Bakersfield news

• Police: Men use pry tools at 2 ATM's in Bakersfield

  17-07-2015 23:56
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Bakersfield police need your help finding two men wanted for attempted grand Theft.  Police say on July 5, between 1:00 and 3:00 am, the suspects used pry tools to attempt to gain access to ATMs at Kern Schools FCU branches at 4530 Ming Avenue and 2821 Auto Mall Drive.
  The suspects were unsuccessful at both locations. They fled in a grey 2007-14 GMC Yukon. The first suspect is described as white, late 20’s to early 30’s, short dark hair, unshaven,&nb
  
  Read more

• Man wanted for grand theft, elder abuse

  17-07-2015 23:48
  
  Bakersfield Police are looking for a man who is accused of grand theft and elder abuse that occurred on July 3rd.
  
  Read more

• Police looking for burglary suspects

  17-07-2015 23:24
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Bakersfield police need your help finding three men suspected of forcing their way in to a store on Union Avenue and stealing merchandise.   Police say on June 28, the suspects entered the Lucky 7 store at 4198 Union Avenue when it was closed. Once inside the suspects took merchandise and fled. The first suspect is described as black, heavy build, receding hair, wearing white t-shirt, black pants, black shoes. The second is described as white or Hispan
  
  Read more

• California jobless rate drops to 6.3 percent in June

  17-07-2015 23:04
  
  California's jobless rate dropped back to 6.3 percent in June afterseeing a slight increase in May, the state Employment DevelopmentDepartment reported Friday.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Police looking for man wanted for grand theft, elder abuse

  17-07-2015 22:48
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Police need your help finding a man suspected of grand theft and elder abuse.   Police say on July 3, the suspect contacted the elderly husband and wife in a parking lot and told them that they had nearly struck his vehicle with theirs causing him to damage his vehicle.
  The suspect requested money from the victims and followed them to their bank, the Kern Federal Credit Union, at 1717 Truxtun Avenue where the victim could withdraw money to give to the suspect to repair hi
  
  Read more

• Police: Man tried to grab teen's rear end on GET bus

  17-07-2015 22:26
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Bakersfield police need your help finding a man accused of trying to grab a teen girl's rear end on a GET bus earlier this month.   Police say on July 8, the man sat near the 14-year-old girl, on a GET bus traveling in the 5100 block of White Ln. and began staring at her. When the victim left the bus the suspect attempted to grab the victim’s buttocks but the victim slapped the suspect’s hand away.
  The suspect is described as Hispanic, 30-4
  
  Read more

• McFarland breaks ground on new park

  17-07-2015 21:44
  
  McFarland on Friday held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 12-acre park off East Sherwood Avenue.
  
  Read more

• Special Olympics torch comes to Bakersfield

  17-07-2015 21:29
  
  The Flame of Hope, the official torch for the Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015, was carried through Bakersfield on Friday morning.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• California worker alive after rescue from meat grinder

  17-07-2015 20:58
  
  Fire officials say an employee at a wholesale California grocer is lucky to be alive after his shirt sleeve got caught in a running meat grinder.
  
  Read more

• Man dies after 25 foot fall from equipment

  17-07-2015 20:46
  
  Kern County Fire Department says that a 34-year-old man has died after falling 25 feet from equipment at the corner of Enos Lane and Panama Lane near the Kern County Raceway Park Friday morning.
  
  Read more

• Worker falls to death west of Bakersfield

  17-07-2015 20:43
  
  A man fell to his death Friday morning just west of Bakersfield.
  
  Read more

• Man falls to death west of Bakersfield

  17-07-2015 20:43
  
  A man fell to his death Friday morning just west of Bakersfield.
  
  Read more

• Man dies after fall at Bakersfield oil service company

  17-07-2015 20:37
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - A 29-year-old man has died after a fall at an oil service company southwest of Bakersfield.  Kern County Fire officials say around 10:30 Friday morning, they responded to a call in the 10200 block of Enos Lane, near Panama Lane for a man falling 25 feet from a platform. Investigators say the man had a harness on, but was not tethered in.  When crews arrived, they found a man had suffered a fatal head injury.  Cal OSHA is investigating the incident.  The nam
  
  Read more

• Bakersfield police investigate armed robbery

  17-07-2015 20:36
  
  A market was robbed Thursday night by a man with a gun, police said.
  
  Read more

• Asian Citrus Psyllid found in East Bakersfield

  17-07-2015 20:11
  
  Kern County Agriculture & Measurement Standards say they found a live Asian Citrus psyllid at a home in a East Bakersfield neighborhood Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Crash vigil: 'That cop did not mean to kill my father'

  17-07-2015 20:07
  
  Dozens turned out at a candlelight vigil for Larry Maharry, who was killed in an accident when he collided with a Kern County Sheriff's deputy patrol car in Oildale.
  
  Read more

• Crashes involving law enforcement raising safety questions

  17-07-2015 20:06
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Three major traffic accidents involving Kern County law enforcement vehicles is raising questions about the safety of officers. New numbers released by the three largest Bakersfield departments could surprise, but compared to the state average are actually low.Kern County Sheriff's Department vehicles were involved in 98 accidents in 2013, of which 59 were ruled avoidable. In 2014, the number of accidents fell to 80, with 39 avoidable. So far this year, 36 accidents have
  
  Read more

• Construction to close Bakersfield streets

  17-07-2015 19:36
  
  Construction crews will be out working this weekend and next to redesign and repave two of our busiest intersections in town.
  
  Read more

• Police looking for robber of Cigarette Market

  17-07-2015 19:17
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Police are looking for a man they say robbed a store Thursday night in central Bakersfield.  Police were called to the Cigarette Market on Brundage Lane around 9:00 for a robbery that had just took place.  Police say the man entered the business with a gun and demanded money from the clerk.
  The suspect fled the business prior to officer’s arrival.  Police describe the suspect as a man, 6’0” tall, medium build, wearing a black jacket with w
  
  Read more

• Two people jumped off from a moving train

  17-07-2015 16:55
  
  Kern County Fire Department Officials say that two people were injured after falling from a moving train near the intersection of Edison Hwy & Sterling Rd in East Bakersfield.
  
  Read more

• Haggen to layoff employees, cut hours

  17-07-2015 16:06
  
  Grocery store chain Haggen has announced that it will layoff employees and cut back hours.
  
  Read more

• Special Olympics torch runs thru Bakersfield

  17-07-2015 15:20
  
  The "Flame of Hope" will run through Bakersfield honoring the start of the 2015 Summer Special Olympic Games, Friday morning. 
  
  Read more

• Flame of Hope coming through Bakersfield today

  17-07-2015 14:58
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA.-The 2015 Special Olympics World Games kick off is in just one week. The Flame of Hope has been carried across the world in anticipation of the games and is making a stop this morning right here in Bakersfield. A formal ceremony will be held in downtown at the Liberty Bell on Truxtun Ave. The Special Olympics Flame of Hope was first lit in Greece back in May and has now made its way here in Bakersfield. More than 55 members of law enforcement from around the world will
  
  Read more

• Vigil held for motorcyclist killed in accident involvind KCSO deputy

  17-07-2015 09:12
  /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin-top:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi
  
  Read more

• Vigil held for motorcyclist killed in accident involving in KCSO deputy

  17-07-2015 09:12
  
  Bakersfield, CA - A vigil is held for a Bakersfield man, who died after his motorcycle collided with a Sheriff's Deputy patrol car in Oildale Tuesday.More than a hundred people gathered at the corner of Norris Road and Airport Drive Thursday evening to remember Larry Maharrey, 59.
  Loved ones say he was a family man who loved to fish and ride his motorcycle."Oh my god this is just unbelievable, I so appreciate everybody that showed up.It's overwhelming. It blows me away.He was a good man,&q
  
  Read more

• Vigil held for motorcyclist killed in accident involved in KCSO deputy

  17-07-2015 09:12
  
  Bakersfield, CA - A vigil is held for a Bakersfield man, who died after his motorcycle collided with a Sheriff's Deputy patrol car in Oildale Tuesday.More than a hundred people gathered at the corner of Norris Road and Airport Drive Thursday evening to remember Larry Maharrey, 59.
  Loved ones say he was a family man who loved to fish and ride his motorcycle."Oh my god this is just unbelievable, I so appreciate everybody that showed up.It's overwhelming. It blows me away.He was a good man,&q
  
  Read more

• 85-acre development planned for Hosking Avenue parcel

  17-07-2015 09:00
  
  The land soon could be home to an 800,000-square-foot shopping center and hotel.
  
  Read more

• 85 acre development planned for Hosking Ave parcel

  17-07-2015 09:00
  The land along Highway 99 from Hosking Avenue up to Berkshire Road has long been vacant, but it soon could become an 800,000 square foot shopping center and hotel.
  
  Read more

• Man accused in BPD death will face trial

  17-07-2015 04:59
  
  Kern Superior Court Judge Eric Bradshaw rules that Julian Hernandez, the suspect accused in the death of Bakersfield Police officer David Nelson to stand trial. 
  
  Read more

• Family of motorcyclist killed speaks out

  17-07-2015 04:29
  
  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The family of 59-year-old Larry Maharrey spoke for the first time today about their loss, remembering their loved one as a fun-loving prankster that was loved by everyone. 
  
  Read more

• People upset about maintenance of South Kern Cemetery

  17-07-2015 03:33
  ARVIN, CA- People who have loved ones buried at a cemetery southeast of Bakersfield called us with concerns over maintenance at South Kern Cemetery.Cemetery officials say the drought is partly to blame.Diana Deshwaden called and said she and others are disappointed after finding the resting place of their loved ones, had been unkempt for days, and she says the problem goes beyond the water crisis."Grass was over growing the headstone, weeds were growing where the grass was, the grass
  
  Read more

• Second-degree murder trial for Hernandez

  17-07-2015 02:31
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - A jury will decide the fate of the man accused of leading BPD Officer David Nelson on a chase that ended in a deadly crash.
  Judge Eric Bradshaw decided Thursday afternoon there is enough evidence in the case to move forward with a second-degree murder trial against Julian Hernandez.
  Judge Bradshaw said, "It does appear to me that there is sufficient cause to believe that these sections have been violated and there is sufficient cause to believe the defendant guilty of eac
  
  Read more

• Citrus pest spotted near East High School

  17-07-2015 02:19
  
  The latest citrus psyllid was just spotted near East High School.
  
  Read more

• Congress, officials respond to Planned Parenthood 'fetus-selling' video

  17-07-2015 01:52
  
  Planned Parenthood released a video Thursday in which organization President Cecile Richards defends its fetal tissue donation programs but apologizes for the way a staff member talked about them in a secretly-recorded video posted online earlier this week.
  
  Read more

• Three arrested in Arvin drug bust

  17-07-2015 01:38
  
  The Arvin Police Department say they arrested three people in a drug bust in Arvin on Tuesday morning.
  
  Read more

• Class II injection wells review update

  17-07-2015 00:56
  
  Sacramento, CA -- The California Department of Conservation is out with an update to a review of class two injection wells it committed to beginning back in march.The review is expected to take two years.A second deadlines in that process passed Wednesday, called a submittal deadline.In response, there are three new documents out.They are: a preliminary assessment of whether 11 aquifers historically treated as exempt from the safe drinking water act presently meet the criteria for an aquifer ex
  
  Read more

• Google self-driving car involved in first injury accident

  17-07-2015 00:49
  
  The tech giant disclosed Thursday that one of its SUVs was rear-ended in its home city of Mountain View, and the three people on board complained of minor whiplash. All were released from the hospital soon after the July 1 collision.
  
  Read more

• LA burglar accidentally videos self with victim's iPhone

  17-07-2015 00:45
  
  Authorities are looking for a Los Angeles burglar who accidentally made a selfie with his victim's iPhone.
  
  Read more

• SeaWorld suspends worker accused of posing as PETA activist

  17-07-2015 00:44
  
  SeaWorld suspended an employee accused of posing for years as an animal-rights activist and trying to incite violence among peaceful protesters, company officials said.
  
  Read more

• Citrus Psyllid found near East High School

  17-07-2015 00:37
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA- The pest known as the Citrus Psyllid has been found on Bakersfield's eastside, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture.They say it was found near East High School which means another six miles have been added to quarantine area.The department confirmed the pest Wednesday.Officials urge people not to move citrus trees into the city.If you own a citrus tree The CDFA will be contacting you.
  
  Read more

• Colorado theater shooter found guilty of murder

  17-07-2015 00:26
  
  Jurors convicted Colorado theater shooter James Holmes on Thursday in the chilling 2012 attack on defenseless moviegoers at a midnight Batman premiere.
  
  Read more

• Shooter guilty in Aurora Theater shooting

  17-07-2015 00:12
  
  Aurora, CO- The jury in the James Holmes Murder Trial has found him guilty of multiple counts of first degree murder.Holmes is on trial for the Aurora Theater Shooting in 2012.Holmes is now eligible for the death penalty.
  
  Read more

• Ranchers sue over rule giving feds authority on state water

  17-07-2015 00:00
  
  Ranchers in New Mexico, California and Washington state have challenged a new Obama administration rule giving federal agencies authority to protect some streams and wetlands.
  
  Read more

Follow @Bakersfield_Nws on Twitter!