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Top Stories - The battle near Yosemite continues this morning as firefighters try to extinguish the Oak Fire - A local child almost lost his life to the killer drug - one of a growing number of child overdoses of the drug this year - The second quarter GDP report has been released and it shows.. the GDP fell 0.9%... the second straight decline

Top Stories: - Kern County child overdosed on fentanyl. - CRIME WATCH: Man shot at a motel in south Bakersfield. - Fire crews are making some progress in the Oak Fire.

Top Stories: - Firefighters say cool weather has helped slow the spread of flames as the Oak Fire burns near Yosemite national park - The Kern County Coroner is working to identify the body of a man pulled from the Kern River - Today the federal reserve is widely expected to hike interest rates by another three-quarters of a percent as it continues to fight inflation

Top stories: - Officials pulled a body outside of the river near Hart Park, it is unsure if it is the same body as last night. - New information about a suspected DUI accident and how a tinted front windshield may have been a factor. - People need to be more bear aware, in recent weeks there has been an uptake of bear and human encounters.

Top Stories: -The Oak Fire has now burned more than 17 thousand acres, making it the largest wildfire we've seen this season -Search and Rescue crews say they're looking for a man who potentially drowned in the Kern River last night -The three-day strike by Kern Medical workers, scheduled for August 8th has been averted, as healthcare workers and the Kern County Hospital Authority reach a tentativ...

Top Stories: - Remembering Deputy Phillip Campas -Remembering KCFD Capt. Brian Falk

Top Stories - Philip Campas is honored and remembered on the year anniversary of his passing. - A lawsuit filed against a local bakery which refused to bake a cake for a same-sex couple is scheduled for trial today. - At least two people are dead and several others are wounded from a shooting yesterday afternoon in Los Angeles.

Top Stories: -Convicted murderer Jamie Osuna, charged with torturing and killing his cellmate at Corcoran State Prison, will be back in court this morning -The murder trial in the case of missing college student Kristin Smart resumed yesterday in Monterey County -The house has passed a bill that would guarantee access to contraception

Top Stories: - President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19. - Crime Watch: Police have arrested a driver who hit a cop car in an overnight chase. - Monarch butterflies are now listed as endangered.

Top Stories: -The Sheriff’s Office says a pill found stuck to a fast food burrito in Bakersfield last month did contain fentanyl but the pill did not come from the restaurant -The House of Representatives voted to formally adopt the “Save Our Sequoias” Act yesterday -In its eighth public hearing tonight, the house committee investigating the January sixth capitol riot will focus on one man, former...

Top Stories: - KCSO confirmed a pill found in a fast food restaurant burrito in Bakersfield was fentanyl but it was not from the Del Taco. - The House is voting on the Save Our Sequoias Act. -National Hot Dog Day!

Top Stories: -Kern Medical workers are planning a strike next week after accusing the hospital of breaking California open meeting laws -The trial for former top trump advisor Steve Bannon picks up again today after he denounced the January 6th committee and the case against him -California is in the midst of a covid-19 surge with the highest case numbers since the winter omicron wave

Top Stories: -Measure to limit term limits for County Supervisors, the supervisors discussed three options for the measure. - COURT WATCH: Murder trial for the man accused in the disappearance and presumed murder of Kristin Smart, start of testimony has been delayed. -COVID-19 cases are continuing to rise. The Biden Administration is now extending the country's public health emergency.

Top Stories: -The coroner confirms remains found back in March in California City, belong to a woman who went missing more than a decade ago -The Kern County Board of Supervisors are holding a meeting today covering three options regarding term limits -The United Kingdom has hit an all-time record temperature today, as Europe deals with a deadly heat wave

Top Stories: - Mossman's restaurant fire - 17's Follow-up File: More details about Michelle Louise Taylor and the suspects have been released. - Manpreet Kaur, a local community organizer has announced her campaign for the Bakersfield City Council Ward 7 seat in November's general election.

Top stories - Bakersfield's own Cutter Coffey was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the second round of the MLB Draft last night. - Manpreet Kaur.. A local community organizer.. has announced her campaign for the Bakersfield City Council Ward 7 seat in November's general election. - Progress is being made in the Washburn fire burning near Yosemite National Park.

Top Stories: - CAL CITY BOYS: Jacqueline and Trezell West have their trial pushed back to October. - A Bakersfield man was also in court and sentenced for killing his daughter-in-law. - Three cases on Monkeypox are now in Kern County.

Top stories - Kern County Fire Department is mourning the loss of another firefighter this morning, after veteran fire captain Brian Falk died while on duty. - A 4.6 magnitude earthquake struck about 8 miles northeast of Ridgecrest last night. - Bakersfield congressman and house minority leader Kevin McCarthy is set to speak this morning at 7 A.M. local time about a bill to protect the Giant Sequo...

Top Stories: - Kern County Fire Captain Brian Falk, 47, dies on the line of duty. - Bakersfield City Council moves forward with catalytic converter ordinance. - Washburn fire update: No large Sequoias have been damaged. The fire is 23 percent contained.

Top stories - Dozens are unaccounted for after *severe* storms ripped through parts of Virginia.. causing massive flooding. - The Food and Drug Administration authorized Novavax's Covid vaccine for adults on Wednesday. - A new government report confirms what many Americans already know - we are paying more for just about everything.

Top stories: - Newly released court documents show the husband of a DUI victim watched it all happen. - Maintenance may have saved a grove of Sequoias in the Washburn Fire. - The Kern County Coroner's Office released the number of fentanyl deaths.

Top stories - Crews in Yosemite National Park are continuing their battle with the Washburn fire. - Congress will hear today from some of the key players in the U.S. Supreme Court case that ultimately overturned Roe v Wade. - We are currently in a heat wave.. which brings heat illness along with it.

- The Kern County Fire Department confirmed that a seasonal firefighter that was involved in a wreck died - KCSO named their suspect for the assault with a deadly weapon in Mojave - Officials named the suspect of a fatal DUI crash on South H Street and Belle Terrace

Top stories - Authorities in Los Angeles are searching for a shooter who went on a deadly crime spree across three southern California counties.. All at 7-eleven stores...on 7-11. - As a wildfire burns in Yosemite National Park... hundreds of historic Sequoias are still being threatened. - A Bakersfield Police cruiser was involved in a crash on California and Chester avenues near Bakersfield High...