Bakersfield news

• Infant dies in South Bakersfield

  26-07-2015 23:54
  
  The Bakersfield Police Department are investigating the death of a 4 month old who was found unresponsive in South Bakersfield Thursday Morning.
  
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• 2 cars impounded, 3 arrested in DUI checkpoints

  26-07-2015 23:26
  
  Kern County DUI Task Force and Bakersfield Police screened more than 300 vehicles in two different DUI checkpoints on Saturday night.
  
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• 309 vehicles stopped at two Bakersfield DUI checkpoints

  26-07-2015 22:17
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA -- The Kern DUI Taskforce screened more than 300 vehicles at two DUI checkpoints Saturday night and has released the results.Bakersfield police say of the 309 vehicles stopped, three drivers were arrested for DUI, one of them was driving with a suspended license and two vehicles were impounded.The checkpoints are part of a series of enforcement and education efforts conducted by the Kern DUI task force to reduce the number of persons injured or killed each year in DUI-related co
  
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• Flooding in Rio Bravo raises questions about storm safety in private communities

  26-07-2015 21:59
  
  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) -- A couple living in a gated community in Rio Bravo are raising questions about their neighborhood's emergency preparedness.Johnny Dueñas, who has lived in the area for two years, says the fast moving storm turned his street into a lake.
  
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• 4 month old dies in south Bakersfield

  26-07-2015 21:52
  
  Bakersfield, CA -- The Kern County Coroner's Office has released the name of a 4 month old who died in south Bakersfield Thursday morning.The office says 4-month-old Austin Douglas was found unresponsive in the 800 block of Bora Bora Lane at 7:30 a.m.The baby was pronounced dead at that scene.
  The coroner's office says after an autopsy, the cause of death is pending further studies.Bakersfield police are investigating.
  
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• Four month old dies in south Bakersfield

  26-07-2015 21:52
  
  Bakersfield, CA -- The Kern County Coroner's Office has released the name of a 4 month old who died in south Bakersfield Thursday morning.The office says 4-month-old Austin Douglas was found unresponsive in the 800 block of Bora Bora Lane at 7:30 a.m.The baby was pronounced dead at that scene.
  The coroner's office says after an autopsy, the cause of death is pending further studies.Bakersfield police don't believe the death is suspicious but their investigation is ongoing.  
  
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• Woman shot and killed in McFarland

  26-07-2015 20:57
  
  McFarland, CA -- McFarland police are asking for the public's help to find whoever shot and killed a 30-year-old woman Saturday night.Detectives say the McFarland Police Department received the call just before 10 o'clock Saturday night, reporting a person down in the area of Frontage Road and Highway 99.
  Officers searched that area but didn't find anyone.A second call came in to McFarland police dispatch reporting a woman lying on the sidewalk on the Perkins Avenue overpass to Highway 99.When
  
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• Homes damaged in Oildale fire

  26-07-2015 08:19
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - City and county firefighters responded to a grass fire in Oildale Saturday afternoon that spread to a nearby neighborhood. Fire officials say it threatened multiple homes in the 400 block of Pearson Avenue, near Standard Park.When crews arrived, they found a fully involved garage as well as trees and brush on fire. No injuries have been reported, but seven homes, a barn and two out buildings sustained damage.Jason Edwards says his house was damaged. "All the sudden we saw
  
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• Local golfer qualifies for U.S. Amateur

  26-07-2015 08:16
  
  Earlier this month 24-year-old Rich Gilkey, who works in the shop at Sundale Country Club, shot seven under par over two days at Bakersfield Country Club to qualify for the United States Amateur Championship.
  
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• Update: New details emerge in Friday's officer-involved shooting in Oildale

  26-07-2015 03:19
  
  A teenage girl wounded in an officer-involved shooting in Oildale is alive, but her family says she is paralyzed from the waist down.
  
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• New details emerge in Oildale officer-involved shooting

  26-07-2015 03:19
  
  The family of the teenage girl shot Friday in Oildale by sheriff deputies is expected to live, but her family says she is at least temporarily paralyzed from the waist down.
  
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• Father speaks out about daughter who was shot by Sheriff's deputies

  26-07-2015 03:19
  
  A teenage girl wounded in an officer-involved shooting in Oildale is expected to survive.
  
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• Father speaks out about daughter who was shot by police

  26-07-2015 03:19
  
  A teenage girl involved in an officer-involved shooting in Oildale is expected to survive.
  
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• Funeral service for Taft historian, Pete Gianopulos

  26-07-2015 02:26
  
  Taft, CA - Taft's beloved history buff, Pete Gianopulos, was laid to rest this afternoon after passing away Sunday from congestive heart failure. Gianopulos is remembered as veteran, educator, former mayor, father and friend.
  His friends say he loved his hometown and was a big part of the community, so they made sure his funeral service today was held at one of his favorite places, Taft Union High School. His former student and friend, Les Clark, said no one ever said anything negative to
  
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