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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.
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.
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.
A man arrested in a deadly shooting outside a bar in Oildale has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
Opening statements were presented Thursday in a high-profile lawsuit regarding the death of a pregnant woman in 2019.
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.
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.
A 16-year-old student at Bakersfield High School has been charged with rape, according to prosecutors.
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.
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.
A 29-year-old woman charged in a deadly hit-and-run crash was ordered held without bail Tuesday after a prosecutor said she has pending felony cases and poses a danger to society.
The tests confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin after the surgery. It said the diagnosis had been suspected by preoperative tests and was confirmed during surgery. kget.com/news/world-news/pop…
