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... »
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... »
Harley Pinson, a candidate for 4th District Kern County supervisor, revealed in a Californian questionnaire sent to all candidates that he pleaded no contest to reckless driving charges three decades ago in Contra Costa County. The "original charge was... »
When Elizabeth Contreras brought her daughter to Bakersfield Memorial Hospital last week for severe diabetes symptoms, she worried the 3-year-old would be transferred to Madera. "That would have been very difficult for us," Contreras said. "We don't kn... »
Environmental activists opposed to the development of a huge residential resort on Tejon Ranch south of Bakersfield may have played one of their last hands. A three-judge panel on the 5th District Court of Appeal in Fresno unanimously ruled Wednesday t... »
A judge has ruled the video of the Central Cali Market shooting must be released to an attorney representing the family of one of the slain men. Judge David Lampe issued the ruling Wednesday, which says in part that the city of Bakersfield is ordered t... »
Kern County oil fields change hands all the time -- but not like this and not with this kind of technology. Carpinteria-based NiMin Energy Corp., a publicly traded oil producer that lost $5 million in the final three months of last year alone, announce... »
The county plans to issue fines totaling $32,000 in connection with a late March incident where pesticide drift hit a school bus carrying 29 students. Kern County Agricultural Commissioner Ruben J. Arroyo proposed fines on Wednesday of $30,000 against ... »
