Classes were canceled at Bakersfield High School Monday after three small bottle bomb explosions struck campus, authorities said.
I was driving in my car when it rattled one too many times and I said to myself, "That's it." I grabbed it around its metal waist and dumped it in the white plastic bag I'd been given my last time through Cruz Thru Express Car Wash.
Several cars derailed but no injuries were reported after a train crashed into the back of another train northwest of Tehachapi early Monday morning.
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Saul Martinez, five-months-old, was found in the apartment at 1:45 p.m. Thursday and died at 3:36 p.m. on Saturday.
A woman survived a gunshot wound to the head Saturday night and her live-in boyfriend was arrested for attempted murder.
Fire crews continued to mop up the 4,346 acres Grand Fire near Frazier Park Sunday.
Teacher Diana Cable pointed out the hexagon-shaped name tag, cuboid torso and cone hat on Chloe the homework "robot."
Someone who shopped a Taft mini-market may be a multi-millionaire today after the ticket they bought came within one number of the jackpot in Saturday's $590.5 million Powerball drawing.
Sheriff requests FBI inquiry into in-custody death (26)
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...
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.
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...
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.