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Top Stories - Hundreds of people paid tribute to the late senator Dianne Feinstein last night - An arrest has been made in the murder of Daniel Landeros, a prominent member of the local LGBTQ community, who was killed on his birthday at Yokuts Park - The search for a new speaker of the house is underway with several GOP members jumping into the race

Top Stories - House Speaker and Bakersfield Congressman Kevin McCarthy has been voted out of the job in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history - A New York judge has imposed a limited gag order with a stern warning after former President Donald Trump disparaged a key court staffer during his civil business fraud trial - Sonny Veleta,the man accused of murdering someone in 2021 when he...

Top Stories - Republican congressman Matt Gaetz of florida has triggered a vote to oust Bakersfield congressman Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the house - California's newest senator will be sworn in today in Washington

Top Stories - Congress came together at the 11th hour and agreed to keep the government open for another 45 days - Governor Gavin Newsom has named a replacement to fill the late Senator Dianne Fensetin's seat - As of yesterday, anyone with studient loan debt will have to resume making payments

Top Stories - The adoptive parents of Orrin and Orson West were sentenced in a Bakersfield courtroom to life terms in prison - Less than 48 hours to go and still no deal in Washington to avoid a government shutdown

Top Stories - This morning Trezell and Jacqueline West are set to be sentenced - A 14-year-old is in the hospital in critical condition after she was hit by a car in Central Bakersfield Tuesday night

Top Stories - Mounting chaos is swirling around House Speaker Kevin McCarthy - The Biden Administration has awarded just over 200-million dollars to support continued construction of the California's High Speed Rail - The writers guild of America strike has officially ended

Top Stories - Friends gathered to rememebr a man and local activist, who was killed at Yokuts Park last week - Frightening moments for a family in northwest Bakersfield as a driver plows through their home and seriously hurts two kids - Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Bakersfield State Senator Shannon Grove's child sex trafficking bill into law

Top Stories - A suspected killer is on the loose this morning after shooting a man in Central Bakersfield - The Bakersfield Police Department released body cam footage of an officer-involved shooting on August 24th that left a man dead - The first weekend of the Kern County Fair is in the books, but there's still so much action happening this week

Top Stories - The city of McFarland is warning pregnant women and infants not to drink tap water due to high levels of nitrates - Grammy-nominated rapper Tory Lanez has been transferred to North Kern State Prison in Delano, according to TMZ - There is a glimmer of hope this morning that the end of the Hollywood writer's strike might be in sight

Top Stories - We begin with what's been a deadly block in south Bakersfield this week - We have a update on a crime scene in central Bakerfiled - There are now four confirmed cases of West Nile Virus in Kern County, according to the public health department

Top Stories - The manhunt for a suspected cop killer is over - A man has been arrested in Wasco for possession of a "ghost gun" and fentanyl

Top Stories - A manhunt is underway, after a Los Angeles sheriff's deputy was shot and killed in Palmdale - The clock is ticking for congress to reach a deal by September 30th to avoid a government shutdown

Top Stories - College students and their parents will soon have to fork over more money to pay for school - An east Bakersfield neighborhood that was shut down overnight - A judge has ruled against President Biden's DACA regulation for Dreamer immigrants

Top Stories - A Kern county Board of Education meeting gets heated as trustees take up a parental notification policy for kids who tell school staff they want to change their gender identity - Heartbroken family members hold signs outside the Kern County courthouse, demanding answers, after a woman died while in custody of the Kern County Sheriff's Office - Students rally outside a Cal-Sate board...

Top Stories - Just months after it was killed and then brought back to life, Bakersfield Senator Shannon Grove's bill was passed by the assembly - This morning we're still working to figure out how two bodies turned up in a canal in southwest Bakersfield - A big decision will be made later today, as the CSU board of trustees meet to discuss a tuition hike

Top stories: The Bakersfield Police Department is investigating after two bodies were found in the canal near Truxtun Avenue Monday morning. The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a 17-year-old who was shot early Sunday morning in south Bakersfield. An eighth inmate has died this year while in custody of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, deputies said on Sunday.

Top Stories - Another inmate has died while in custody of the Kern County Sheriff's Office - The search is on for a man accused of assault and robbery in a Walmart parking lot - President Biden is wrapping up his visit to Vietnam this morning

Top Stories - A Kern County judge has declared a mistrial, after jurors failed to reach verdicts on four of the five charges filed against the man accused of raping Cari Anderson in 1997 - A second suspect has been arrested in last month's Valley Plaza mall shooting that left a woman critically injured

Top Stories: A Bakersfield man has been arrested in connection to a shooting at the Valley Plaza mall that left a woman critically wounded. A legal battle between the state and a Southland school district entered the courtroom Wednesday morning, regarding gender identity and a parent’s right to know. A man convicted four years ago of killing his girlfriend’s baby has been resentenced to the term o...

Top Stories - We are learning more about a controversial policy, in which schools must "out" transgender students to their parents - Travis Leake, the Bakersfield musician detained in Russia, had a court hearing in Moscow this week

Top Stories A firey scene at a cold storage facility in McFarland... keeping firefighters working through the night to get control of this smoky scene. As the fentanyl crisis continues to claim the lives of more than 100 californians per week, families who've lost loved ones hope to put a measure on the 2024 ballot to hold dealers accountable. as a local family grieves a toddler... they say was ki...

Top Stories - An investigation is underway at the Lerdo Pre-Trial Jail after an inmate was found dead - Jury deliberations are set to resume later this morning in the case against a man accused of brutally raping and beating a woman 26 years ago - Sugardaddy's Women's Boutique has become the latest victim of the seemingly endless retail crime plaguing Bakersfield

Top Stories - Furious family members protest outside the Kern County courthouse, as officials prepare to release a man accused in deadly crash - A pair of panters are going viral, after their quick action in the face of a brazen theft