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Video: Sea Lion grabs girl into water in Vancouver

Video: Sea Lion grabs girl into water in Vancouver

A dramatic video captured a sea lion grabbing a young girl by the dress and pulling her into the water in Vancouver, Canada. The girl was quickly rescued and was unharmed.   WATCH: A sea lion drags a girl into water by her dress. pic.twitter.com/ypqr4GCxm5 — NBC News (@NBCNews) May 21, 2017Continue Reading

Mayor Goh honors Bakersfield’s top scholar athlete

Mayor Goh honors Bakersfield’s top scholar athlete

It was Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh’s first opportunity to hand out the annual Mayor’s Trophy for the Kern High School District’s top scholar athlete, and she presented an award to one of the city’s most stellar examples of scholarship, academics and activities. During the Kern High School District’s annual PEAAK Awards, which were held May…Continue Reading

Beene takes on Goh’s assertion about Bakersfield’s trash

Beene takes on Goh’s assertion about Bakersfield’s trash

If there’s one thing that Richard Beene dislikes about Bakersfield it’s trash. For years, he’s railed against people dumping trash, especially diapers, around the city’s streets, parks, fields and parking lots. However, Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh and members of the Keep Bakersfield Beautiful board of directors drove around town to assess the city’s cleanliness, determining that…Continue Reading

CSU Bakersfield’s big graduation in pictures

CSU Bakersfield’s big graduation in pictures

Cal State University Bakersfield celebrated one of its largest graduating classes, and probably the largest in terms of attendance, but the graduates shared their joy on social media. Here are some of the best pictures we found from Friday’s graduation ceremony. #CSUB #CLASSOF2017 A post shared by @mr.duran on May 19, 2017 at 6:00pm PDT…Continue Reading

McCarthy reiterates comment was a joke about Trump, Putin

McCarthy reiterates comment was a joke about Trump, Putin

House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy went on “The Richard Beene Show” on Thursday and dismissed the controversy surrounding his comment that Russian President Vladimir Putin was paying Donald Trump as nothing more than a joke. “This was a joke,” McCarthy told Beene during a nine-minute interview. McCarthy was recorded saying that Trump, along with…Continue Reading

McCarthy dismisses Putin-Trump payment comment as a joke

McCarthy dismisses Putin-Trump payment comment as a joke

House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy was embroiled in controversy on Wednesday after The Washington Post reported a story that said McCarthy said Russian President Vladimir Putin paid Donald Trump. Positioned at the top of The Washington Post’s headline, just below the announcement that the Department of Justice had appointed a special counsel to look…Continue Reading

Bakersfield police recover firearms, make two arrests

Bakersfield police recover firearms, make two arrests

Two Bakersfield men were arrested on Tuesday morning as Bakersfield police officers closed in on stolen auto accessories report, but police found much more than auto parts. Police said as they made their way to a residence in the 300 block of Wilson Avenue, that Billy Ross, 33, of Bakersfield, began to run from the…Continue Reading

Polling data suggests The Rock looks real good in election

Polling data suggests The Rock looks real good in election

At least one polling service suggests that if an election were held today that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson would defeat President Donald Trump. The poll, which is conducted by Public Policy Polling, comes in the wake of Johnson saying he’s mulling a presidential bid. Johnson told GQ Magazine earlier this week that “I think that…Continue Reading

Bakersfield to get upscale bowling, entertainment venue

Bakersfield to get upscale bowling, entertainment venue

The area around Buck Owens Boulevard may soon be known as Bakersfield’s entertainment destination, especially after an Agoura Hills-based management company announced they are bringing an upscale bowling alley to the area. The BLVD, will be located at 3200 Buck Owens Blvd occupying the former Home Base location and adding to the existing area development…Continue Reading

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Ralph & Ragone Discuss 81st Anniversary of D-Day

Ralph & Ragone Discuss 81st Anniversary of D-Day

The Ralph Bailey Show welcomes historian Nick Ragone to the broadcast as he & Ralph discuss one of America’s most historical moments, the storming of the beaches of Normandy, France in World War 2. KERN Radio · Ralph & Ragone Discuss 81st Anniversary of D-Day

Congressman Fong Talks Big Beautiful Bill & Ukraine

Congressman Fong Talks Big Beautiful Bill & Ukraine

The Ralph Bailey Show welcomes Congressman Vince Fong to the show as they discuss the Congress’s decision to vote in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill & the Congressman give his thoughts on Russia’s recent attacks on Ukraine. KERN Radio · Congressman Fong Talks Big Beautiful Bill & Ukraine

Rick Bentley & Erik Nelson Talk ‘Officer David Nelson Memorial Scholarship’

Rick Bentley & Erik Nelson Talk ‘Officer David Nelson Memorial Scholarship’

The Ralph Bailey Show welcomes Entertainment Reporter for KGET 17 RIck Bentley & his special guest Erik Nelson from the Officer David Nelson Memorial Scholarship as they explain how the scholarship & the upcoming Luke Bryan concert became connected. KERN Radio · Rick Bentley & Erik Nelson Talk 'Officer David Nelson Memorial Scholarship'