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Bench warrant issued for BPD officer charged with assault
A bench warrant was issued Thursday for the Bakersfield police officer charged a day earlier with misdemeanor assault under the color of authority. Officer Anthony Berumen is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 8 in Kern County Superior Court. He was cited and released Wednesday, but on Thursday, a judge found reasonable grounds to issue an arrest warrant for him, said a spokeswoman for the county District Attorney's Office.
Authors advocate generational thinking to manage water in the southern San Joaquin Valley
Two college buddies who spent a day fly fishing on the Sacramento River came home with more than fish tales. For retired city planners Greg Collins and James Holloway, it prompted a new book, “Seven Generations: The Past, Present and Future of the Tulare Lake Basin,” published in May.
One dead, one hospitalized after head-on collision on Panama Lane near Lamont
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — UPDATE (JULY 12 8:50 A.M.):. One person died and one person is hospitalized after a head-on crash on Panama Lane Thursday evening. The California Highway Patrol said on July 11, 2024, at around 5:49 p.m., officers were called to a report of a head-on crash involving two vehicles on Panama Lane, east of Vineland Road.
Trial date selected for man charged with threatening girlfriend with knife
The man suspected of threatening to throw a knife at his girlfriend and prompting a Bakersfield Police Department standoff was given a jury trial date Thursday in Kern County Superior Court. Mauro Zepeda Gonzalez, 45, is charged with felony criminal threats and misdemeanor battery on a spouse and obstructing or...
Our View: Appoint the best to serve on local boards
Kern County supervisors appoint citizens to more than 60 boards, commissions and committees. Bakersfield City Council members have a similar responsibility to involve citizens to serve on municipal boards. Only the high-profile appointments, such as to planning commissions, draw much public scrutiny, but all appointments have profound impact on the...
Increased risk of fire spread with probability of thunderstorms in parts of Kern
Saturday marked the 11th consecutive day of reaching 107° and above in Bakersfield. If the Valley reaches day 12 on Sunday, that will break a record previously set in 1933. On the bright side, Bakersfield has a high of 104° on Sunday with temperatures slowly dropping closer to 100° towards the middle of next week.
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