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Top Stories - Bakersfield College faculty and students came together at a Kern Community College District Board meeting this week, claiming students of color are facing racism on campus - The California Highway Patrol will be hoding a DUI checkpoint tonight - Our 17 Days of Christmas Toy Drive is about to wrap up

Top stories: Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood joined 17 News to talk about the issues affecting Kern and the impact of Measure K, a one-percent sales tax in unincorporated Kern County. A teenager is listed in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle Wednesday morning in northwest Bakersfield, according to a news release from the Bakersfield Police Department. Manpreet Kaur, the first...

Top stories: - Numerous letters written on his behalf indicate former girls basketball coach Keith Cash conducted himself in an exemplary manner in public, a Superior Court judge said. - A former assistant chief of BPD said he was forced out of law enforcement because he cooperated with the Attorney General’s Office investigation of a deadly shooting by the son of the then-Bakersfield police chief...

Top Stories - Firefighters quick actions saved the life of a dog after a fire broke out at an East Bakersfield apartment - A Bakersfield family is asking for help finding a teen they haven't heard from in nearly three weeks - California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a number of bills into law that come into effect at the start of the new year

Top stories: - A teenager is listed in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle Wednesday morning in northwest Bakersfield, according to a news release from the Bakersfield Police Department. - The Kern County Sheriff’s office has identified Kevan Brown, 40, as the suspect in the fatal shooting on Cranbrook Avenue. - The Kern County Sheriff’s Office has identified Juan E. Lopez, 76, of W...

Top Stories - Family of a man who died in a Wasco house fire Sunday say his last actions were those of a hero - Bryce Leatherwood took home the season 22 crown last night - A locally made video promoting all Kern County has to offer has racked up thousands of views

Top Stories - Lawmakers in the California state capitol are looking to advance legislation that would require overdose reversal sprays in all K through 12 schools - A man accused of prostituting two young girls at the Desert Star Motel pleaded guilty to two counts of sex trafficking of a minor yesterday - Wasco's new police force is getting off the ground, thanks to new chief Charlie Fivecoat

Top stories: - A vehicle crashed into a large pillar outside of the entrance of WinCo in northwest Bakersfield. -KCSO conducted a homicide investigation after finding a deceased man lying on the ground Monday morning in Lamont, according to a news release from the office. - KCSO said it is investigating the death of a person that is considered suspicious in east Bakersfield.

Top Stories - An investigation continues after a house fire in Wasco left one person dead and another hospitalized - Deputies are investigating a suspicious death in East Bakersfield - The Kern County Fire Department has announced memorial services for firefighter Mark Schmidt

Top stories: - A pit bull that attacked an 8-year-old girl Thursday in south Bakersfield was shot and killed by a neighbor, police said. - Attorneys on Friday said they will be ready next month to begin trial in the case of a Ridgecrest man charged with killing a woman and mutilating her body. - Kyle Sison, 33, is accused of vandalizing New Allen Chapel AME Church in incidents that occurred July 1...

Top Stories - As counties move to certify the results of the 2022 midterm elections, California's 16th Senate District race rests on a razor thin margin and is still too close to call - WNBA star brittney griner returned to the US this morning after the biden administration negotiated her release from a Russian prison - Charges have been filed against a driver in a suspected DUI crash that killed...

Top stories: - The trial for the accused killers of 5-year-old Kason Guyton has been postponed because a defense attorney and prosecutor are currently in trial on other cases that will take weeks to finish. - After years of planning and local efforts, the Central Valley Holocaust Memorial opens Sunday. -ROTC students at Arvin High School presented a check to Honor Flight Kern County to send local...

Top Stories - Nearly a month past the midterm election, we received another batch of results from the Kern County Elections Office last night - Delano Mayor Bryan Osorio conceded on social media last night - The search for a Bakersfield teen missing since Tuesday, has ended in San Luis Obispo County

Top stories: - A semi-truck hauling a shipment of wine bottles caught fire Tuesday night on Highway 58, according to the California Highway Patrol. - On Dec. 2, Derek Lee Ramirez Morgan was headed home from bowling with his family on his 39th birthday when the unthinkable happened: He was hit and killed by a car. - A former CDCR lieutenant was sentenced Wednesday to a year in jail after pleading n...

Top Stories - Georgia voters are sending democrat raphael warnock back to the senate for six more years - A suspected DUI driver accused of killing a 77-year-old woman is expected to be sentenced today - A semi-truck that witnesses say was filled with bottles of wine burst into flames on Highway 58 last night

Top stories: - The man accused of shooting a Kern County sheriff’s deputy in the head has been charged with attempted murder. - A Ridgecrest woman arrested in the shooting death of her boyfriend pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a first-degree murder charge. - The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the community’s help with searching for Nathan Jackson, 42.

Top Stories - The man accused of shooting a Kern County Sheriff's deputy is scheduled to make his first appearance in court today - Police have arrested four teenagers for a murder that happened on the Fourth of July - A major milestone reached yesterday for the Kern County World War Two Veterans Memorial

Top Stories - A teen is fighting for his life after he was shot over the weekend - A person was hit and killed by an Amtrak train last night - The former Board President of the Fairfax School District returns to the courtroom today

Top Stories - A decision is expected today on whether to potentially retry Wendy Howard for the shooting death of her ex-boyfriend Kelly Pitts - Shelves are being cleared at pharmacies across Kern County, as Public Health confirms the "tripledemic" of RSV, influenza, and COVID-19 are severely impacting all of our local emergency rooms - The Bakersfield Christmas Parade returned last night

Top Stories - Explosive allegations are being made in a lawsuit filed by the former assistant chief of the Bakersfield Police Department - Police are asking for help finding a missing 15-year-old - The Kern County Fire Department is mourning the loss of one of their own

Top stories: - Shopper turnout hit a record high this holiday weekend, between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday. - To address the dark city streets, the city is making progress on streetlights in previously neglected neighborhoods. - The man accused of multiple hate crimes against a church in Delano has been formally charged with vandalizing a church because of race, vandalism over $400 or more a...

Top Stories - New details have emerged in the suspicious house fire that left three people dead in Riverside - KCSO is looking for a man they say committed sexual battery against a child near a Bakersfield school - The man accused of carrying out multiple hate crimes against the New Allen Chapel AME Church in Delano is scheduled to make his first court appearance today.

Top Stories - A man is in the hospital after an officer-involved shooting in Wasco early yesterday morning - A woman was killed in a suspected DUI crash on Highway 58 in East Bakersfield early yesterday morning - Several house republican leaders say Bakersfield's Kevin McCarthy has enough support to become speaker of the house in the next congress

Top stories: - A 20-month-old girl died Thursday after a car driven by a family member backed over her in southeast Bakersfield, according to California Highway Patrol. - A man is dead after being struck by a vehicle Thursday night in central Bakersfield, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Top Stories - Delano police say they've arrested a man they believe is responsible for multiple hate crimes against a local church - 13 elementary and middle school students from Lamont have qualified to compete in a prestigious Cross Country meet in Tennessee - Local doctors are bracing for impact as three severe viruses rapidly spread in Kern County