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• Services planned for BPD officer killed in line of duty

  27-06-2015 20:40
  
  A memorial service for David Nelson will be held in Bakersfield and his funeral will in Glendale.
  
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• Gay marriage legalized in historic Supreme Court decision

  27-06-2015 10:46
  The Supreme Court has declared that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States.
  
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• LGBT celebrations pause for candlelight vigil

  27-06-2015 08:39
  
  Following the Supreme Court's decision of equal marriage rights for all, part of the LGBT community in Bakersfield put a pause on their celebrations to remember fallen Bakersfield police officer David Nelson. 
  
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• Family and friends remember fallen BPD officer

  27-06-2015 05:04
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - The family of Bakersfield Police Officer David Nelson say he loved his job and they're comforted knowing he died doing what he loved.Nelson's girlfriend, Rachael Osgood, says they were a couple for three years and when she spoke with him early Friday morning,  she never thought it would be the last time."Actually 12:30 last night he had called me. He had had some down-time, and so he pulled over and said 'Hi' and that he loved me and wished me good night and everythi
  
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• From the archive: Bakersfield's last officer killed in the line of duty

  27-06-2015 04:52
  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) -- Officer David Nelson on Friday became was the first Bakersfield Police Officer to be killed in the line of duty since 1983 and the eighth in the department's history.
  
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• Courtroom outburst as murder suspect learns verdict

  27-06-2015 04:40
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - A man charged with murder surprised the courtroom with an outburst Friday, upon learning the jury convicted him for a murder and a shooting.25-year-old Spencer Rogers lost his cool as the clerk read the guilty verdict of first degree murder.The audience was escorted out of the courtroom for their safety.Rogers was also found guilty of twelve other charges.Rogers is one of two men accused of killing 23-year-old Kevin McMahan of Bakersfield in 2013 during a drive-by shooting on
  
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• BPD officer killed in line of duty

  27-06-2015 04:05
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - A Bakersfield Police officer lost his life in the line of duty Friday morning during a high-speed pursuit.
  The crash happened around 2:40 a.m. and closed Panorama Drive at Mount Vernon Avenue in northeast Bakersfield near Bakersfield College all morning and afternoon.
  Sgt. Joe Grubbs said it was a terrible day for the department and the family of Officer David Joseph Nelson's family, but they have to remain strong and focus on the investigation.
  Officer Nelson's police cruiser
  
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• Local reaction to same-sex marriage ruling

  27-06-2015 04:04
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Local supporters of gay marriage are celebrating the Supreme Court decision at a rally in Bakersfield.
  Jordan Montgomery says the ruling is what he and his family were hoping for.
  "We don't have to worry about it anymore. We're equal. It's a huge relief," he said.
  His mother, Wendy Montgomery agreed. "I will get to sit in the front row of my son's wedding," she said, "and it means everything to me that I can look at my son and say you are now equa
  
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• Gay marriage ruling: Legal analysis

  27-06-2015 03:58
  BAKERSFIELD - Local attorneys are weighing in on the Supreme Court's decision to allow same-sex marriage across the country.Edward Thomas, a local attorney, said Friday's ruling is the end all for opponents of gay marriage."This was it. This is what the U.S. Supreme Court should've done years ago," Thomas said. "If they would've decided this differently, there would've been lots of options in different states."Family law attorney Bobby Cloud says the only way to overturn thi
  
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• Hwy. 99 connector back open after grass fire

  27-06-2015 03:41
  
  A major freeway connector is back open in central Bakersfield after a grass fire closed the roads for about an hour. .
  
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• Authorities narrow search for missing girl

  27-06-2015 03:11
  
  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) -- Authorities tracking a girl missing from Wofford Heights on Friday announced a breakthrough in the search.16-year-old Amber Woolwine, who has been missing since June 11, was spotted by a surveillance camera at a shopping center in Valencia, Calif.
  
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• Bakersfield Reacts to Same Sex Marriage Ruling

  27-06-2015 02:32
  
  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - A historic ruling from the Supreme Court of the United States this morning, making same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states. Supreme Court Justices voting 5-4, ruling that state bans on gay marriage are unconstitutional.
  
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• Rockslide slowing traffic on 178 near mouth of Kern River Canyon

  27-06-2015 01:07
  
  Caltrans and California Highway Patrol officials Friday afternoon issued an alert that traffic is backed up on the 178 at Powerhouse Road as a result of rock slide.
  Authorities first received calls of large debris in the road at about 2:30 p.m.
  
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• Traffic slowed at canyon entrance due to rockslide

  27-06-2015 00:46
  
  4 p.m.
  CHP is reporting that traffic is slowed at the mouth of the canyon on Highway 178 due to a rock slide. The west bound lane is reportedly open as CHP officers wave traffic through.
  
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• Fallen BPD Officer Nelson taken to Burbank

  27-06-2015 00:20
  
  The body of Officer David Nelson was taken to Burbank Friday afternoon after he was killed during a pursuit in East Bakersfield.
  
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• The man pulled from a burning building on Beale Avenue has died

  27-06-2015 00:08
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - A man who was listed in critical condition after he was pulled from an apartment fire on Wednesday has died, according to the Bakersfield Fire Department.The 23-year-old man has not been identified yet.Fire officials said he suffered from smoke inhalation and remained in a coma after resuscitation efforts. The man died at 08:30 a.m. Friday at Kern Medical Center.The fire occurred at 1010 Beale Ave., near Monterey Street around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.Arson investigators are still
  
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