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• 'First Look': Fill-the-Boot for the Kern County Cancer Fund

  30-03-2015 23:56
  
  You'll see them in uniform, with a boot in hand, waving and smiling, waiting for a motorist to wave a few dollar bills or even some change their way. A group of Kern County Fire Department firefighters will be flooding Bakersfield streets Tuesday, collecting on behalf of the Kern County Cancer Fund.
  
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• 'First Look': Boys & Girls Club backyard grand opening, Thursday

  30-03-2015 23:55
  
  The vacant 22,000 square foot lot next to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kern County on Niles Street has come to life. In the early 90s when the club built their location they couldn't afford the extra space, until now.
  
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• BPD arrests two alleged thieves

  30-03-2015 23:46
  
  Bakersfield Police officers have arrested two alleged thieves Monday afternoon.
  
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• NBC News: Farmers near 'survival mode' in Central Valley

  30-03-2015 23:38
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- For farmers in parched California, it's water allocation time. An annual rite of spring, the state's water authority monitors winter storm runoff and sets water deliveries for customers. Those regional water allotments are cut into chunks and trickle down to small farmers like Mike DeWit, a second-generation rice farmer in Northern California. He proudly grows a medium-grain variety that once cooked is soft, sticky and holds its shape when molded—perfect for sushi ri
  
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• Crash closes Panama lane for hours Monday

  30-03-2015 23:27
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- Panama Lane was closed in both directions for more than two hours Monday morning for a crash, according to the California Highway Patrol.A witness told officers they saw the driver pass at a high rate of speed before the car hit the power pole.
  The driver suffered minor injuries.
  The pole was severed, only being held up by the power lines.
  CHP shut down both directions of Panama Lane near Enos Lane and Windemere so PG&E crews could repair the damage.
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• Drought emergency food distribution set for Wednesday

  30-03-2015 22:53
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- Another drought emergency food distribution is scheduled for Wednesday.The CAPK Food Bank will continue distributing Emergency Pre-Packaged Food Boxes to families affected by the drought throughout the month of April 2015.Individuals that are eligible to receive a Food Box(es) will be asked to self-certify that they live in a household where drought conditions have caused their underemployment or unemployment. They can dial 2-1-1 for assistance on finding the nearest food
  
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• Man awaits sentencing on new charges after escaping previous case due to falsified transcript

  30-03-2015 22:48
  
  A man who escaped sex-crime charges because of a falsified transcript has pleaded no contest to three new charges stemming from crimes against a 13-year-old girl.
  
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• Worker trapped under dirt in trench collapse

  30-03-2015 22:13
  
  The Kern county Fire Department said the man was completely covered in dirt for five minutes.
  
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• Kern County Fire rescues person out of trench

  30-03-2015 21:58
  
  The Kern County Fire Department rescued a person who was trapped after a trench collapsed Monday morning.
  
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• Man rescued after trench he is working in collapses

  30-03-2015 21:54
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- A worker had to be pulled from a trench after it collapsed on top of him, according to the Kern County Fire Department.It happened just after 10:00 Monday morning near the State Farm Sports Village on Ashe Road.The victim's coworkers said the man had b
  
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• KGET will hold fundraising barbecue

  30-03-2015 21:05
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- KGET will be firing up the barbecue this week for a fundraiser supporting the Kern County Sheriff's Activities League.Here's a look at last year's SAL barbecue.The organization offers programs to help local kids develop into responsible, productive members of the community.The barbecue is Wednesday, April 1, from 11a.m. to 2 p.m.It's happening outside our KGET studios at 22nd and L Streets.
  For $5 you can get a hamburger, chips and a drink.
  
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• Low cost Pet vaccines available

  30-03-2015 20:43
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- Pet owners living in the Bakersfield city limits can get low cost vaccinationsand microchips for their furry friends.Bakersfield City Animal Control will have a clinic at Lowell Park on Saturday April 4th from 9 a.m. to Noon. The park is at 800 4th Street.All dogs 3 months of age and older can receive a rabies vaccination. The vaccine cost is reduced, however; the licensing fees are regular price. Microchips will be offered FREE to dogs with a valid city license!
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• Group registers voters early in Bakersfield

  30-03-2015 20:23
  
  When it comes to elections and voting, few are as energetic and passionate as Denise Haddock.
  
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• BFD: Arsonist has to be saved from fire he started

  30-03-2015 20:12
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- A man accused of starting a house on fire over the weekend had to be pulled out of the burning home by neighbors, according to the Bakersfield Fire Department.The Nicolas Peraza, 32, was taken to KMC to be treated for smoke inhalation.After treatment he was arrested and booked into the Kern County Jail on an Arson charge.The fire started about 4 Sunday afternoon according to BFD.Before the first fire crews could arrive, neighbors pulled Peraza from a front bedroom window.F
  
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• Dangerous chemicals found in Oildale residential development

  30-03-2015 20:06
  
  What began as a bothersome odor coming from an empty lot in Oildale in early March has resulted in the removal of what public health officials say are dangerous chemicals.
  
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• McDonald's to test all-day breakfast beginning in April

  30-03-2015 19:48
  
  McDonald's plans to test an all-day breakfast at some locations in the San Diego area starting next month.
  
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• Sheriff's office investigates suspicious death from weekend

  30-03-2015 19:48
  
  The Kern County Sheriff's Office is investigating a suspicious death from Saturday night.
  
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• Fresno firefighter in critical condition after fall through roof

  30-03-2015 19:35
  
  A Fresno firefighter remains hospitalized with severe burns after falling through a roof while battling a house fire.
  
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• Teen stabbed during fight near Taft

  30-03-2015 19:31
  
  TAFT, CA- A fight turned into a stabbing near Taft according to Kern County Deputies.It happened at a home in Ford City when a teen got into an argument with Robert Bright, 30.The two fought and the 17-year-old was stabbed.Friends rushed the teen to the Taft urgent care and he was airlifted to KMC with non life threatening wounds, according to deputies.Deputies located Bright at his home in Taft and arrested him. He was booked into the Kern County Jail on 1 count of assault with a deadly w
  
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• Man shot, killed in east Bakersfield

  30-03-2015 19:30
  
  A 51-year-old man was shot to death Sunday morning in east Bakersfield.
  
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• 20 people become U.S. citizens in ceremony

  30-03-2015 19:25
  
  Around 20 Kern County residents became U.S. citizens at the Cesar Chavez National Monument in southeast Bakersfield on Friday.
  
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• DUI check point in southwest nets 3 drunk drivers

  30-03-2015 18:23
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- Three people were arrested for driving under the influence during a checkpoint in southwest Bakersfield According to police.The checkpoint was held Saturday night on Stockdale Highway just west of Highway 99.The checkpoint is conducted by the Kern Avoid DUI task force in an effort to reduce the number of people injured or killed in DUI crashes.More than 1,400 vehicles were screened according to Bakersfield Police.Forty-Three drivers were found without a valid driver's lice
  
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• Man's body found in a yard on eastside

  30-03-2015 17:31
  
  A man was found dead with gunshots to the head Sunday morning in East Bakersfield.
  
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• KCSO: Taft man arrested after stabbing teenager

  30-03-2015 17:23
  
  A Taft man has been arrested in the stabbing of a teenager, Kern County Sheriff's deputies said. 
  
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• New food science program coming to KHSD regional occupational center

  30-03-2015 16:45
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA.-More agricultural skills will soon be available to Kern County teens. The Kern High School District Regional Occupational Center has opened enrollment for a new program coming in the Fall, along with one revamped program. The ROC program is now offering a food science class to teach students basic food prep and how food transitions from farm to fork.
  Students will turn this one acre dirt lot at the ROC center into a garden, as they learn how to grow vegetable crops and pla
  
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• 'First Look': First News for March 30

  30-03-2015 16:43
  
  Lead stories from "First Look with Scott Cox's" Top Stories: MAN DIES IN HAIL OF GUNFIRE SUNDAY MORNING:An early-morning shooting Sunday on Quincy Street in east Bakersfield left a man dead. Multiple gunshots rang out just after 4 a.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of Quincy Street just five blocks west of Kern Medical Center, according to reports from the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Deputies responding to the scene found a 51-year-old Nicolas Gomez lying in the yard of a home wit
  
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• US officials: 1 dead after car tries to ram Fort Meade gate

  30-03-2015 16:34
  
  Officers opened fire after two men dressed as women refused to stopMonday at the National Security Agency gate at Fort Meade and thensmashed into a police vehicle blocking the road, leaving one of themdead, officials said.
  
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• 2 being treated for injuries at NSA gate at Fort Meade

  30-03-2015 16:34
  
  A spokeswoman at Fort Meade says two people have been injured near a gate to the National Security Agency.
  
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• Firefighters falls through roof into fire

  30-03-2015 08:41
  
  FRESNO, CA - A firefighter is seriously injured after falling through the roof of a burning home Sunday afternoon in Fresno.
  Fire officials say they were able to get him out within three minutes. They say the 25-year veteran firefighter has second and third degree burns on 65%-75% of his body. His condition is unknown.
  Investigators are determining the cause of the fire.
  Officials say Fresno firefighters are coming together to fully supporting the firefighter's family in their time of need.
  
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• Man, woman wanted by BPD for alleged forgery

  30-03-2015 03:58
  
  A man and a woman suspected of forgery and burglary are wanted by the Bakersfield Police Department 
  
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• KCSO investigating deadly hit and run

  30-03-2015 03:33
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - A deadly hit and run crash over the weekend is under investigation by the Kern County Sheriff's Office. The incident happened just after 10 p.m. on Saturday in a neighborhood near Highway 178.     There were reports of a peace disturbance and vehicles leaving the area after a loud boom.      According to sheriff's officials, 39-year-old Roy Frank Grijalva was found lying in the road with head injuries.      Grijalva w
  
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• Deadly hit and run crash

  30-03-2015 03:33
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Sheriff's detectives are investigating what they say is a deadly hit and run crash in northeast Bakersfield. It happened just after 10 p.m. Saturday in the 2200 block of Gage Street.The coroner's office identified the man as 39-year-old Roy Frank Grijalva of Bakersfield. Sheriff's officials say he was found lying in the road with head injuries. he was taken to KMC where he died.
  Sergeant Gary Williams said, "There was reports of vehicles speeding up and down the street an
  
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• Washington State murder suspect arrested in Taft

  30-03-2015 03:30
  
  TAFT, CA - A man wanted for murder in Washington State is in no longer on the run, after a SWAT standoff in Taft yesterday.     Law enforcement in Washington contacted Taft police yesterday afternoon with information that 68-year old Robert Studer was in Taft.      Studer is suspected in the shooting death of his 42-year-old nephew on Thursday night, just south of Seattle.      Studer's van was located behind a business in the 400 block of
  
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• Transgender advocates rally support

  30-03-2015 03:27
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - A local group of transgender advocates gathered Sunday to raise awareness and prepare for an upcoming rally. They held a poster-making party at the Gay and Lesbian Center on 18th street.Organizers say the International Transgender Day of Visibility is an annual holiday dedicated to celebrating transgender and non-gender conforming people .Bakersfield trans support group member Spencer Dodson said, "I think it's important just to show that we're here and that we're your co
  
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• Transgender advocates gather to prepare for awareness rally

  30-03-2015 03:27
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - A local group of transgender advocates gathered today to raise awareness and get ready for the upcoming Transgender Day of Visibility Rally.
  The group held a poster-making party at the Gay and Lesbian Center on 18th Street.     The International Transgender Day of Visibility is an annual holiday dedicated to celebrating transgender and non-gender conforming people .     The event raises awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people world
  
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• BPD: Men stole from homes in South Bakersfield

  30-03-2015 03:21
  
  Two men are wanted by the Bakersfield Police for allegedly burglarizing homes around Bakersfield. 
  
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• Murder suspect arrested after SWAT standoff in Taft

  30-03-2015 02:47
  
  A SWAT standoff in Taft on Saturday ended with the arrest of a man suspected of murder.
  
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• Murder suspect arrested after SWAT stand-off in Taft

  30-03-2015 02:47
  
  68-year-old Robert Studer is arrested after a SWAT stand-off in Taft, CA.
  
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• Homicide in East Bakersfield

  30-03-2015 02:19
  
  Bakersfield, CA - A homicide investigation is underway after 51-year-old Nicolas Gomez was found dead in the front yard of a home in the 1,200 block of Quincy Street in East Bakersfield Sunday morning.Neighbors say gun shots around 4 a.m. Sunday morning. Gabriel Vielma lives nearby. "When I heard them I woke up and talked to my dad and we came out here," said Vielma. Sergeant Gary Williams from the Kern County Sheriff's Department says deputies arrived shortly
  
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• Funeral services for March 30, 2015

  30-03-2015 02:13
  
  Services pendingDora Eledesma, 87, Bakersfield, March 25. Greenlawn Southwest.
  
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• DUI checkpoint results in 3 arrests overnight

  30-03-2015 01:29
  
  On Saturday, March 28, 2015, the Bakersfield Police Department Traffic Enforcement Detail conducted a DUI/Driver License Checkpoint in the 4600 block of Stockdale Hwy between the hours of 7:00 PM and 2:00 AM.
  
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• Ask TBC: What in the heck is going on with gas prices?

  30-03-2015 00:00
  
  Editor's note:We've received several questions from readers about what's going on with local gas prices. This is an example of one that pretty much summed them up: Q:There's a glut in the global supply of oil. Some 2 million barrels per day are being produced in excess of demand. The price of crude remains low.
  
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