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KCSO: Multiple ongoing searches along Kern River
Bakersfield, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Just before 11:30 a.m. July 7, 2024 Kern County Search & Rescue crews responded to a possible drowning near Lake Ming. A Kern County Sheriff's Office watch commander told Eyewitness News that there has been no recovery made, as of the writing of this article. (07/07/2024 1:20 P.M.)
2-alarm fire burns structure on Brimhall Road
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Firefighters responded to a structure fire near the intersection of Calloway Drive and Brimhall Road Sunday afternoon. On July 7, a structure fire in northwest Bakersfield filled the sky with black smoke while the Bakersfield Fire Department and Kern County Fire Department doused the flames burning vegetation and a building, just […]
23-year-old Bakersfield man arrested after report of shots fired on Batch Lane
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A 23-year-old man was arrested after deputies were called to a report of shots fired on Batch Lane. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said on July 5, 2024, at around 1:02 a.m., deputies assigned to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Metropolitan Patrol Division were called to a home in the 3100 block of Batch Lane in Bakersfield for shots fired.
KCSO deputies investigate missing person near Delonegha day use site
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kern County Search and Rescue teams patrolled the Kern River Saturday after reports of a young person had jumped into the water. On July 6, the search started in the afternoon near the Delonegha campsite. Two days after a woman drowned in the Kern River, rescue teams searched for another person […]
Kern County firefighters battle 142 blazes on Fourth of July
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Firefighters labored under extreme heat as they attacked dozens of blazes on the Fourth of July while dispatchers fielded nearly 3,000 calls, according to the Kern County Fire Department. A total of 142 fires were handled by the department, with firefighters also responding to 313 other emergencies and assisting partner agencies, […]
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