Bakersfield news

• 'First Look': Volunteer or be a part of the action at Monopoly Mania

  01-04-2015 23:36
  
  Did you always want to be the keeper of the colorful Monopoly cash as a kid? Well your opportunity is here!
  
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• WALL STREET JOURNAL: McDonald's to raise employee pay

  01-04-2015 23:22
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp plans to raise U.S. restaurant workers' pay by more than 10 percent and tack on benefits such as paid vacations, according to a Wall Street Journal story citing the fast-food chain's new chief executive. The reported move from the world's biggest restaurant chain follows entry-level wage hikes by Wal-Mart Stores Inc and other retailers and lands amid frequent fast-food and retail worker protests calling for higher pay and better working c
  
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• Our obsession with glass-bottled milk

  01-04-2015 23:08
  
  The rage currently in town has been the resurgence of milk in glass bottles, Rosa Brothers Milk Company and Top O' The Morn Farms being two of the more prominent producers."We have four drivers right now," saidNicole Schott, sales and marketing rep for Rosa Brothers. "We're really busy."
  
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• McDonald's: Workers to get pay hikes at company-owned stores

  01-04-2015 23:08
  
  McDonald's says it's raising pay for workers at its company-owned U.S. restaurants, making it the latest employer to sweeten worker incentives in an improving economy.
  
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• Firefighters will give event proceeds to Fresno firefighter

  01-04-2015 22:39
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- Firefighters will try to down 12 eggs, home fries and two biscuits and its all to help a fellow firefighter.Capt. Pete Dern, 49, has been with with the Fresno Fire Department for 25 years.
  Sunday afternoon an eyewitness captured the moment on video that he fell into a burning garage.He was leading his team across the roof when it collapsed, sending him into the flames.Captain Dern's injuries are severe. Burns over 65 percent of his body. And smoke inhalation has damaged hi
  
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• 3D print technology provides 'robohand' to 7-year-old girl

  01-04-2015 21:36
  
  Seven-year-old Faith Lennox never thought much about putting a prosthetic limb where her missing left hand had once been.
  
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• Man accused of causing DUI crash cuts plea deal

  01-04-2015 21:09
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- A man accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that injured a Hall Ambulance staffer and a Kern County firefighter has cut a deal with prosecutors.In November 2014 19-year-old Fermin Garcia's van slammed into an SUV on Taft Highway...injuring Paramedic Supervisor Armando Lazaro and Firefighter Adam Bickford.
  Garcia pleaded no contest Tuesday to one felony count of DUI causing injury.He's expected to be sentenced April 27th.
  
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• Southern California desert wildfire began as controlled burn

  01-04-2015 20:58
  
  Crews are using a pair of water-dropping helicopters in the fight against a Southern California desert wildfire that started as a controlled burn.
  
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• California governor orders mandatory water restrictions

  01-04-2015 20:55
  
  California Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered state officials to impose mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history as the state grapples with a serious drought.
  
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• Lowest ever state snowpack levels trigger more restrictions

  01-04-2015 20:32
  
  SACRAMENTO, CA– Following the lowest snowpack ever recorded and with no end to the drought in sight, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced actions that will save water, increase enforcement to prevent wasteful water use, streamline the state's drought response and invest in new technologies that will make California more drought resilient.“Today we are standing on dry grass where there should be five feet of snow. This historic drought demands unprecedented action,” sai
  
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• TRIP provides reason for 58 lane opening delay

  01-04-2015 20:21
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- The new lanes on Highway 58 will be used to shift traffic as more work is planned for the section just east of Highway 99.Many drivers have been wondering why the newly finished lanes are not open to traffic even though work is complete.
  Another project is planned for the same section and the new lanes will be used to shift traffic so crews can work on the outside lanes and the the right shoulder, according to TRIP officials.Prior to shifting traffic, new detour signs and
  
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• West Kern Petroleum Summit announces keynote speaker

  01-04-2015 20:00
  
  The keynote speaker for the second annual West Kern Petroleum Summit has been announced. Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr., also known as T. Boone Pickens, is an American business mogul and financier who will share his alternative energy knowledge with Kern County on Oct. 16 in Taft.
  
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• Traffic Alert for drivers in southwest Bakersfield

  01-04-2015 19:41
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- PG&E is asking drivers to avoid Panama lane between Gosford Road and Highway 99 Wednesday and Thursday.Crews will have two of the three lanes on Panama closed from 7a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.
  This is part of a larger project that began in February 2014.The project is expected to be completed in the next two weeks.
  
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• Diseased trees being cut down at Beale Park

  01-04-2015 19:30
  
  Dozens of people enjoy Beale Park everyday, but parkgoers may not like some recent changes there.
  
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• Police: Person found shot, dead at California Ave. office building

  01-04-2015 18:43
  
  Police said they arrived to find a dead person in Ste. 170 of the building at 5060 California Ave.
  
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• Bakersfield dentist found dead in office of 'apparent suicide'

  01-04-2015 18:43
  
  Police, while not naming Dr. Robert Tupac, said the man was found dead of "whatappeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound." Police also called it an"apparent suicide" and said, "There is no foul play suspected in thisincident."
  
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• Bakersfield dentist found dead in office

  01-04-2015 18:43
  
  The coroner's office has confirmed the death of Dr. Robert Tupac, 67, but withheld the cause of death, pending an autopsy.
  
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• Embattled dentist found shot to death inside his offices

  01-04-2015 18:30
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- Coroner's investigators were on scene Wednesday morning at the Stockdale Tower office of Dr. Robert Tupac in southwest Bakersfield where a body was discovered around 7:25 a.m., according to BPD Det. Justin Lewis.
  The individual suffered a gunshot wound, but the BPD could not immediately confirm if it was self- inflicted or a homicide.Dr. Tupac was fighting an accusation of professional negligence from the California Dental Board, which was seeking to suspend or revoke his
  
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• Coroner investigators enter office of local dentist

  01-04-2015 18:30
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- Coroner's investigators were on scene Wednesday morning at the Stockdale Tower office of Dr. Robert Tupac in southwest Bakersfield where a body was discovered around 7:25 a.m., according to BPD Det. Justin Lewis.
  The individual suffered a gunshot wound, but the BPD could not immediately confirm if it was self- inflicted or a homicide.Dr. Tupac was fighting an accusation of professional negligence from the California Dental Board, which was seeking to suspend or revoke his
  
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• Same employees, now local organic food options

  01-04-2015 16:34
  
  Business seems to be booming in Bakersfield, with new retail shops and grocery stores opening up all across town. 
  
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• Lufthansa execs visit French Alps crash site where 150 died

  01-04-2015 14:07
  
  Lufthansa's chief executive saidWednesday it will take "a long, long time" to understand what led to adeadly crash in the Alps last week — but refused to say what the airlineknew about the mental health of the co-pilot suspected of deliberatelydestroying the plane.
  
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• Neighbors rescue man who allegedly set fire to his house

  01-04-2015 07:36
  
  Quick action by neighbors on Casino Street saves the life of man inside a burning house.
  
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• Swimming pools could become drought's latest victim

  01-04-2015 03:49
  
  Because the state is in its fourth year of the drought, Gov. Jerry Brown issued a state of emergency in January and asked people to cut water use by 20 percent this year.
  
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• Pools become drought's latest victim

  01-04-2015 03:49
  
  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) - Some lawmakers are looking to put a ban on refilling and draining pools and on any new construction.
  
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• The Alliance offers information and help for victims of sexual violence

  01-04-2015 03:39
  
  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) - After police released additional details of what they believe happened before a southwest Bakersfield home erupted in flames Friday morning at the hands of an alleged rapist, viewers throughout the county expressed concern for the victim.
  
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• Alliance offers information, help for victims of sexual violence

  01-04-2015 03:39
  
  After police released additional details of what they believe happened before a southwest Bakersfield home erupted in flames Friday morning at the hands of an alleged rapist, viewers throughout the county expressed concern for the victim.
  
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• FBI investigation at PG&E substation

  01-04-2015 02:05
  
  An FBI investigation took place Tuesday afternoon in central Bakersfield at the PG&E substation on Truxtun Avenue.PG&E spokesperson Katie Allen said there was a break-in early Monday morning at the facility west of Oak Street but did not say why the FBI was investigating.She did say no service was lost to any customers.An FBI spokesperson said she could not comment why officials were at the facility, only that there was an active investigation Tuesday.Bakersfield police Sgt. Joe Grubbs
  
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• Police release names of officers in Copa Cabana OIS

  01-04-2015 01:29
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- The officers involved in the officer involved shooting on Thursday, March 19, 2015, have been identified as Detective Kelly Williams, with 7 years of experience, and Senior Officer Daniel Champness with 8 years of experience, both members of SWAT. The officers have been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the officer involved shooting investigation and review by the Critical Incident Review Board.The two SWAT members shot Robert Burdge duri
  
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• Police release officers' names from shooting

  01-04-2015 01:02
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- Bakersfield police released the names of the officers involved in a deadly shooting Friday night involving a man they say raped a woman then set the house on fire.
  Police say Adrian Hernandez, 22, sexually assaulted the woman, who was reportedly his roommate, in the home on Tungsten Street in southwest Bakersfield Friday morning.
  Police said the suspect also tied the woman's hands, tried to drown her in a bathtub, then poured a flammable liquid on her and set her on fire.
  
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• Police release names of officers from OIS

  01-04-2015 01:02
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- The officers involved in the officer involved shooting on Saturday, March 28, 2015, have been identified as Senior Officer Rick Wimbish, with 23 years of experience, Officer Edgar Aguilera, with 3 years of experience, Officer Jaime Hayes and Officer Michael Malley, each with 8 years of experience and Officer Damian Romero with one and one half years of experience. The officers have been place on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the officer involved shooting
  
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• Drivers advised to avoid Panama Lane April 1, 2

  01-04-2015 00:16
  
  Pacific Gas and Electric Company would like to inform drivers to avoid Panama Lane west of Hwy 99 on Wednesday, April 1 and Thursday, April 2, while crews work in the area.
  
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