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2 days ago · Funeral services for Oct. 31, 2024. Candidates compete for 4 Kern County Board of Education seats. Fifth member of Bakersfield drug ring sentenced to prison. Family and friends support and honor ...
Election update shows no major changes in local races
1 day ago · The county indicated there were 984 votes cast at polling places on Election Day and 128,400 vote-by-mail ballots received before Election Day. According to state data, statewide voter turnout was ...
BPD to hold DUI, driver's license checkpoint Friday
1 day ago · The Bakersfield Police Department's Traffic Unit will conduct a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint at an undisclosed location in the city between 6:30 p.m. Friday and 2 a.m. Saturday.
Permitting delays ripple across local oil industry
1 day ago · The local benchmark Midway-Sunset has traded recently in the mid- to upper-$70s per barrel. Signs of trouble abound. In early summer, county staff projected Kern's property tax revenues would drop ...
Breaking - bakersfield.com
5 days ago · Nov 4, 2024. Two Bakersfield police officers who stopped a vehicle in the 300 block of Union Avenue on Friday for multiple vehicle code violations found a stolen gun, ammunition, about four pounds ...
Drop off items at Bakersfield Recycles Day
4 days ago · Drop off items for recycling and that you no longer need from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the South Parking Lot of Mechanics Bank Arena, 1001 Truxtun Ave.
'I'm out here for my brothers:' Air Force veteran cleans thousands …
1 day ago · Three years ago, when Daniel Palomo began dedicating several days a week to cleaning and maintaining veteran headstones and graves at Union Cemetery, the U.S. Air Force veteran didn't realize he ...
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3 days ago · Shares of Tejon Ranch Co., the Lebec-based real estate developer and agribusiness company, got a boost this week after the company added three people to its governing board and named a successor ...
Bains commands 12.8-point lead in 35th Assembly District race
3 days ago · The mutual respect is as surprising as it is refreshing — but what's really behind the conspicuous lack of drama in the race to fill Californi…. Dr. Jasmeet Bains held onto a 12.8 percentage ...
Sports - bakersfield.com
3 days ago · BY RYAN T. BLYSTONE [email protected]. Oct 30, 2024. Two CSUB teams vie for Big West Conference championships this weekend and two sports, CSUB wrestling and Bakersfield College men’s ...