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Top stories: - Bakersfield saw a deadly weekend with several shootings and crashes. - The coroner's office called an incident that happened in early September on Taft Highway an apparent murder-suicide.

Top Stories - A deadly weekend on the road, as two people were killed in Bakersfield - It was a bloody weekend here in Bakersfield this weekend

Top stories: - BPD is holding a DUI checkpoint within city limits Friday. CHP is holding a DUI checkpoint Saturday. - Your Election Headquarters: Central Valley candidates are targeting Latino votes.

Top Stories - A verdict has been reached in a child sexual assault case - We've seen at least three intense fires across Bakersfield in just over a week

Top stories: - Another threat shut down a local school. Bakersfield High School was placed on a brief lockout. - Four people are recovering after a suspected drunk driver crashed into their home on Old River Road and Taft Highway. - Friends and family gathered at Kyle Lundy's candlelight vigil.

Top Stories - According to officers with Bakersfield Police, soccer coach Kyle Lundy was shot and killed by a neighbor after he attempted to force his way into that apartment early Monday morning - Four people, including a toddler, are recovering after a suspected drunk driver crashed into their home in the middle of the night yesterday - Railroad unions and companies have reached a tentative deal...

Top stories: - An investigation is underway after the body of a Tehachapi man was found in the Open Desert. - A vigil is being held for a man shot and killed in southwest Bakersfield early Monday morning after he was allegedly forcing himself into a home. - Authorities say a teenage girl died in an alleged overdose in an LA high school.

Top Stories - CHP says a car went to into this home at Old River Road and Taft Highway around 12:30 this morning - The Kern County sheriff's office will be starring in "Cops" - McFarland police department wants to buy the library building and transform it into its new home

Top stories: - The family of Benny Alcala Jr. laid him to rest this morning. - Two teenage boys have been arrested for a shooting in the desert. - KCSO deputies will be starring in "COPS."

Top Stories - Bakersfield police are investigating what appears to be another case of a resident killing an intruder - Three days after flames destoryed a large building in south Bakersfield - investigators have zeroed in on three persons of interest - A Board of Supervisors vote today is all that stands between KCSO and the producers of the TV series "Cops."

Top stories: - A man was shot and killed by a neighbor after the suspect attempted to force his way into an apartment in central Bakersfield Monday morning. - A homicide investigation continues just southwest of Bakersfield. - More information on a fatal crash near Arvin.

Top Stories - King Charles the Third addressed the parliament today for the first time since he became monarch - Closures continue along the I-5 as damages from the Route Fire are still being repaired - A Board of Supervisors vote is all that stands between KCSO and the producers of the TV series "Cops."

Top stories: - California ISO issued an Energy Emergency Alert 1 and a Flex Alert for Friday. - King Charles III addressed the nation and world on Friday. - Crews are working on repairing the northbound lanes that were damaged by the Route Fire.

Top Stories - Today is our tenth stright day with a Flex Alert - The deadly "Fairview fire" in Hemet jumped in size yet again yesterday and has now burned more than 27-thousand acres - All lanes of northbound Interstate 5 at Lake Hughes Road are closed this morning until 10 A.M.

Top stories: - Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96. - A 3-alarm fire broke out in Downtown Bakersfield Wednesday night and engulfed historic buildings. - 2 suspects in missing woman’s killing said third suspect shot her in the head: reports

Top Stories - Another Flex Alert is in effect today between the hours of 3 and 10 P.M. - Massive flames and thick clouds billowed into the sky last night as a three-alarm fire broke out in downtown Bakersfield - The intense heat continues to weigh heavily on firefighters up and down our state doing their best to contain several wildfires

Top stories: - No rolling blackouts Tuesday afternoon and evening due to energy conservation efforts. - Route Fire impacts northbound traffic from LA, alternate routes are suggested. The fire is 98% contained. - The Kern County coroner's office confirmed the identification of the second person who died in an alleged DUI I5 rollover crash.

Top Stories - Bakersfield and Shafter recorded their hottest temperatures ever for the month of September yesterday - Even though it's slightly cooler today, a flex alert has been issued, asking us all to conserve power again, especially between the hours of 4 and 9 p.m. - A man who witnessed the shooting death of corrections counselor Benny Alcala Jr. says Acala was targeted because he, quote, "p...

Top stories: - Record-breaking temperatures during the hottest heatwave of the year. - More information on the murder of Benny Alcala Jr.

Top Stories - Another flex alert has been issued for today between the hours of 4 and 10-PM - The CHP says two lanes of northbound I-5 remain closed between Lake Hughes Road and Templin Highway as a result of the Route Fire - One person was seriously hurt in a crash involving three vehicles in southwest Bakersfield

Top stories: - The Flex Alert has been extended one hour. - The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the public's help finding a driver who hit and killed a pedestrian in south Bakersfield early Saturday morning. - An investigation continues into the cause of a plane crash Friday in Shafter that took the life of Sherman Smoot, 47, of Paso Robles, Calif.

Top Stories - Today is the sixth straight day a flex alert has been issued for the state - Heavy police presence was seen in south Bakersfield in what looked like a standoff yesterday afternoon - The statue of San Clemente at a Catholic Church in East Bakersfield is now fixed

Top Stories: - A deadly plane crash happened Friday morning just before 11 a.m. in Shafter. - A Man suspected of shooting and killing Benny Alcala Jr. has been arrested. - A person of interest was arrested after an hours-long stand-off in Delano.

Top Stories - A man is behind bars today after an hours-long standoff in Delano led to his arrest - Bakersfield police have identified the man suspected of killing a Navy veteran and prison counselor - Progress is being made on the Route Fire burning in Castaic

Top Stories: - Firefighters are battling a major fire that has shut down the I-5 over the Grapevine. - A Flex Alert is in effect — with electricity conservation needed — especially between the hours of 4 to 9 p.m. - Police identify a suspect in the killing of a correctional counselor on Aug. 24.