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• BCSD inviting public to comment on improvement programs

  04-06-2015 23:32
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - The Bakersfield City School District is encouraging parents, staff and community members to join them for a public hearing to discuss important information regarding the district's plan to improve student learning.  
  According to BCSD, the state of California has changed the way it funds public education, allowing school districts to better serve high-needs students. 
  This new funding system requires districts to develop a Local Control Accountability Plan and Local
  
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• US officials: Massive breach of federal personnel data

  04-06-2015 23:05
  
  The Associated Press has learned that the Obama administration is scrambling to assess the impact of a massive data breach involving the agency that handles security clearances and employee records.
  
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• CAPK launches free breakfast and lunch program

  04-06-2015 22:49
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Community Action Partnership of Kern is announcing its sponsorship of the 2015 Summer Food Service Program.  
  The program provides for free meals to all children who are 18 years of age and younger.  
  The dates of the program are from June 8 to July 31.
  Breakfast and Lunch SitesBakersfieldCAPK Friendship House Community Center2424 Cottonwood Road, Bakersfield, CA 93307Breakfast8:30am to 9:00amShafterCAPK Shafter Youth Center455 E. Euclid Ave., Shafter, CA 93263______
  
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• CAPK launces free breakfast and lunch program

  04-06-2015 22:49
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Community Action Partnership of Kern is announcing its sponsorship of the 2015 Summer Food Service Program.  
  The program provides for free meals to all children who are 18 years of age and younger.  
  The dates of the program are from June 8 to July 31.
  Breakfast and Lunch SitesBakersfieldCAPK Friendship House Community Center2424 Cottonwood Road, Bakersfield, CA 93307Breakfast8:30am to 9:00amShafterCAPK Shafter Youth Center455 E. Euclid Ave., Shafter, CA 93263______
  
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• Actor accidentally stabbed by real knife during performance

  04-06-2015 22:04
  A Tucson actor is recovering from an accidental stabbing during a performance at a local theater.
  
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• 'Pong,' 'Tetris' make Video Game Hall of Fame's first class

  04-06-2015 22:03
  
  The first inductees into the new World Video Game Hall of Fame include "Pong," the game that introduced millions to electronic play.
  
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• Rick Perry announces 2016 bid, a re-do from 2012

  04-06-2015 21:49
  
  Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry opened his second bid for the Republican presidential nomination Thursday, pledging to "end an era of failed leadership" and hoping this campaign will go better than his last one.
  
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• Fake officer tried to swindle $150

  04-06-2015 21:10
  
  The Bakersfield Police Department received a report Wednesday morning that an individual called a citizen identifying himself as a local law enforcement official.
  
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• Delano police shoot, kill man in exchange of gunfire

  04-06-2015 21:00
  
  Delano police shot and killed a man Wednesday night.
  
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• Coroner releases name of man killed in exchange of gunfire with police

  04-06-2015 21:00
  
  Delano police shot and killed a man Wednesday night. Eyewitness News has learned 11 officers fired their weapons.
  
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• Coroner releases name of man killed by police gunfire

  04-06-2015 21:00
  
  Delano police shot and killed a man Wednesday night. Eyewitness News has learned 11 officers fired their weapons.
  
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• Nurses host free "Sidewalk CPR" training

  04-06-2015 20:46
  
  Nurses from Dignity Health will host a free "Sidewalk CPR" training course, Thursday. 
  
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• 14 displaced in Lamont apartment fire

  04-06-2015 20:19
  
  Fourteen people were displaced by an apartment fire in Lamont.
  
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• KCFD launches new fireworks safety website

  04-06-2015 19:20
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Kern County firefighters want residents to know about a new website they can use to report illegal firework activity.     It's called "YouLightitWeWriteit.com."     You can go to the site to get information on local firework laws and the penalties for breaking them, as well as get information on how to report illegal activity you witness.
  
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• 54-year-old woman found dead in trailer park

  04-06-2015 18:54
  
  Detectives are trying to determine what caused the death of a woman found in a trailer park.
  
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• Woman found dead in trailer park identified

  04-06-2015 18:51
  
  WOFFORD HEIGHTS, CA - The Coroner's office has released the identity of a woman who was found dead in a trailer park. The Kern County Sheriff's Office is calling her death suspicious.
  The coroner identified her as 54-year-old Darla Kay Semczuk of Wofford Heights. 
  Her body was found Wednesday around 11:20 a.m. at a trailer park at 35 East Evans Road in Wofford Heights, according to KCSO detectives.
  Deputies determined there to be suspicious circumstances regarding the death.    &
  
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• Delano police involved in deadly shooting

  04-06-2015 17:36
  
  DELANO, CA - Delano police were involved in a deadly officer-involved shooting Wednesday night.
  It started around 9:30 p.m. in the 1400 block of Dover Place, when police received a report of criminal threats and a drive by shooting at a house.     According to police, the shooter fled in a vehicle to his home in the 2300 block of Algehro Drive.     Officers tried to contact the man there, but said he again fled in the vehicle and a short pursuit began around 11:20
  
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• Delano Police shoot, kill man

  04-06-2015 16:57
  
  One person is dead after Delano Police shot and killed a man who opened fire on them Wednesday night. 
  
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• FREE microchips for dogs June 6, 2015

  04-06-2015 16:53
  
  The City of Bakersfield Animal Control Division would like to invite the community to a low cost vaccination, licensing and microchip clinic for dogs living within the city limits. 
  
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• KHSD announces new homeschool program

  04-06-2015 16:38
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA.-While Kern County students will return to school in the Fall, some won't be learning in a classroom. The Kern High School District has announced a new homeschool program. The Kern Learn program will be piloted in the Fall and will be available to all 9-12 grade students in the district. Kati Wilson homeschools her three kids. The Kern Learn program will begin just as her eldest son starts high school. Kern Learn is a hybrid program of online and in-classroom lear
  
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• Deal may be in works on downtown apartment project

  04-06-2015 07:29
  
  Opposing sides might work out an agreement on a downtown apartment complex project.
  
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• Deal may be in works between opposing sides on apartment project

  04-06-2015 07:29
  
  Opposing sides might work out an agreement on a downtown apartment complex project.
  
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• Growers file RICO complaint against governor, others

  04-06-2015 05:37
  
  BAKERSFIELD,CA - You've probably heard of the RICO statute. RICO stands for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations.On Wednesday in Los Angeles federal court, a Kern County farmer filed a RICO complaint against Governor Jerry Brown, a number of high-ranking regulators and two of Kern County's largest oil companies.The lawsuit alleges Brown, big oil and Kern County's top planner conspired to violate environmental safeguards for groundwaterin order to hold down costs associated with d
  
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• Cal Water says it will fix leaks in SW Bakersfield

  04-06-2015 04:19
  
  California Water Service Co. says it will repair two leaks in southwest Bakersfield that have been seeping water for more than a week. One of the leaks was brought to Eyewitness News' attention by viewer Jerry Flores.
  
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• Man in court for child's death

  04-06-2015 04:14
  
  Allan Dale Robbins was charged after his 2-year-old child was found unresponsive in a backyard pond in Rosamond. The child's death happened in September.
  
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• Lawyer punched in court will still defend his client

  04-06-2015 04:13
  
  A lawyer punched in the face on Monday after his client received a guilty verdict will still be representing him through three more trials.
  
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• Defendant punches attorney in Kern County court

  04-06-2015 04:13
  
  A lawyer punched in the face on Monday after his client received a guilty verdict will still be representing him through three more trials.
  
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• Toddler battles cancer, family hopes for marrow donor match

  04-06-2015 04:04
  
  The community of Bakersfield opened its heart to a small child fighting cancer when the family asked for prayers. Now, the family hopes people will also register as possible marrow donors to help 2-year-old Kai Anguiano.
  
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• Racist mugs found at Tehachapi High School

  04-06-2015 03:55
  
  Claims of racism surfaced out of Tehachapi High School Wednesday leaving one employee fired and the school district opening an investigation.  
  
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• Woman found in 'suspicious' death leaves behind two kids and husband

  04-06-2015 03:34
  
  A woman's death in Wofford Heights is being called "suspicious" by the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• Woman found in 'suspicious' death leaves behind 2 kids, husband

  04-06-2015 03:34
  
  A woman's death in Wofford Heights is being called "suspicious" by the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• KCSO investigating 'suspicious' death in Wofford Heights

  04-06-2015 03:34
  
  A woman's death in Wofford Heights is being called "suspicious" by the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• CSUB graduation ceremonies June 9, 12 and 13

  04-06-2015 03:07
  
  California State University, Bakersfield will hold its three-part commencement from June 9-13.
  
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• Free sidewalk CPR lessons Thursday

  04-06-2015 02:57
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Seventy percent of people in the United States would feel helpless if they saw someone having a cardiac arrest. That's according to the American Heart Association. They found the majority of people don't know how to perform CPR or forgot.Thursday, Bakersfield's Memorial Hospital is holding a free sidewalk CPR lessons.
  Each compression could pump life back into someone in cardiac arrest.
  "It does make a difference. It does save lives," says Brandy Johnson, a regi
  
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• Attorney: 'Lethal force by police cannot be so normalized'

  04-06-2015 02:46
  
  James Ramiro Villegas De La Rosa was shot in a confrontation with officers in November. The civil rights lawsuit, filed Tuesday, names the police department and some officers.
  
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• City says July Fourth fireworks back on

  04-06-2015 02:30
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- At a Bakersfield City Council meeting Wednesday evening City Manager Alan Tandy announced the city had found a sponsor for the July Fourth Fireworks at River Walk.The celebration had been canceled due to the lack of a sponsor but San Joaquin Community Hospital and Kaiser Permanente stepped up with sponsorship.Also the Bakersfield Police Officers Association made a contribution that will add bounce houses and bands to the event. 
  
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• Police: Woman tried taking photos of girl in Walmart restroom

  04-06-2015 02:22
  
  Police are looking for a woman suspected of trying to take photos of a 12-year-old girl inside a Walmart restroom.
  
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• Police: Man tried taking photos of girl in Walmart restroom

  04-06-2015 02:22
  
  Police are looking for a man suspected of trying to take photos of a 12-year-old girl inside a Walmart restroom.
  
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• Police ID 'suspect' from incident in Walmart restroom

  04-06-2015 02:22
  
  Bakersfield police are investigating an incident inside a Walmart restroom.
  
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• New sponsors give new life to Fourth of July celebration

  04-06-2015 01:51
  
  It's news worthy of a celebration -- the Fourth of July fireworks show at The Park at River Walk will take place after all .
  
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• BPD: Woman sought in child pornography case

  04-06-2015 01:51
  
  The Bakersfield Police Department is seeking the community's assistance in identifying and locating the following suspect wanted for annoying a child and contacting a child with the intent to produce child pornography.
  
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• VFW Memorial Hall demolished in Delano

  04-06-2015 01:47
  
  Demolition was underway at the Delano Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Hall, Wednesday. 
  
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• Free CPR training for the public Thursday

  04-06-2015 01:38
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- Thursday the public will have a chance to learn how to help save a life.
  Dignity Health is hosting free "Sidewalk CPR" training.Organizers say it only takes five minutes and you could end making the difference in an emergency situation.Just show up anytime between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Thursday at the Northwest Promenade, on Rosedale Highway.The training does not qualify for CPR certification and no CPR card will be given.
  
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• Bakersfield police warn of imposter

  04-06-2015 01:29
  
  The Bakersfield Police Department on Wednesday warned the public that a police imposter could call and ask for money.
  
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• Reconstruction to impact traffic on Gosford Road

  04-06-2015 01:18
  
  Drivers are being warned of delays during reconstruction on a stretch of busy Gosford Road.
  
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• BPD: Woman tried to snap pics of girl in public bathroom

  04-06-2015 01:16
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- Bakersfield Police want the publics help in finding a woman they say tried to take pictures of a little girl in a Walmart bathroom.According to BPD a woman followed a twelve year old girl in the bathroom of the Walmart on Gosford Road near Harris Road. The woman then tried to take pictures of the girl over the top of the stall while the girl was seated on the toilet.The incident happened on May 15 just before 4 p.m.The suspect is wanted for Intent to Produce Child Pornogra
  
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• St. Jude Dream Home Bonus Prize Deadline is Fri.

  04-06-2015 01:08
  
  Everyone who reserves a St. Jude Dream Home ticket by Friday, June 5th will also be eligible to win a four night Mexican Vacation Getaway for two with nonstop airfare and accommodations in Riviera Maya, Mexico, courtesy of Apple Vacations and Riu Palace. Less than half of the 11,000 tickets have been sold, so hurry and get yours TODAY. 
  
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• Fake BPD officer tried to swindle $150

  04-06-2015 00:59
  
  The Bakersfield Police Department received a report Wednesday morning that an individual called a citizen identifying himself as a local law enforcement official.
  
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• Police warn of local warrant scam

  04-06-2015 00:57
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- Bakersfield police are warning people about a scam where the suspect poses as law enforcement.According to BPD a person reported to them that they had received a cal from a man claiming to be a local law enforcement official.
  The caller told the victim, who did have an active court case, that there was a warrant for her arrest.The caller then said he would clear the warrant for $150. The caller was instructed to purchase a pre-paid debit card for $150 and transfer the mone
  
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• California lawmakers advance aggressive climate change plans

  04-06-2015 00:32
  
  California lawmakers on Wednesday pushed through an ambitious climate change package to further reduce the state's carbon footprint and boost the use of renewable energy to 50 percent in 15 years.
  
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