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Some of today's top stories The race for the gold is getting a lot closer this morning..     Today we are exactly 100-days out from the opening ceremony at the summer olympics in paris..     To celebrate.. Dozens of stars from team usa are in new york to talk about the games and what it means to represent their country with the whole world watching..     NBC's Jay gray spent some time with the ath...

Some of today's top stories We're learning the name of a woman who was hit and killed by a car over the weekend. It happened  just after 2 a.m. Saturday at South P Street. Bakersfield Police say 45-year-old Estella Andino was hit by the car and died. The search is still underway for the driver. call B-P-D if you have any information. By our count, this is the 18th person hit and killed by a car in...

Some of today's top stories When donald trump.. Manhattan prosecutors.. And potential jurors gather to begin the first-ever felony trial of a former u-s president..     NBC's Jay gray has the story. Fire crews raced to the call of a structure fire at the Woolworth Diner Saturday afternoon. The fire was located inside on the third floor of the building in downtown Bakersfield.     The building was...

Some of today's top stories A traffic alert for you this morning... vehicles have been backed up on the northbound side of I5 over the grapevine, for more than 15 hours now. This is a live look this morning at the closure that started just before 2 p.m. yesterday. As of 2 this morning the CHP website reported that officers expected clean up to take a few more hours. As of last check, two lanes wer...

Some of today's top stories We're learning more this morning about some tense moments at last night's Bakersfield City Council meeting.   A pro-Palestinian protester was arrested... after allegedly making threatening comments to city councilmembers. Riddhi Patel.has been attending City Council meetings to ask that city leaders pass a ceasefire resolution for the Israel-Hamas War.   Soon after thos...

Some of today's top stories We have an update on a story we've been following for several weeks now.     It involved a woman's claim she saw a sheriff's employee use a cat for target practice.     While the woman didn't capture the actual shooting on video, she did record her confrontation with the three men involved.     Sheriff Youngblood tells 17 News his office is investigating the claim. This...

Some of today's top stories Three years after a deadly shooting at a sports complex in east Bakersfield... two suspects have been arrested. Police say a man was shot and killed at the Mesa Marin Sports Complex back in 20-21.     And this morning, two men are facing murder charges.     Ulices Alonso was arrested last Friday in Colorado with the help of local law enforcement.     The other suspect,...

Some of today's top stories It is eclipse day across the country...     Everyone in the continental United States will have the potential to see the moon at least partially blocking the sun..And there may be no better place to see the junction between the sun.. Moon.. And earth than junction, Texas -- and that's where Jay Gray is this morning with more on this historic day Local fire crews were bu...

Some of today's top stories We are getting our first look this morning at a man accused of abducting an 11-year-old Bakersfield girl and taking her to Utah. 29-year-old Joshua Stehle {stay-lee} of Colorado was extradicted to Kern County on Tuesday.     He faces several charges including kidnapping and child molestation.     The girl was reported missing last month, and when deputies searched a com...

Some of today's top stories The road is all clear now after a gas leak shut down a portion of Mohawk Street for several hours. You can see many fire engines and police cars were on scene.     The incident blocked off Mohawk Street from Truxtun to California avenues.     P-G-and-E crews worked overnight to fix the problem.     No word yet on what caused the gas leak Bakersfield Assemblyman Vince Fo...

Some of today's top stories We begin with breaking news out of Taiwan.     At least 9 are dead after the most powerful earthquakes in decades struck the island this morning.     This is a look at the violent shaking.     The quake came in at a 7-point-4 magnitude.. the strongest to shake Taiwain in 25 years.     Seismologists say the island is among the most active areas in the world for earthquak...

Some of today's top stories The Kern County Sheriff's Office has launched an internal investigation after a woman claims she saw KCSO employees use a cat for target practice.     While the woman didn't capture the actual shooting on video, she did record her confrontation with the three men involved.     In the video you can hear a man reply "it was damaging property." The woman confronted the 3 m...

Some of today's top stories While Kern County picked up a healthy amount of rain, it was too much in other areas of our state. In Montecito, nearly two inches of rain fell in the span of one hour. The heavy rain led to flooding and mobilized rocks, mus and sediment onto many local roadways. Several homes experienced flood damage. Downed power lines, fallen trees and gas leaks were reported through...

Some of today's top stories the moment a glass door shattered at Bakersfield City Hall... during a tug-of-war-like battle between police and pro-Palestinian protesters. This resulted in a number of protesters being taken to jail.     They're all free this morning.     And while the confrontation unfolded outside city hall... it all started with a dispute inside the chambers.     17's Jenny Huh has...

Some of today's top stories Multiple pro-Palestinian protesters are under arrest this morning... following a confrontation at last night's Bakersfield City Council meeting.     It all start after the protesters were kicked out of the chamber again. This is the fourth meeting in a row Mayor Karen Goh has called for the chamber to be cleared.     The protesters want city leaders to join dozens of ot...

Some of today's top stories A Wasco man accused of biting a severed human leg, appeared in a Shafter courtroom to face a judge for the first time following the shocking incident. 27-year-old Resendo Tellez faces four charges in connection to the crime. The judge entered a not guilty plea on Tellez's behalf. The incident happened Friday after a person was hit and killed by a train in Wasco.  Video...

Some of today's top stories a disturbing eyewitness account of a man seen on video walking around with a severed body part from a train crash. It happened last Friday in Wasco.  Witnesses tell us, 27-year-old Resendo Tellez is the man seen in this video carrying around a severed leg... and accuse him of biting into it.  That body part... belonging to a victim hit and killed by a train at the Wasco...

Some of today's top stories Many in Wasco are in disbelief this morning... after watching a bizarre video of a man walking around with a severed body part from a train crash. Here's what we know.     This happened Friday morning in Wasco.     When first responders arrived... the pedestrian was found dead.     What led up to the crash is still under investigation.     By our count... this was the 1...

Some of today's top stories A former Kern County prosecutor says supervisors at the District Attorney's Office ordered her not to wear skirts to work, even during Bakersfield's scorching summers, unless she also wore pantyhose. That's according to a federal lawsuit set for a scheduling conference next month.      Nishi Dayal says she has fibromyalgia, a painful disorder that limits her mobility an...

Some of today's top stories Stanley cups and bottles have been flying off the shelves across the country.     But soon... they'll be banned from some schools in Kern County. The Rosedale Union School District notified parents about the ban yesterday.     It states that drink containers that have any metal or glass in them -- will be prohibited from campuses after students return from spring break...

Some of today's top stories we begin with new numbers this morning in the special election to replace former Bakersfield congressman Kevin McCarthy in the House.      In the count so far... one candidate is taking a commanding lead... but it may not be enough to avoid a runoff election.     17's Jenny Huh joins us now to break it all down.  Parents are holding their children a bit tighter this mor...

Some of today's top stories rumors are swirling on Capitol Hill this morning.      Former Bakersfield Congressman Kevin McCarthy is being considered as a top candidate for Donald Trump's chief of staff... should Trump win the presidential election. That's according to a Bloomberg article published yesterday.     It says McCarthy was offered the job in Trump's last term, but turned it down because...

Some of today's top stories a frightening moment for an 11-year-old girl who was reported missing in Bakersfield...but later was found with a man in Utah KCSO said Ryder Rene Garcia was reported missing early yesterday morning.     Later that morning, deputies learned the young girl may be with a man, and traveling through Utah.     Local deputies reached out to Utah authorities to help find Garci...

Some of today's top stories It's an ongoing concern in Kern County... pedestrian safety.     And now two pedestrians are dead this morning... following seperate crashes in the same day. One of them happened last night in southeast Bakersfield at the intersection of Cottonwood and East Pacheco Roads.     You can see several emergency vehicles responding to the crash.      Police say a woman was hit...

Some of today's top stories Once again... pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted a Bakersfield City Council meeting last night.     And Mayor Karen Goh... kicked them out.the meeting was halted and the protesters were escorted out of the building.     They want city council members to join more than 70 cities across the U-S and approve a ceasefire resolution.     Other cities on that list include Ch...