A group of Bakersfield High School students has earned some major praise for its business planning chops during a national competition this week in New York City. Dubbed “Bumble,” Bakersfield High’s Virtual Enterprise team won the national competition for business planning based off its plan for a line of honey-based products that ranged from edible…… Continue Reading

Kern County Sheriff’s deputies said they are investigating that death of a 41-year-old Delano man who was found in a canal near Easton Drive in Bakersfield on Wednesday. Authorities said Juan Jack Flores was found in the Carrier Canal, which is just north of Easton Drive and south of Truxtun Avenue. The cause of death…… Continue Reading

Valley Children’s Healthcare broke ground Friday on its much-anticipated Eagle Oaks Pediatric Specialty Center with a promise of better health care for the children of Kern County. When finished in 2018, the 52,000-square building, sited on Stockdale Highway across the street from Bakersfield Christian High School, will provide an array of pediatric services to families.…… Continue Reading

For weeks, California’s Republican minority has argued that the state wouldn’t need to raise gasoline taxes and vehicle licensing fees if it just used the money it already collected from existing revenues to pay for road construction and repair projects. On Wednesday, a day before the state’s legislature vote on the increases, the Sacramento Bee…… Continue Reading

Kern County Sheriff’s deputies have made an arrest in a shooting that left a woman dead in Twin Oaks. Deputies said they have arrested Cori Cotton, 33, on suspicion of murdering another woman after an argument in the area of Back Canyon Road and Caliente Creek Road in Twin Oaks. In a news release, deputies…… Continue Reading