.
  
  While en route, police got another call the man had a knife and was threatening people.
  
  When officers arrived, they found the suspect on the third floor
  
  Witnesses told investigators they heard an officer yell at t
  
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• St. Paddy's Day adoption specials at KCAS

  18-03-2015 17:01
  
  Tuesday, March 17th, and Wednesday, March 18th, 2015, both mark the 4th Annual Find Your Lucky Charm Event at the Kern County Animal Services.
  
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• Bakersfield PD Explorer program testing event

  18-03-2015 16:55
  
  The Bakersfield Police Department Explorer Post #521 is currently recruiting and testing for the Police Explorer position.
  
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• BPD officer shoots & kills man at downtown hotel

  18-03-2015 16:54
  
  Bakersfield Police detectives are investigating a shooting inside a downtown Bakersfield hotel after a police officer opened fire on a knife-wielding man.
  
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• Richardson Child Development Center is MOVE site

  18-03-2015 16:42
  
  California only has five sites dedicated to helping children with physical disabilities, and one is right here in Bakersfield.
  
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• Vote delays privatization of local libraries

  18-03-2015 07:30
  
  In order to save money, Kern County administrators have been discussing privatizing local libraries. However strong public reaction looks to have delayed and maybe even prevented that from happening.
  
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• ‘Serious drought’ pushes board to limit water use

  18-03-2015 06:18
  
  California regulators on Tuesday ordered every water agency in the state to restrict how often customers can water their landscaping, an unprecedented move that marks another milestone in the severe and ongoing drought.
  
  The decision was adopted unanimously by the State Water Resources Control Board and will take effect in about 45 days. Officials at the water board said it is the first time any state in
  
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• Supervisors decide not to close the book on library privatization

  18-03-2015 06:11
  
  Kern County supervisors paused Tuesday on the threshold of a decision that could have led to privatization of the Kern County Library Department.
  
  They voted to launch a 60-day investigation into options for fixing Kern’s troubled libraries before they decide whether to send out a “request for information” that would ask private companies if they would like to take over library operation
  
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• Hearing date set for southeast ‘tent city’

  18-03-2015 06:02
  
  Homeless residents of a self-proclaimed “tent city” at 600 S. Union Ave. have attracted the attention of Bakersfield officials, who will hold a hearing March 31 to get to the bottom of the property’s alleged municipal code violations.
  
  The property in question is actually three contiguous, vacant parcels zoned for commercial use — including a former junkyard in the rear that’
  
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• New restrictions mean you can't water your lawn

  18-03-2015 04:58
  
  The State Water Resources Control Board ruled Tuesday on harsher restrictions on residents and businesses across California.
  
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• Bees' survival critical to Kern County agriculture

  18-03-2015 02:40
  
  Steve Murray, owner of Murray Family Farms, said farming bees is "a tough business." The job is especially tough when Murray opens one of his hives and discovers up to half of his bees dead. That is happening to farmers across California.
  
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• BC officials, students excited about four-year degree

  18-03-2015 02:40
  
  Bakersfield College will soon be one of the first community colleges in California to offer a four-year bachelor's degree program.
  
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• LOIS HENRY: Wings program making a difference, but it's not enough

  18-03-2015 02:27
  
  I hate to say it, but Bakersfield's legendary apathy toward one of our most intractable yet curable problems seems to have done it again.
  Wings of Rescue, an all volunteer organization out of Los Angeles, will be cutting back its life-saving flights in Kern.
  
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• Taft Union High School District files amended complaint against city in connection with school shooting

  18-03-2015 02:19
  
  Attorneys representing the Taft Union High School District have filed an amended complaint against the City of Taft in connection with the January 2013 shooting that seriously injured a student at Taft High.
  The district filed the lawsuit earlier this year arguing the city failed its contractual obligation to have a full-time police presence on campus, according to attorney Leonard Herr. The city's assigned School Resource Officer was not on cam
  
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• More outdoor watering limits ordered by the state

  18-03-2015 02:11
  
  State water officials have ordered more conservation measures, including restrictions on the number of days when outdoor watering will be allowed.
  
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• Norris district to get new superintendent

  18-03-2015 01:58
  
  The more than 4,000 students in the Norris School District will have a new superintendent by next school year.
  Steven Shelton,superintendent since 2012, announced at a Norris school board meeting March 11 his plan to retire after 36 years of service in the district.
  
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• Coroner: Man shot in head, death is homicide

  18-03-2015 01:45
  
  Jose Angel Banales, 28, was shot in the head, the coroner's office said.
  
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• Delano couple charged with collecting fraudulent unemployment benefits

  18-03-2015 01:09
  
  A Delano couple were indicted in federal court for allegedly collecting fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits.
  
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