Bakersfield news

• Man in fatal overnight shooting identified

  29-03-2015 22:49
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - A man killed in an overnight shooting in east Bakersfield has been identified by the coroner.According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office, 51-year-old Nicolas Gomez was shot and killed around 4 a.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of Quincy Street. Gomez was found by deputies lying in the front yard of a residence suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the face and torso, according to KCSO officials, who pronounced him dead at the scene.Homicide detectives were called to the
  
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• Man's body found lying in a yard in eastside

  29-03-2015 22:43
  
  A man was found dead with gunshots to the head Sunday morning in East Bakersfield.
  
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• KCSO investigates suspicious death on Gage St.

  29-03-2015 22:24
  
  Kern County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating a suspicious incident in Northeast Bakersfield that left one man dead.
  
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• JOSE GASPAR: Records laws let the sun shine in

  29-03-2015 22:00
  "Public commissions, boards, councils and other legislative bodies of local government agencies exist to and in the conduct of the people's business. The People do not yield their sovereignty to the bodies that serve them. The people insist on remaining informed to retain control over the legislative bodies they created."-Preamble, Ralph M. Brown Act
  
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• Anglers come from all over for fishing derby

  29-03-2015 08:26
  
  For some, this derby is more than fishing. Big money is on the line.
  
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• Stand off in downtown Taft ends, AZ man arrested

  29-03-2015 06:26
  
  A Kern County Sheriff deputy stand off in downtown Taft is finally over after five long hours. 
  
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• New footage released in officer involved shooting

  29-03-2015 04:41
  
  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) - An unidentified viewer shot video ofan officer involved shooting that left one man dead in NortheastBakersfield Friday night.
  
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• Volunteers work to make a difference for local teens

  29-03-2015 03:52
  
  MCFARLAND, CA - Spring time means spring cleaning and that's how some people spent their morning in McFarland.     But they weren't sprucing up their own home, these volunteers painted the rooms of young men living in a group home.
  Casa de Ninos is a multi-dimensional treatment facility for 12 boys ages 13-18.     The name means House of Children in Spanish, but volunteers who helped paint the home today made sure the house means a loving home for each of the young
  
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• 17's Alissa Carlson ties the knot

  29-03-2015 03:50
  
  It's official, 17's Alissa Carlson is no longer a single woman.      She and local bankruptcy attorney Neil Schwartz tied the knot on Saturday at St. Francis of Assisi Church.      The couple met at the KGET studios.     They got engaged last May. 
  
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• LOIS HENRY: Money, politics and nature conspire against Kern ag

  29-03-2015 03:50
  
  Perhaps you were busy last Wednesday and couldn't attend the water panel I moderated at the Kern Economic Summit. No worries, I'll recap the juicy stuff for you now. (Oh, read it, you'll sound all smarty pants at your next cocktail party!)
  
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• Man killed in officer involved shooting identified

  29-03-2015 03:48
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - The man who died in an officer involved shooting has been identified as a suspect wanted in connection with a sexual assault incident that happened on Friday morning.
  The shooting happened near Garces High School just before 10 p.m. on Friday night.
  The coroner has identified the man shot by police as 23-year-old Adrian Hernandez of Bakersfield.
  Hernandez was suspected of sexually assaulting a woman in southwest Bakersfield just before 11 a.m. of Friday, March 27. 
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• Warehouse engulfed in flames in central Bakersfield

  29-03-2015 03:46
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA Arson investigators are looking into what caused a structure fire in a vacant warehouse in central Bakersfield.     Smoke could be seen from downtown Bakersfield as crews worked to extinguish the fire.      According to BFD, the fire started just after 4 p.m. near Union Avenue and 34th Street in the rear of the commercial structure.     Fire officials said the structure was vacant but filled with lots of materials inside, which c
  
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• Easter comes early for Bakerfield homeless children

  29-03-2015 03:25
  
  Volunteers come out for the annual Easter Eggstravaganza at the Bakersfield Homeless Center.
  
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• Police kill man in vehicle associated with rape, arson suspect

  29-03-2015 03:12
  
  The Bakersfield man accused of raping a woman Friday morning and then setting her home on fire was shot and killed by police after a pursuit that night. The county coroner's office confirmed Saturday that the man who police killed in a hail of gunfire in the 4000 block of Union Avenue was Adrian Hernandez, the 22-year-old suspected of attempted murder, kidnapping and sexual assault.
  
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• Bakersfield Police Department struggles to diversify

  29-03-2015 01:46
  
  The Bakersfield Police Department is twice as white as the city it serves. More than 69 percent of BPD's sworn force is Caucasian. Hispanics comprise just 25 percent of a police department that protects and serves a city that's almost half Hispanic.
  
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• VIDEO: BPD shooting of arson, rape suspect caught on video

  29-03-2015 01:29
  
  A couple passing by the end of a police pursuit captured video late Friday night of Bakersfield Police Department officers shooting a 22-year-old man, who was suspected in a rape and arson earlier in the day. The man died at the scene and was later idendified as Adrian Hernandez, who police say raped a woman and set fire to a home in southwest Bakersfield. The couple, who asked not to be identified, said they were heading to their northeast Bakersfield home when they were stopped by the police p
  
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• SWAT standoff in Taft

  29-03-2015 01:23
  
  Law enforcement is involved in a SWAT standoff in Taft. We have a crew on scene. We'll have an update as more information is available. 
  
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• Murder suspect arrested after standoff

  29-03-2015 01:23
  
  TAFT, CA - A man wanted for murder in washington state is in custody in kern county after a swat standoff in taft. 68-year-old Robert Studer is suspected in the shooting death of his 42-year-old nephew Thursday night south of Seattle.Law enforcement in Washington contacted Taft police Saturday afternoon with information that Studer was in Taft. Police and sheriff's deputies found Studer's van behind a business in the 400 block of Center Street.
  After a standoff at the business lasting several h
  
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• Third fire this week breaks out in

  29-03-2015 01:11
  
  A fire broke out Saturday afternoon near an Elementary School in Central Bakersfield. 
  
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• Documents reveal long trail of library privatization talk

  29-03-2015 00:00
  
  A lot of ground work went into plans to privatize Kern County's libraries long before the concept came to the public's attention earlier this month, documents obtained by The Californian show. They reveal that Library Systems & Services LLC Vice President Robert Windrow was talking to Kern County Board of Supervisors Chairman Leticia Perez's office and the County Administrative Office in early June of 2014.
  
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