bcsd superintendent steps down
The superintendent of the Bakersfield City School District is stepping down. Mark Luque announced his resignation during Tuesday’s board meeting. He pointed to ongoing disagreements with the board....
View Articlealleged rock-thrower facing charges
A 19-year-old man is facing assault and vandalism charges after an alleged rock attack at a downtown Bakersfield McDonald’s. Police say Quintin Flight threw softball-sized rocks at a truck in the...
View Articleformer cop enters plea to sex charges
A former Stallion Springs police officer has pleaded no contest to sexually abusing a child. James Best. Jr., 54, entered the plea Wednesday to two felony charges after prosecutors say he abused the...
View Articlebakersfield city council squabbles over homelessness funds
Bakersfield’s new budget sparked a heated debate over public safety funds and whether they’re being used to help the fight against homelessness. City leaders on Tuesday reviewed the proposed $850...
View Articlewoman killed in gruesome east bakersfield stabbing
A young woman was stabbed to death Wednesday at a house in east Bakersfield, prompting authorities to issue a warning about the dangers of domestic violence. Kern County Sheriff’s deputies say Taylor...
View Articleassemblywoman calls for air chief resignation
Delano Assemblywoman Jasmeet Bains is calling for the resignation of California’s top air regulator. Bains says California Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph should step down after admitting the...
View Articlehearing set for accused killer
A hearing takes place Monday for a man suspected of slitting his estranged wife’s throat after a graduation party in east Bakersfield. Rafael Estrada, 44, allegedly stabbed Taylor Estrada, 32, to...
View Articleman arrested after body found
A 30-year-old man faces murder charges after a body was found inside a south Bakersfield apartment. Jason Garibay was arrested after Bakersfield police responded early Monday morning to reports of a...
View Articlewoman rescued from kern river
Crews with the Bakersfield Fire Department rescued a 45-year-old woman from the Kern River near Hart Park Monday. It happened around 5:20 p.m. when first responders saved the woman from an island in...
View Articlewoman arrested after fatal oildale fire
Kern County fire investigators have arrested a Bakersfield woman in connection to a deadly trailer fire in Oildale. Nicole Taylor, 34, was booked into Lerdo Jail on Saturday hours after the blaze that...
View Articleformer school board member enters plea to sex charges
A former Lakeside Union School District board member pleaded no contest Tuesday to attempted statutory rape. Travis Fugitt, 40, must also register as a sex offender after he tried to meet a minor for...
View Articlesuspected arsonist facing murder charges
A 34-year-old arson suspect is facing murder charges following a deadly trailer fire in Oildale. Prosecutors say Nicole Taylor intentionally set fire to the home in the 6000 block of State Road on...
View Articleformer sheriff’s deputy convicted of sexual battery
A jury has convicted a former Kern County sheriff’s deputy of numerous sex crimes. Michael Clark was accused of preying on several women, touching them, and making crude remarks. He lost his job in...
View Articleman who shot mcfarland k9 cop enters plea
A 41-year-old man has pleaded no contest to nine charges after shooting a K-9 cop and pointing a gun at McFarland police officers. Eduardo Figueroa led police on a chase through McFarland, then...
View Articleman faces murder charges in death of elderly roommate
A 30-year-old Bakersfield man faces murder charges in the death of his 74-year-old roommate. Police say Jason Garibay beat and kicked Domingo Trevino to death. Trevino’s body was discovered Monday...
View Articlesheriff’s lieutenant facing dui charges
A Kern County sheriff’s office lieutenant faces nine felony charges after two alleged DUI crashes on the same day. Prosecutors say Patrick McNeill was off duty when he crashed around noon on March 16...
View Articlewoman charged after alleged chemical assault
A woman accused of using bear spray at a business on Union Avenue, then leading police on a high-speed chase, has been arraigned on numerous charges. Moenay Humphries, 24, of Los Angeles, pleaded not...
View Articledeputy-involved shooting in kernville
Kern County Sheriff’s deputies shot a man early Thursday morning during a welfare check in Kernville. It happened at around 3:30 near Big Blue Road and Piute Drive where Collin Kegely, 28, was...
View Articledelano woman enters plea to embezzlement charges
A 67-year-old woman has pleaded no contest to embezzling thousands of dollars from the Delano Philippine Weekend Committee. Delilah Mascarinas was charged in 2023 and pleaded no contest last Tuesday...
View Articlerock-thrower enters plea
A Bakersfield man accused of throwing rocks at a vehicle in the drive-thru lane of a downtown fast-food restaurant pleaded no contest Thursday to felony assault charges. Quintin Flight, 19, told...
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