Temperatures in the valley will drop just in time for Memorial Day weekend as a cold front coming from Northern California brings cooler temperatures to the valley.
Gary Sanger, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Hanford, said temperatures in Bakersfield are expected to drop 10 to 12 degrees Wednesday and Thursday.
Temperatures for the rest of the week are expected to be below normal compared to last year when temperatures were in the upper 90 degrees, Sanger said.
Thursday's high in Bakersfield is expected to be 77 degrees with an overnight low of 52. Temperatures will gradually get warmer moving toward the wekeened, with a high near 80 on Sunday.
For the Tehachapi and Frazier Park areas a wind advisory is in effect until Thursday evening, with gusts up to 35 mph. Temperatures in both areas are expected to be in the high 60s.
MOORE, Okla. -- The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up.
A Kern County sheriff’s deputy charged with felony vehicular manslaughter in the death of two pedestrians is scheduled to go to trial in mid-October.
REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft today unveiled the Xbox One, a next-generation entertainment console that promises to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year.
There's no denying that the David Silva case is being followed world-wide, but today there's a new social media element: an online petition calling for "immediate dismissal and prosecution of officers involved in the death of David Silva, harassment of witnesses, and illegal seizure of video recordings pertaining to the event."
Five or six months ago when it first was told there was something to correct, the president of the Helmet Club thought moving the Bakersfield College football boosters nonprofit under the Bakersfield College Foundation was all that was necessary.
MOORE, Okla. -- Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children, and those numbers were expected to climb.
It's pretty simple. Eat at Outback Steakhouse during a special fundraiser, and help send a child or teen who's suffered burns to a special camp designed just for them.
They're Kern County-wide, with 52 locations. They're in seven local school districts. They have about 5,500 kids walking through the doors each day. And more than 400 youth professionals mentor them.
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The two companies behind the popular Cuties brand of mandarins have begun a corporate divorce that forces a name change on a popular product that accounts for thousands of acres in Kern County orchards.
The county's largest financial institution is riding to the rescue of a much smaller credit union in Tehachapi that federal data show has fallen on very hard times.
Authorities return cellphones to beating witnesses; video could be released Friday (26)
Two cellphones confiscated last week from witnesses to the in-custody death of David Sal Silva were returned Wednesday to the attorney representing the witnesses.
Lost trust in law enforcement drives protest against brutality (17)
About two dozen protesters stood in front of Kern County Superior Court next to the Liberty Bell Thursday morning to make a statement about police brutality.
Kern's image may be taking a hit (16)
The death of a man in custody following a prolonged struggle with Kern County Sheriff's deputies and CHP officers and the subsequent fracas over confiscated witness cellphones have gained international attention and raised concerns here that the incidents could tarnish the county's emerging...
Sheriff seeks medical details about Silva (7)
Sheriff’s investigators served a search warrant on Kern Medical Center and the Mary K. Shell Mental Health Center seeking medical records to find possible reasons for David Sal Silva’s behavior prior to and during his encounter with law enforcement, The Californian learned Friday.
Dad who died during arrest 'begged for his life'; witness videos seized
Blood stains are still visible on the sidewalk at the corner of Flower Street and Palm Drive, where a Bakersfield man struggled with as many as nine officers and later died this week.
Sheriff requests FBI inquiry into in-custody death
Responding to what he called a case that “has consumed the media and our community,” Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said Tuesday he has asked the FBI to conduct a “parallel” investigation into the death of Bakersfield father of four David Sal Silva, who died May 8 after he was beaten by deputies.
Debate erupts over cell phone video of Silva beating by officers. Witness: "I can still hear him."
A war of words erupted Friday over video footage taken of David Sal Silva’s deadly encounter with law enforcement officers.
BC vacates 2012 state football championship
Bakersfield College will vacate its 2012 state football championship and forfeit its regular-season wins from the 2011 and 2012 seasons because of California Community College Athletic Association rules violations.