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• Magnitude 4.2 quake rattles inland Southern California

  25-07-2015 20:06
  
  A magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattled inland Southern California but there were no reports of damage or injury.
  
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• KCSO: Suicidal girl shot by deputies

  25-07-2015 09:27
  A girl was shot and injured by Kern County Sheriff’s deputies in Oildale Friday night, according to Senior Deputy John Carpenter.
  
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• Teenage girl wounded in officer-involved shooting

  25-07-2015 06:30
  
  OILDALE - A teenage girl is hospitalized following an officer-involved shooting at Standard Park in Oildale.The sheriff's department says the teen was suicidal and had a gun. When deputies responded around 7 p.m. Friday, they say she was standing on the basketball court. Officials say she raised the gun and three deputies opened fire.
  The teen was hit once and is in stable condition at Kern Medical Center.
  
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• Portion of Rosedale Highway to be closed over weekend

  25-07-2015 04:16
  
  Drivers should expect detours throughout the weekend as construction crews work on a portion of Rosedale Highway near Mohawk Street.
  
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• Child rescued from hot car in Wasco, warning to parents

  25-07-2015 03:59
  A mother is arrested in Wasco, after her toddler is found left alone in a hot car. She now faces a felony charge, and families are warned about the dangers of kids and cars. "You wouldn't leave your child in an oven, so don't leave them behind in a car," says Kern County Human Services spokeswoman Heidi Carter-Escudero.
  
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• Police crack down on stolen recyclables, arrest business owner

  25-07-2015 03:52
  In ongoing efforts to curb copper wire theft, the sheriff's department on Thursday arrested the owner of an east Bakersfield recycling center.
  
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• Man to stand trial for the murder of BNSF worker in Tehachapi

  25-07-2015 03:30
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Jonathan Hearn will stand trial for the murder of Robert Limon last August.Prosecutor David McKillop presented testimony in the preliminary hearing over the last two days that shows Hearn, 24, was having an affair with Limon's wife, Sabrina.Robert Limon, 38, was found dead, shot two times, inside the BNSF rail facility in Tehachapi where he was working. Kern County Sheriff's Department lead investigator Randall Meyer testified video from a local business shows a motorcycl
  
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• Child left in hot car, mother arrested

  25-07-2015 02:42
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - A Wasco woman spent the night in jail Thursday night, arrested after authorities found her two-year-old son alone in a hot car outside the K-Mart in Wasco.Deputies say the boy was in the car for about 30 minutes.Just before 2:30 Thursday afternoon at the K-Mart off Highway 46, sheriff's deputies say a 2-year-old boy was locked in a car as the temperature inside got hotter."Little did we know we parked right next to the van that had the little kid inside, said witness Tony
  
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• Red Cross working with storm affected families

  25-07-2015 01:38
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - The Kern Chapter of the American Red Cross is ready to help families who have been affected by Tropical Storm Dolores last week.  Red Cross officials say any family that has been affected should call the local Red Cross at (661) 324-6427 and select option 3 for disaster relief. Disaster volunteers are working one on one with families to offer assistance and find out what
  additional needs should be met. The Red Cross is also working closely with other local non-p
  
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• County Fire: Three boys confess to starting fire near Golden Hills

  25-07-2015 01:17
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - County fire officials say three boys confessed to starting a fire Friday near Golden Hills in eastern Kern County.  Around 12:40 Friday afternoon, Kern County Fire received a report of juveniles in the area of a quick moving grass fire that
  was threatening three sets of apartment buildings, which had poor hazard reduction.
  Fire officials credit the quick response by the Golden Hills Sub-station, which is a seasonal station, helped contain the fire
  in a matter of minu
  
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