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Local law enforcement is searching for parolee and registered sex offender, Daniel Leon Smith, whose GPS tracking ankle monit...
Spring cleaning can be toxic to your health if you aren't careful. Donna Fenton with Kern County Public Health said alway...
Local law enforcement is searching for parolee and registered sex offender John Bustillos, whose GPS tracking ankle monitor i...
The Bakersfield City School District passed a new provision Tuesday night that would protect students against cyber bullying....
Kern County's homeless picture is greatly improving. A census done January 23 and 24 showed a little over 1,100 homeless,...
The Bakersfield Police Department has decided to provide the names of those arrested for prostitution earlier this month.Acco...
Charges of domestic violence are leveled against a Kern County Sheriff's Department employee. Bakersfield police saydeten...
A man is dead following a shooting in south Bakersfield that police say could be gang-related. Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Bakersf...
A local illegal immigrant mother remains in jail after being charged in the death of her three-year-old. Teresa Corrales appe...
The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in locating a suspect wanted in connection w...
The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in identifying a suspect wanted for sexual a...
A California study shows driver's licenses for illegal immigrants would make streets safer. The DMV report says unlicense...
The alleged gunman in the school shooting at Taft Union High School enters a plea in court. Bryan Oliver, 16,says he's no...
Thank God nobody was killed. That's the sentiment circulating around the community of Taft after a school shooting at Taf...
Looking for a job? CarMax is hiring. The auto sales company has 45 new service positions available at its Bakersfield locatio...
Local law enforcement is searching for parolee and registered sex offender, Robert Carlyle Anderson, who failed to report to ...
From Bakersfield to Newtown with love and sympathy. A Bakersfield vigil was held Monday eveningto pray for the community of N...
Too much Christmas cheer could land you behind bars. Kern County law enforcement agencies say they'll be out in force thi...
A California Highway Patrolman found dead last week in Rosedale commited suicide. That's the finding of the Kern County C...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The battle over gay marriage is moving from the ballot box to the Supreme Court. Justices are meeting today...
NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev. Rick Warren says he and his gay friends can work together to fight AIDS while disagreeing on gay mar...
Bakersfield Police need your help identifying a suspect wanted for annoying a child. It happened Saturday, November 17 around...
NEW YORK (AP) - Health officials say U.S. abortions fell 5 percent over a year, the largest decrease in at least a decade. Th...
The Kern County Public Health Department and the Kern County Worksite Wellness Coalition have partenered together to bring a ...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is seeking the public’s help in locating Jessie Bell. Bell ...
DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Joe Biden and Paul Ryan teed up pointed arguments on the economy, social policy and America's place ...
The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in identifying a suspect wanted for sexual a...
THOMASTON, Ga. (AP) - Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy voiced his support for "Biblical families" in one of his firs...
Delano Regional Medical Center settles a lawsuit on behalf of Filipino-American workers. On Monday, the Equal Employment Oppo...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Nannies, housekeepers, child care providers and caregivers in California would have to be paid over...
A parolee and registered sex offender who was captured in January after disabling his tracking ankle monitor has done it agai...
Make sure your child isn't turned away on the first day of school. Ann Walker of Kern County Public Health says all child...
Petroleum counsel Harley Pinson announcedThursday morninghis candidacy for Bakersfield City Council Ward 4. Pinson says the C...
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is asking the publics’ assistance in locating Anthony Rocha. Rocha is a parolee ...
Round Two of the Chick-fil-A controversy as Bakersfield and the rest of the nation plan for a same-sex protest at local outle...
Hundreds of people lined up in the blazing Bakersfield sun Wednesday to eat at Chick fil-A. They did it as a show of support....
The financial balance is shifting in American households. A new survey finds 53 percent of American women are the primary bre...
Betting on Californiamade a stop inBakersfield. Local leaders, supporters and small business owners met at the Bakersfield La...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Crowding in the Los Angeles County jail is forcing the sheriff to consider shipping inmates to jails in Sa...
A new poll by the Californians for Population Stabilization finds that 61 percent of Californians say they are less likely to...
Local law enforcement is looking for a parolee and registered sex offender on the loose. Bakersfield Police say Phillip Willi...
Cats are supposed to be great for your mental health, but a new study found a link between owning a cat and trying to kill yo...
By 2014 small business owners and their employees will have to provide health insurance that offers annual and unlimited life...
The Supreme Court upheld President Obama's health care law today in a splintered, complex opinion that gives Obama a majo...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a newbudget for California that relies heavily on voters approving hisp...
Local law enforcement is searching for a parolee and registered sex offender. Bakersfield PolicesaidLouie Yslas, 32,disabled ...
A 70-year-old Kern County woman is the first confirmed case of human West Nile Virus in California this year.Officials with t...
Kern County Sheriff's deputies talk a potential jumper off a freeway bridge. It happened around 9 :00 p.m. Sunday, June 1...
A State Senator from Bakersfield isn't happy with Friday's budget vote. Republican Jean Fuller says the package passe...
Around 10 p.m. Monday, June 11, police say a woman who had just seen a movie at Edwards Cinema on Ming Avenue was getting int...
A fire broke out Sunday in the 6000 block of Claude Avenue in Rosedale. On Wednesday the displaced resident asked for help fr...
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates there are 70.1 million fathers in the United States, many of whom will receive Fathers Day g...
California is the nation's leader in welfare recipients. In Kern County more than 52,000 people are in the welfare-to-wor...
A Sheriff's deputy fires at a dog in Wasco. The deputy was checking on Michael Avila, 31, who was reportedly in violation...
A Sheriff's deputy fires at a dog in Wasco. The deputy was checking on Michael Avila, 31, who was reportedly in violation...
A Sheriff's deputy fires at a dog in Wasco. The deputy was checking on Michael Avila, 31, who was reportedly in violation...
Two local sex offenders are on the loose. Bakersfield police are looking for Richard Parson, 35, who reportedly disabled his ...
Bakersfield Police are on the lookout for two registered sex offenders who disabled their GPS ankle monitors. Rudy Rosas, 52,...
FEBRUARY 13, 2012 -- An RV caught fire behind a home in Wasco, Calif. No one was hurt, though the person living in it was dis...
FEBRUARY 10, 2012 -- Local firefighters are hoping to quench the firepower of law enforcement officers throughout the area.Bo...
FEBRUARY 9, 2012 -- A pair of teenagers threaten to kill themselves at a local high school.According to the Kern County Sheri...
FEBRUARY 8, 2012 --Reville Niccolls, chair of the KC Aids Advisory Board appeared on the Scott Cox Show about raising awarene...
Should police officers be drug tested?Bakersfield Police Department Chief Greg Williamson appeared on the Scott Cox Show to t...
FEBRUARY 6, 2012 -- The March trial of a former Bakersfield cop in jail on child pornography charges was postoned because he ...
FEBRUARY 1, 2012 -- California State University Bakersfield kicked off Black History Month Wednesday with a look at the rise ...
JANUARY 31, 2012 -- A U.S. district judge has filed a complaint against an educator accused of child porography and abuse.A t...
JANUARY 31, 2012 -- A local group is working to make the streets of Bakersfield a whole lot safer for bicyclists and you can ...
JANUARY 29, 2012 -- Kern County Sheriff's Office officials said detectives were investigating the death of a 3-year-old b...
JANUARY 26, 2012 -- There was a hot new political rumor floating around that controversial political figure Roy Ashburn, who ...
People in wheelchairs can try out their slap-shots this Sunday, Jan. 29 at the Bakersfield Ice Sports Center with the new ada...
Would you become a mentor to a wife beater?Bakersfield CalifornianColumnist Lois Henry appeared on the Scott Cox Show to talk...
The Kern County Sheriff's Department made a sweep of alleged local child abusers. The Sexual Assault and Abuse Investigation...
What's going on in local pension reform? Anything?David Couch appeared on the Scott Cox Show to discuss pension reform."...
Welfare recipients may be given an ultimatum: get a job or lose some benefits.Californian State Gov. Jerry Brown is clamping ...
Kern County redevelopment agencies could live a bit longer with a bill co-authored by California State Sen. Michael Rubio. F...
A disabled Bakersfield boy will be remembered at a funeral on Saturday.He loved Knott's Berry Farm, "Phineas and Ferb,&q...
What's going on in the debate over the legalization of marijuana? What would happen if it were legalized?Retired Superior Cou...
Need help with your taxes? Wanna get what you deserve when it comes to tax deductions and credits? United Way of Kern Count...
What's it like to live with constant health issues? Experts say Kern County has a high rate of chronic diseases which makes ...
Warning shots and tear gas were fired Wednesday to quell a riot at Kern Valley Prison near Delano, Calif.Lieutenant Jeff Smit...
A family of four was displaced after an apartment house caught fire in southwest Bakersfield.It happened around 7:30 a.m. Wed...
A McFarland activist was arrested on drug charges.Police said Roy Gonzalez, a local activist for Hispanics, was pulled over a...
A lack of tax revenues means California's Medi-Cal program is about to take a hit of $15 million. Even though state reven...
It happened to Flick in "A Christmas Story." Now, Maggie Kalar with Kern County Animal Control told Kern Radio, New...
There's a new lawman in the west Kern town of Maricopa, Calif. and he wears a sheriff's star. The Kern County Sheriff's Offi...
How much sexual abuse of America's children is really going on?Sex Offender Expert Troy Simmons, author of "Mommy Please...
While out on bail on another case, a 41-year-old Tehachapi man has been accused of molesting a 13-year-old male. He was arres...
The McFarland Police Department has challenged local teachers to a charity basketball game. It's all in the name of holiday g...
Super committees? Spending cuts?Trillions of dollars? What could this mean to Kern County's government-funded hospital?Kern M...
Who should get tax increases?The rich? Poor? Neither?California State Gov. Jerry Brown is planning a ballot initiative that a...
Is there enough money in Kern County to rejuvenate Oildale? How about pension debt? Can it be alleviated?Kern County 3rd Dist...
Is immigration out of control with undocumented aliens coming into America? According to Ira Mehlman, Media Director for the ...
Flash mobs are a problem in America, with the latest incident occurring when a mob of 50 teens descended on a market and burg...
Workers protested the shutdown of a local embattled recycling plant on Tuesday. About 60 workers expecting to be laid off wit...
PETA tried to stop a boxing kangaroo from performing Thursday in Bakersfield. The animal rights group said it asked the Stat...
A local man who pled guilty in a child pornography case was sentenced on Monday.The U.S. Attorney said Monday 21-year-old Jos...
A family of four was displaced by a fire on Monday in Delano, Calif.According to the Kern County Fire Department, on Nov. 14 ...
An anti-bullying workshop is going to be held on Nov.18.Did you know there's a National Center for Bullying Prevention? Offic...
A surveillance video captured images of a subject wanted for questioning in connection with a sexual assault in Bakersfied on...
The relative of a Bakersfield woman who fell victim to domestic violence is speaking out. Evelyn Young helped bury her grand...
A Bakersfield man was arrested for fondling himself in front of two girls and a woman, according to the Bakersfield Police De...
A McFarland, Calif. marijuana case sent two undocumented men back to Mexico on Monday.After six months in custody, two men we...
Lito Morillo, Interim Director, Kern County Aging and Adult Services Department appeared on Bakersfield's First Morning News ...
Kern County authorities recently locked up several suspects wanted on domestic violence charges. The Kern County Sheriff's O...
Sugary drinks are a big problem for little kids, according to a new report that confirmed the connection between sugary drink...
Got drugs? The Bakersfield Police Department and Kern County Sheriff’s Office will be accepting drug donations next wee...
The superintendent of Tehachapi Unified School District in Tehachapi, Calif., has called it quits. Richard Swanson resigned ...
Kern County Sheriff’s investigators are investigating the death of a 2-month-old infant in Maricopa, Calif. Airick Amy ...
Looks like good weather helped boost attendance at this year’s Kern County Fair. Attendance increased by 4 percent. Acc...
Thinking of adopting a canine companion? October is the perfect time! In honor of Adopt-A-Dog Month, Kern County Animal Contr...
Who watches over special-needs kids so they will always be taken care of if their caretakers are gone?Barry Rosenfield, Chart...
Inmates at prisons in Central and Southern California are on a hunger strike to protest what they say are deplorable conditio...
Almost a year after her death, Bianca Jackson is still remembered by her friends as the life of the party. Last October, Jack...
More than fifty postal workers protested outside of U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy's office on Tuesday.At least fifty postal worker...
A Bakersfield man has been sentenced to over eight years in prison for receiving child pornography. According to United State...
Kern County veterans can receive assistance at the Veterans Stand Down on Thursday, Oct. 13, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Stramler Pa...
Although the recovery process can sometimes take a long time, local resources are available to assist and encourage survivors...
Maintaining good health can be fun, indeed! Sandee Young, Public Health Associate at the Kern County Public Health Services D...
Fighting cancer since September 2010, Bakersfield's George Ceja lost his business, his truck and his health insurance. All s...
BARC will be unveiling the William M. Thomas Material Recovery Facility on Friday, Aug. 26. Early Thursday, Vice President an...
The Bakersfield Police Department said on Monday they need help identifying 4-5 suspects wanted for felony assault and batter...
According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office an Oildale, Calif. man stabbed his own brother in the arm on Sunday night.Offic...
In the latest "To Your Health" segment, Bakersfield's First Morning News talks to Department of Public Health's Dir...
According to the Bakersfield Police Department on Monday, BPD officers, members of the Kern County Sheriff’s Department...
A Kern County Sheriff's Office deputy was injured early Monday morning in a rollover crash on Taft Highway, according to sher...
An 18-year-old woman was sexually assaulted along a bike path in a Golden Hills, Calif. on Saturday afternoon.According to th...
City and county fire crews battled a fire at an apartment complex in East Bakersfield on Thursday, displacing several familie...
The Jamison Children's Center has announced a new partnership in the local community to help at-risk children.Bakersfield's F...
Bakersfield Police Department officials said local law enforcement is searching for parolee and registered sex offender, Rudy...
Prostitution is problematic on some of Bakersfield's most traversed city streets. The Bakersfield Police Department and the K...
The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for community assistance in locating a suspect who used a disabled person placard...
Chris Dalton of the Bakersfield Police Department talks about why K-9s are not attack dogs, but rather, obedience dogs who he...
Executive Director of the Bakersfield Homeless Center and Alliance Against Family Violence Louis Grill talks to Kern Radio, N...
In the "To Your Health" segment, Jeff Lemucchi and Theresa Ebreo of Bakersfield's First Morning News discuss the af...
Kern County Public Health Director Matt Constantine talks to Bakersfield's First Morning News about back-to-school vaccinatio...
A suspected burglar used pruning shears to try and steal charity money from a Bakersfield Taco Bell, according to the Bakersf...
Director of Public Health Services, Matt Constantine talks with Jeff Lemucchi of Kern Radio, News Talk 1180 in the segment &q...
Is your child's identity safe? Where should you keep your child's social security information?Listen in as Bakersfield's Firs...
Children die during summer months when they are left in cars unattended. It's a tragedy that police officials want to see pre...
Two Black men brandished firearms as they robbed a Bakersfield store of money and Gold on Tuesday, according to the Kern Coun...
A leading Bakersfield Republican has called the newly-passed state budget a setback for Californians trying to recover from t...
In Kern Radio's "To Your Health" segment, Bakersfield's First Morning News talks to Director of Kern County Public ...
According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office, at about 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Daniel De La Garza, 26, turned himself into cust...
A suspect drawing was released after a teenager was raped on Wednesday at a Bakersfield area park.According to the Bakersfiel...
A Bakersfield police officer was cleared by a police board regarding the May 21 shooting of a man involved in domestic abuse....
Crime prevention means taking the necessary steps to stay safe. And that also includes for our children. Take a look at the T...
Lacey, the dog that was purposely burned by her owner in December 2010 can see again and is happy and healthy thanks to donat...
San Joaquin Community Hospital created a media circus at the site of a former Bakersfield area porn shop. Not only did they h...
The Kern County Sheriff's Office didn't release many details in their report of a sexual assault and abuse arrest they made l...
A fire on Thursday displaced a family of four in Shafter, Calif. and did $75,000 in property damage.According to the Kern...
A fire on Thursday displaced a family of four in Shafter, Calif. and did $75,000 in property damage.According to the Kern...
Bakersfield police are searching for another missing paroled sex offender. Authorities say Timothy Ray Stevens disabled his G...
Officials at Bakersfield's Kern Medical Center are concerned that a handful of patients might have been exposed to Tuberculos...
An 18-year-old woman attempted to sneak tobacco and drugs to an inmate at Lerdo on Sunday, according to the Kern County Sheri...
Public safety agencies are no longer safe when it comes to Kern County's budget battles. That's the word from the board of su...
A Tuesday fire that originally started in a Shafter home attic caused enough damage to displace a family of five.According to...
A fire in Oildale on Tuesday caused $20,000 in damage to an apartment and displaced a family and their dog, according to the ...
One man was arrested at a recent Black History Parade in downtown Bakersfield in what Bakersfield Police Department officials...
The Kern County Fair will continue to thrive and offer all of the fun, food and entertainment of past years, a fair official ...
A woman shot at a man before fleeing to a local church where she was found praying, police said.According to the Bakersfied P...
The Bakersfield Police Department announced that on Feb. 26 free child IDs will be available through their Child ID Program.T...
Don't know your history of America's raging grannies who set out to battle social injustice, or leading Californian women who...
San Joaquin Community Hospital and the Bakersfield Firefighters Burn Foundation have partnered for “Bowling for Burn Su...
Hearings were held Friday in Fresno Federal Court for all ten defendants in the massive mortgage fraud case spearheaded by ...
According to the Bakersfield Police Department a Bakersfield Police Officer is being investigated for allegedly taking part ...