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Manslaughter charge filed in deadly Hwy 178 crash
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Prosecutors have filed a charge of vehicular manslaughter against a 22-year-old man they allege drove on the wrong side of Highway 178, causing a head-on collision that killed an Onyx man. Glenn Dale Watson is also charged with three counts of driving the wrong way on a divided highway causing injury, […]
Black Chamber of Commerce gala saxophonist auditions for America's Got Talent
Saxophonist B. Thompson says the producers of America's Got Talent invited him to audition to perform in front of the world. This comes after he stopped in Bakersfield to perform at a local gala.
Agricultural Leaders Defend Pesticide Practices Amid Calls for Exact Location Notifications
Several farmworkers and environmental activists gathered at the Shafter Youth Center on Tuesday to demand the exact location of planned pesticide applications. The public hearing, hosted by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, was intended to address proposed modifications to the first-of-its-kind pesticide application notification system — SprayDays. The...
New battery installation comes online in eastern Kern
A San Francisco-based energy company has flipped the switch on a $400 million battery installation next to its 4-year-old solar farm in the Rosamond area. Clearway Energy Group's 147-megawatt Rosamond Central Battery Energy Storage System is the company's first battery retrofit project, made up of lithium-ion batteries delivering power for four hours nightly to support the reliability of California's power grid.
Wofford Heights home destroyed in utility truck accident
WOFFORD HEIGHTS - A Wofford Heights home was completely destroyed after a utility truck traveling down the 1000 Block of Evans Road crashed off the roadway and burst into flames July 25. According to a Kern County Fire Department news release, firefighters were dispatched to the area after receiving reports...
Kern County hosts 2024 Americans with Disabilities Act conference
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The public was invited to celebrate the 34th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Friday. On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Act into law. The act prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities within all public and private areas.
Feds tap Bakersfield company to store energy in depleted oil wells
A Bakersfield company's plan to repurpose depleted local oil wells for energy storage has tentatively won a $6 million grant from the federal government as part of a push to decarbonize industry. The U.S. Department of Energy announced it will negotiate with Premier Resource Management LLC to build a 100-kilowatt...
ICE Detention: Where a day’s work might buy you a 14-minute phone call
One dollar a day. That’s how much immigrant detainees in GEO Group-run ICE facilities in Kern County earn scrubbing bathrooms and cutting hair, reports CalMatters’ Jeanne Kuang. Detainees at the Mesa Verde and Golden State Annex ICE facilities told Kuang they started their second labor and hunger strike in two years to protest poor working […]
In 2023 Kern County saw an increase in Valley Fever
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Public Health Department announced a 24% increase in cases of Valley Fever from 2022 to 2023. In a conference Thursday morning, health officials said 2023 was the second-highest year of Valley Fever cases reported in Kern County. Valley Fever is an illness caused by a fungus that lives […]
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