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Top stories: A judge on Tuesday said she will issue a ruling next month on a motion to dismiss the case against Wendy Howard, charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an ex-boyfriend. Lassen, a bald eagle who lived at the California Living Museum for over 30 years, has died, officials said.

Top Stories - Today a judge will decide whether to grant a defense motion that would end the case against Wendy Howard of Tehachapi - Charges against actor Alec Baldwin have been downgraded after possibly facing half a decade in prison

Top Stories - President Joe Biden leaving Kyiv, Ukraine this morning after an unannounced visit to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy - Unanswered questions after a beloved Los Angeles area bishop was found murdered in his own home - Some legislators want to put a leash on how police K-9s are used in arrests and investigations

Top Stories - Bakersfield Police and CHP are remaining tight-lipped on a deadly crash involving to BPD officers last month - Kern County Animal Services seized a pit bull and a husky from a Bakersfield home after receiving videos showing a pregnant woman beating the dogs with a metal baseball bat - New details on the case involving a counselor at Thomas Jefferson Middle School accused of sexually...

Top stories: Attorneys representing Trezell and Jacqueline West in the deaths of their young adopted sons requested evidence Thursday that includes a two-hour interview in which one of the couple’s other children allegedly made a statement defense counsel says forms the crux of the prosecution’s case. Blue Oak Coffee Roasting has been broken into for the second day in a row, according to a social...

Top Stories - A Selma police officer killed in the line of duty will be laid to rest - Bakersfield's famous "Big Shoe" repair shop will need some repairs of its own, after a car plowed into the building - The couple charged in the deaths of their adopted sons Orrin and Orson West are due back in court this morning

Top stories: A body found more than 30 years ago in Arizona was recently identified as that of a Bakersfield woman last seen with her two daughters and a man known only as “Fernando” when she disappeared, sheriff’s officials said in a release Tuesday. A woman fatally stabbed a man in Taft during a domestic dispute Monday evening, according to sheriff’s officials. A vehicle crashed into Bakersfield...

Top Stories - The Kern County Sheriff's Office has releas body-cam video of an officer-involved shooting that left a man dead in Ridgecrest - A body found more than 30 years ago in Arizona was recently identified as that of a Bakersfield woman - President Biden is facing pressure to be more transparent about the unmanned, aerial objects shot down by the U.S. Military in recent weeks

Top stories: Recently, amid Bakersfield Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s ascension to the Speakership, the issue of crime in Kern County specifically has received renewed attention from the State Capitol all the way to D.C. A woman was killed and her passenger injured when the vehicle they were traveling in was hit by a suspected drunken driver, according to California Highway Patrol. Shafter police o...

Top Stories - Breaking news overnight, another deadly mass shooting in America, this one happening at Michigan State University - The state department is issuing its strongest warning for Americans to avoid parts of Mexico because of crime and violence - The family of a man who was shot and killed in East Bakersfield last week, say they want answers

Top stories: A single-vehicle rollover collision left one dead and another seriously injured in downtown Bakersfield Sunday morning. The Bakersfield Police Department is searching for two gunmen involved in a shooting Saturday afternoon that left one person dead.

Top Stories - Bakersfield Police say speed and alcohol caused a fatal crash in East Bakersfield this weekend - Bakersfield Police are investigating a fatal shooting in East Bakersfield

Top Stories - Two incidents happening on Highway 99 last night - We're learning more about a shakeup on the Kern County Sheriff's Community Advisory Council - A man is hospitalized and a suspect in custody following a shooting near a Starbucks in Shafter

Top Stories - The Bakersfield Police Department is investigating the discovery of human remains - County firefighters are investigating a massive fire in downtown Taft

Top stories: A woman is dead after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday evening in south Bakersfield, according to a release from the California Highway Patrol. Upon making bail in connection with a deadly hit-and-run crash, Eric Miles Jr. flouted the terms of his release and got behind the wheel. He picked up a DUI charge, an offense with which he’s very familiar — he has eight prior convictions. Th...

Top Stories - We have more updates on the Kern High School District board meeting - President Biden hits the road today to begin advancing the agenda he outlined in last night's State of the Union Address - This morning we are following a developing story out of south Bakersfield, where a pedestrian was struck and killed last night

Top stories: An unlicensed driver who pleaded no contest to fleeing the scene of a deadly crash in northeast Bakersfield was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison. One man has been arrested after attempting to shoot a family member during a dispute Monday morning in south Bakersfield, according to a release from BPD. A man has been arrested after allegedly threatening to kill grocery shoppers w...

Top Stories - A packed and overflowing room of more than two hundred parents, students and concerned community members filled the Kern High School District board room last night - We have an update on a story we covered yesterday - Tonight, President Biden will address a joint session of congress for his State of the Union Speech

Top stories: Bakersfield police have arrested a man believed to be the shooting suspect in the Feb. 5 attempted murder of a BPD officer on Baker Street. Two suspects were arrested in connection to a homicide that took place Saturday on Baker Street. The sheriff’s office has launched a homicide investigation after two bodies were found at a residence in Lake Isabella on Sunday.

Top Stories - Two officer-involved shootings happening in a span of just 24 hours, one in East Bakersfield and another in the area of Butte Street and Kern Street - We're also following breaking news out of a destructive and deadly earthquake out of Western Asia

Top stories: The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office on Friday announced the arrests of two suspects in connection to the massacre of six people in Goshen. A child died after being struck by a vehicle while riding a dirt bike in Arvin Thursday afternoon, Arvin Police said.

Top Stories - Former NFL star Colin Kaepernick released a new docuseries on Hulu last night that focuses on alleged cases of police corruption in Bakersfield - President Biden and Vice President Harris met with congressional black caucus members yesterday to discuss policing in America - The Biden Administration task force has reunited 400 migrant families

Top Stories - We are learning more today about the young Selma police officer, gunned down Tuesday in an ambush-style attack - President Biden had his first one-on-one meeting with the new house speaker, Republican Kevin McCarthy - In the span of just one month, there were more than 50 mass shootings in the United States

Top stories: An officer with the Selma Police Department was shot and later died following a shooting in the city Tuesday morning. The overpopulation of dogs in our animal shelters is still at an all-time high. An increase in dogs means an increase in dog deaths. Plans for a proposed charter school meant to close the opportunity gap for African-American students and other students of color have be...