4+ day, 20+ min ago   (135+ words) BPD looking for burglar who stole personal check bakersfield.com The Bakersfield Police Department asked for the public’s help Wednesday in identifying a man who it says broke into a building and took a personal check the morning…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (142+ words) bakersfield.com The Bakersfield Police Department requested the public’s help Wednesday in identifying a man who it said kicked and damaged the security door of a home in the 2100 block of Chester Lane on July 12.A BPD news…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (134+ words) Regulators worry after traps catch 5 citrus pests in Kern County bakersfield.com Kern County citrus growers are worried about the looming threat of citrus greening disease, known as Huanglongbing in China, where it originated. A pest with the potential to…...

5+ day, 3+ min ago   (116+ words) BPD arrests 2 during DUI checkpoint, saturation patrol along Ming Avenue bakersfield.com Two people were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs during a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint and a DUI saturation…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (122+ words) bakersfield.com An 88-year-old Taft man died from accidental hyperthermia, the Kern County coroner’s office reported Tuesday. It said Oscar Irvan Bench's body was found at 12:54 p.m. Aug. 9 in the 200 block of South Street. The Kern River flows…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (130+ words) Coroner IDs pedestrian stuck along Airport Drive bakersfield.com The Kern County coroner’s office has identified a pedestrian who was killed early Saturday along Airport Drive south of Olive Drive. It said 22-year-old Kevin Daniel Stevens was struck at…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (131+ words) bakersfield.com Two Mexican nationals wanted in connection with a 1997 murder in Mexico were arrested last week in Bakersfield, the U.S. Marshals Service reported. It said Raul Marin, age 56, and Jorge Marin Marin, 55, were taken into custody last week in response…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (126+ words) bakersfield.com When Sheriff Donny Youngblood and the Kern County Sheriff’s Office recently elected, with the Board of Supervisors’ approval, to allocate $1.2 million toward two armor-clad tactical vehicles, the decision was framed around a single priority: SWAT…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (232+ words) bakersfield.com A new academic study on California's transition away from oil and gas envisions a time between 2042 and 2055 when in-state production finally falls to zero, industry workers have found comparable jobs in other industries and funding for public services…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (153+ words) bakersfield.com A man on a north Bakersfield sidewalk was struck and killed by a suspect who fled Bakersfield police, tried to avoid spike strips intended to slow him down and lost control of his vehicle, according to the Bakersfield…...