Bakersfield school employee arrested in sexual assault

Bakersfield school employee arrested in sexual assault

Bakersfield Police have arrested a Bakersfield City School District employee, who they said sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy Saturday at a party. Police said Edward Gonzalez, 25, of Bakersfield, was arrested after a boy told police that he was met Gonzalez at a party, and that he was taken to Gonzalez’s home, where he was…Continue Reading

Deputies arrest man in Oildale for pointing gun at people

Deputies arrest man in Oildale for pointing gun at people

BAKERSFIED, Ca — The Kern County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 38-year-old man Sunday night  in Oildale after they said he pointed a gun at several people, including holding the gun to one person’s head. Deputies said the incident happened at 11:18 pm in the 100 block of Warren Avenue in Oildale for a report of…Continue Reading

10 Photos We Love From Bakersfield’s Weekend, May 12-14

10 Photos We Love From Bakersfield’s Weekend, May 12-14

We like to check out what you’ve been posting on Instagram and it was certainly a busy weekend around Bakersfield with Mother’s Day activities, graduations and some fundraisers. Here’s our 10 photos that we loved from the weekend: Hashtag 1 MOM A post shared by Izamar Olaguez (@missizamar) on May 14, 2017 at 11:34am PDT…Continue Reading

Highland High to host plant sale May 20

Highland High to host plant sale May 20

If all goes according to plan, this may be one of Bakersfield’s most unique shopping opportunities, especially if you need plants. The first-ever Scotsmen Market will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Highland High School, and it features plants, succulents, annuals, perennials, fruit trees and vegetable plants all grown by the students…Continue Reading

Trump goes on Twitter offensive after Comey firing

Trump goes on Twitter offensive after Comey firing

In the wake of firing FBI Director James Comey, President Donald Trump launched a Twitter attack against critics of the decision — namely Democrats. <blockquote data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Comey lost the confidence of almost everyone in Washington, Republican and Democrat alike. When things calm down, they will be thanking me!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=”https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/862267781336752128″>May…Continue Reading

Deputies make arrest after short foot pursuit in Oildale

Deputies make arrest after short foot pursuit in Oildale

A man was arrested on Wednesday morning after leading Kern County Sheriff’s Deputies on a foot pursuit, but while the man was running from deputies he left his car running and it proceeded to cross four lanes of traffic unoccupied before crashing into a fence. On May 10, 2017 at 6:47 a.m., a Kern County…Continue Reading

Sheriff deputies looking for man who robbed Bakersfield pharmacy

Sheriff deputies looking for man who robbed Bakersfield pharmacy

The Kern County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public’s assistance identifying a suspect wanted for robbery. On March 21, 2016 at about 12:30 pm, a suspect entered the CVS store, located at 6500 Niles Street, and stole health and beauty supplies. The suspect approached an employee with a knife after being confronted. The suspect was…Continue Reading

Scrivner explains county’s opposition to SB 54

Scrivner explains county’s opposition to SB 54

After passing a resolution that casts Kern County’s Board of Supervisors in opposition to a Senate Bill that could grant statewide sanctuary status to illegal immigrants, Board of Supervisors Chairman Zack Scrivner said he will go to Sacramento to discuss possible changes to the bill that would strengthen a list of felonies that would compel…Continue Reading

McCarthy defends firing of FBI director

McCarthy defends firing of FBI director

U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) said that President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey was the correct one during an interview on Wednesday afternoon on “The Richard Beene Show.” Citing declining morale at the FBI and Comey’s inaccurate portrayal of a Hillary Clinton aide forwarding classified emails to…Continue Reading

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