A 16-year-old boy was killed in a shooting near a party early Saturday morning in southwest Bakersfield, police said. DETAILS: kget.com/news/homicide-news/…
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Closing arguments in the trial of Chandy McCarthy and Gregory MacDonald are expected next week.
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Dolores Huerta lived a long and remarkable life of service and controversy, conflict, achievement and fame. She died Wednesday at age 96.
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The suspect arrested in Sunday’s deadly alleged hit-and-run on Olympia Drive pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a spousal abuse charge while authorities continue to investigate the circumstances of the crash.
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A man who helped himself to food and drink while burglarizing a house will have to content himself with prison meals for the time being.
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One of two men arrested in connection to a fiery crash that killed two sisters who were delivering newspapers in south Bakersfield accepted a plea deal Tuesday, agreeing to testify at his co-defendant’s trial.
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A man arrested in a deadly shooting outside a bar in Oildale has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter.
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A 39-year-old man was arrested Sunday afternoon in connection to a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian in southwest Bakersfield, police said.
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Remembering Bobby Rocha: Friends and family share memories of Kern County football great kget.com/sports/17scoreboard…
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An 18-year-old man who was wounded in a shooting that occurred as he allegedly fled a deputy in northwest Bakersfield was charged with attempted murder and other crimes, court records show.
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A man accused of driving drunk and on the wrong side of Union Avenue in April 2023, “causing multiple injury collisions,” is due back in court later this month to schedule a trial date, according to court records.
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A jury acquitted a man of five assault and battery charges and deadlocked on a simple battery charge that the prosecution later dismissed, according to Kern County Public Defender’s Office.
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The trial of a couple charged with murder in the death of a 2-year-old girl resumed Thursday with a detective testifying via video chat.
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Opening statements were presented Thursday in a high-profile lawsuit regarding the death of a pregnant woman in 2019.
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A man who was sentenced last month to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a deadly shooting in Lamont was back in court Wednesday to be sentenced for a fatal 2023 crash in Arvin.
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Rafael Estrada pleaded no contest Wednesday afternoon to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his wife, whose throat he cut at her parents’ home in Bakersfield while her children were present.
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A 16-year-old student at Bakersfield High School has been charged with rape, according to prosecutors.
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A gang member who pleaded no contest to fatally shooting a man outside a Bakersfield hotel six years ago laughed loudly, enraging the victim’s family, after he was sentenced Wednesday to 32 years in prison.
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A Ridgecrest man on Tuesday pleaded no contest to multiple child sex crimes, bringing a resolution to a case filed more than six years ago. He faces a life term in prison.
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