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Bakersfield police to conduct DUI checkpoint Friday evening
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Police Department will hold a DUI and driver's license checkpoint on Friday, July 26 between 6:30 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. at an undisclosed location. Officers will be searching for drivers with signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment. Other officers will be checking for...
California man arrested for allegedly starting Park Fire by pushing burning car into ravine
Flames from the fire the suspect is accused of starting exploded into what is now the Park Fire, which has burned more than 70 square miles (180 square kilometers) near the city of Chico
State celebrates five years and secure water for hundreds of thousands of Californians thanks to the SAFER drinking water program
State officials, advocates and residents gathered in Porterville on Monday, July 22, to celebrate the five-year mark of a state drinking water program born of the crippling 2012-2016 drought. That’s when the entire community of east Porterville went dry – for months. There was no government program available to help...
Drag racing legend John Force, injured in 300-mph crash, returns home to Southern California
Southern California drag racer John Force moved to outpatient care weeks after a frightening 300-mph crash that left the 16-time NHRA champ hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury, his family said this week. The 75-year-old Force, who was born in Bell Gardens and lives in Yorba Linda, was back home...
Fresno substitute teacher leads summer school on front porch
In a southwest Fresno neighborhood, learning hasn't stopped for the summer.Since Fresno Unified got out, several kids have been hitting the books on the front porch of Rizpah Bellard."We just sit on the porch, get a book and read. If they have questions on certain words, I help them sound it out. I have them read to each other," explained Bellard. "That snowballed into five kids, seven kids, 10 kids and now I have 13 kids."Bellard is a substitute teacher for the district, and she's taught many of the kids in her neighborhood. They're also the ones who pitched the...
Man pleads no contest to manslaughter in Lamont gas station shooting after murder convictions tossed
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — From serving life without parole to having an upcoming release date. That’s been the legal trajectory of Jim Langston, whose murder and robbery convictions for a 2016 shooting in Lamont were overturned, an appeals court ruling incriminating statements he made before being read his Miranda rights were improperly admitted at trial. […]
Ridgecrest Police log for July 24
Officer initiated activity at Cerro Coso Community College, S College Heights Bl, Ridgecrest, CA. Disposition:
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