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Officers recount escape during Borel fire and stress importance of evacuation
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Earlier this week, Eyewitness News aired the body camera video of the four deputies trapped by the Borel fire for nearly 40 minutes. But on Friday, these deputies shared the details of their near-death experience for the first time. On July 26, three Kern County...
KCSO arrests 1 after seizing 20-plus pounds of fentanyl, firearms
The Kern County Sheriff's Office Gang Suppression Unit and Kern County District Attorney's Office investigators found more than 20 pounds of fentanyl and three guns during the service of search warrants at two locations Friday. Investigators also found about $12,000 in U.S. currency, according to a KCSO news release, which...
Coroner IDs men killed in head-on crash on Buena Vista Blvd
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identifies two men killed in a head-on crash on Buena Vista Boulevard in July. The coroner’s office identified both of the drivers as, Martin Martinez Gallegos, 52, and Gabriel Martinez Torres, 45, both of Bakersfield. Both of the men were pronounced dead at the scene. The […]
Bella Fire | CA | August 8, 2024,
INCIDENT SUMMARY | The Bella Fire is located on Hwy 178, and four miles west of Hwy 14 in Inyokern (Kern County), California which started on August 4, 2024, at 1728 hours PT. According to the Kern County Fire Department, they responded to a brush fire on August 4th, 2024, at 1724 hours PT to reports of a brush fire burning along Hwy 178, and several miles west of Hwy 14. Engine 83 arrived on the scene to find a 10-acre fire moving at a moderate speed and influenced by the wind.
Huntington Beach man died from accidental drowning in Kernville
A 62-year-old man from Huntington Beach died in an accidental drowning in the Kern River near KRS RV Resort at Camp James in Kernville on June 6, according to the Kern County coroner’s office. William Russell Carmack was unresponsive when he was pulled fro the water at...
What Zack Scrivner’s resignation could mean for the Frazier Mountain Communities
Frazier Park’s District 2 Supervisor Zack Scrivner was not a great friend of this community. This is not to say he did actual harm to the community—he just exerted no effort to achieve the town’s most desired and widely agreed-upon objective: restoring its beloved pond. I am...
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