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Family Asks For Help In Finding Loved One's Killer 1 Year Later

A homicide case goes cold, but the family of the victim refuses to give up hope.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:15:04 PST

Teacher Tells Story Of 'Traumatic' Layoff Experience

A local teacher says administrators fired her midday, expecting her to return to class and finish teaching.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:08:45 PST

Teacher Layoff Notices To Be Issued At Southern Kern Districts

Teachers at, at least four school districts in southern Kern to receive preliminary layoff notices, with votes on additional layoffs in the coming days.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:57:23 PST

Kern County Hits 17.1 Percent Unemployment Rate

The unemployment rate in the Kern County was 17.1 percent in January 2010, up from a revised 15.7 percent in December 2009, and above the year-ago estimate of 13.3 percent. This compares with an unadjusted unemployment rate of 13.2 percent for California and 10.6 percent for the nation during the same period.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:50:04 PST

Recent Quakes Should be Reminder to Prepare

The recent rash of major earthquakes around the world should serve as a reminder to Kern County residents to be prepared. Having food, water and medicine for at least three days is key to surviving on your own.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:53:03 PST

Can You Detect A Liar?

Politicians, strangers and even the people you love may try to lie to you. Learn some tricks that can help you spot a fibber.

Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:58:34 PST

Man Released From Jail Tuesday, Now Kidnapping Suspect

Police are searching for a man who was recently released from jail and kidnapped his girlfriend.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:27:19 PST

Tehachapi Voters Vote "No" On Recall

The unofficial final results were posted by Kern County Elections just after midnight on Wednesday. After a year long effort by Friends of the Recall to recall school board trustees Mary Graham, Patty Snyder and Holly Hart, the voters of Tehachapi showed up to the polls and voted not to recall any of the three board members.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:44:59 PST

The All-Time Greatest NASCAR Feuds

In NASCAR the goal is to win the race, and some drivers are willing to do just about anything to get that checkered flag, including trading paint or punches.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:30:24 PST

Bald Celebrities ... Exposed!

Are some of today's biggest stars too sexy for their hair? We'll let you be the judge by exposing the scalps of some famous bald stars.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:28:31 PST

Osteoporosis Drugs, Stress Fractures Studied

Researchers find that people who take osteoporosis drugs for 4 or 5 years are at higher risk for stress fractures in the thigh bone.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:05:27 PST

School Bus Brakes Hard, 11 Kids Hospitalized

A bus was cut off and had to slam on its brakes Wednesday afternoon, and 11 of the 38 students on board were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:19:26 PST

2 Bakersfield Residents Killed In Arizona Bus Crash

Authorities say five of the six people killed in last week's bus crash in Arizona were California residents. The Pinal County Medical Examiner on Wednesday announced that two lived in Bakersfield: 56-year-old Hermalinda Roman De Hernandez and Margarita Roman DeHaro, age unknown.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:59:42 PST

Police Searching For Woman In Burger King Assault

Police are searching for a woman who they say pepper-sprayed a Burger King worker in the face.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:35:51 PST

$4.64M Worth Of Marijuana Plants, $219K Of Marijuana, $96K Of Hash Oil Recovered

Police said they found a total of 1,161 marijuana plants, with a street value of $4,644,000, 54.8 pounds of marijuana, with a street value of $219,200 and 15 gallons of hashish oil, with a street value of $96,000, were located at 1601 South Union Ave.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:52:20 PST

Oregon Company Owes $24M To Girl Run Over By Dad

A Sacramento jury has found an Oregon company liable for $24.3 million in damages after an employee accidentally ran over his daughter with his big rig.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:16:16 PST

Brown Sues Kern County Labor Contractor For Worker Safety, Wage Law Violations

Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. filed a lawsuit Wednesday against an Imperial Valley farm labor contractor Juan Munoz for failing to pay minumum wage and overtime, as well as committing "potentially deadly" worker safety violations by neglecting to provide rest breaks, potable drinking water or shade to field workers. Juan Munoz supplied field workers to onion farms in Kern County and in the Coachella Valley and Mojave Desert.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:46:42 PST

4 New Exhibits Open At Bakersfield Museum Of Art

Four new exhibitions open March 11 at the Bakersfield Museum of Art, including an elegant Japanese depiction in art focusing on animals and their hidden, special meaning in the Japanese culture.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:31:00 PST

Officer Shoots Fleeing Suspect

What started out as a traffic accident in East Bakersfield ended with a foot chase through two homes and a suspect shot by deputies, with two to four other suspects still on the loose.

Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:54:09 PST