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Kern County, oil companies argue over taxes
- The rise in oil prices that prompted a resurgence in drilling across the San Joaquin Valley has created a conflict between the petroleum industry and Kern County officials. Cable repairman taken for ride in cherry picker
- A cable repairman fixing overhead lines in a cherry picker truck got a lift he wasn't expecting. Police said a Bakersfield man stole the Brighthouse Networks truck on Saturday while 50-year-old Curtis Bartell was elevated 25 feet in the air. Bakersfield man pleads to flashing chopper
- A Bakersfield man has pleaded guilty to flashing a laser beam at a Kern County sheriff's helicopter. Bakersfield man's child rape trial overturned
- A state appeals court has overturned the conviction and sentence of a Bakersfield man accused of raping his 10-year-old daughter. 3.2-magnitude quake strikes near Bakersfield
- A 3.2-magnitude earthquake has struck a sparsely populated area near Bakersfield but there are no reports of injuries or damage. SoCal fireworks booth robbed at gunpoint
- Police say a Cal State Bakersfield fraternity fireworks booth has been robbed at gunpoint. Evacuations recommended near Kern County fire
- The Kern County sheriff's office has recommended some evacuations due to the Piute Fire burning south of Lake Isabella. Two drown, third missing in Kern River
- Kern County rescue teams searched Sunday for a teenager who disappeared in the Kern River, the third person this weekend to succumb to the river's swift currents. Kern Sheriff searching for drowning victim
- Kern County Sheriff's officials are searching the Kern River for a presumed drowning victim one day after recovering the body of an inexperienced swimmer. Civil case settled for vice principal who murdered family
- Attorneys in the wrongful death lawsuit against a former elementary school vice principal who murdered his family have reached a settlement. |
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