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The star of the reality show "Dog the Bounty Hunter" says he may be coming to Bakersfield to help hunt down a suspect in the slaying of two local bail bond agents. As news spread of the shooting deaths of brothers Brandon and Zachary Sims of Bad Dog Ba... »
If Walmart wants to go forward with a proposed super center in Tehachapi, the city will have to have a new environmental impact report prepared. After hearing arguments from the city and Tehachapi First -- a citizens group created to oppose Walmart -- ... »
Is an Apple retail store coming to Bakersfield? Twitter was abuzz this week as clues to just such a possibility were uncovered by local users of social media. »
Lauren Small loved riding horses, even when cancer ravaged her small body, and forced surgeons to amputate part of her leg. That's why Bakersfield Memorial Hospital is using a horse as the logo for the new Lauren Small Children's Medical Center, which ... »
He was only 7 years old, but Rick Davis still remembers how proud he felt sitting next to his father, Luther, in the VIP section reserved for World War II veterans when Audie Murphy's 1955 movie, "To Hell and Back," opened at the Fox Theater in Bakersf... »
NFL greats Did you know that Kern County has produced more than 40 men who have played in the National Football League? And David Blaine, an attorney over at Klein DeNatale Goldner, is hoping to get all of those who are alive to sign a commemorative NF... »
The two men killed in southwest Bakersfield Thursday night were bail bond agents who were at a house looking for fugitives. Zachary Daniel Sims, 23, and older brother Brandon Nicholas Sims, 26, worked for Bad Dog Bail Bonds and were staking out a house... »
Hungry Relay for Lifers may get a hot meal courtesy of the Kern County Fire Department after all. That is, if the Kern County Board of Supervisors approves a request from the department to use its mobile kitchen at this year's May 4-6 event, which rais... »
Two men were found shot and killed at a home on Kamloops Drive in the Laurelglen area of southwest Bakersfield, police reported Thursday night. »
Model and business mogul Tyra Banks would get to the career advice the organizers of the 23rd annual Bakersfield Women's Business Conference brought her to town for eventually, but she opened her address to a sold out crowd of 1,500 current and aspirin... »
State budget cuts will close a downtown preschool run by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools office in August. Staff of the Downtown Child Development Center, which serves about 60 children, learned of the closure Wednesday, KCSOS spokesman Steph... »
A motorist involved in a collision with a Kern County sheriff's deputy has filed a lawsuit against the county for injuries she suffered and because pictures of her lying nearly naked on a hospital bed ended up on the Internet. Attorney Thomas A. Brill ... »
Hess Corp., a $17 billion oil company with offices on six continents, recently set up shop in Bakersfield and already it's buying up property in California. New York-based Hess doesn't have any operations on the West Coast, but its extensive work in No... »
Warmer, drier days are ahead after mid-week drizzles and downpour. National Weather Service meteorologist Modesto Vasquez said the showers that came through Bakersfield this week would diminish by Thursday night. A wind advisory for the Tehachapi mount... »
