Five candidates running for three council seats
Two incumbents and three challengers are running for three seats on the Taft City Council. The final candidates lineup was released by the City of Taft last week after the deadline to file passed at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Incumbents Josh Bryant and Ron Waldrop are seeking reelection to four year...
Kern County Jury Convicts Three in September 2022 Drug-Related Murder Case
KERN COUNTY, CA — “Kern County Jury found Juan Carlos Toscano, Javier Angel Ontiveros, and Garret Sebastian Cole guilty of first-degree murder and found true the special circumstance that the murder occurred during the course of a robbery, among other charges. The case was prosecuted by Deputy District...
Sanity phase continues in trial of man who cut wife’s throat in east Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Jurors on Monday continued to hear testimony in the case of a man who claims he was heavily intoxicated and hearing voices on the night he killed his wife in east Bakersfield, and has no memory of cutting her throat. The sanity phase of Rafael Estrada’s trial began last week with […]
Kern County’s unsecured property tax deadline is inching closer. Here’s what you need to...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Treasurer and Tax Collector is urging residents to pay their unsecured property taxes by the end of the month — or risk paying a fine. The county’s tax collector, Jordan Kaufman, announced Monday that unsecured property tax bills were mailed out to residents with addresses k
Kern County Sheriff’s Office arrests 4 on various gun, drug possession charges after copper...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kern County sheriffs with the office’s Rural Crimes Investigations Unit arrested four people last Thursday relating to a copper wire theft near Wasco. Deputies from the Buttonwillow and Delano substations arrested Ramon Araujo, 34, Amador Fraijo Villegas, 49, Luis Osbaldo Valdez, 31, and Ma
Sergeant returns to site of deadly DUI crash to prevent another
Bakersfield Police Sgt. Rex Davenport led a DUI checkpoint on the same stretch of road where a 2020 crash killed three young passengers
Over 24K 911 calls, over 1K arrests reported in Bakersfield during July: BPD
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department responded to 24,527 911 calls during July and conducted 1,127 arrests. Police said the communications center received a total of 58,933 incoming calls. During July, BPD responded to the following calls: BPD said compared to June DUI arrests, total arrests,
Roseburg police arrest man after ALPR hit on stolen SUV from California
ROSEBURG, Ore. — A traffic stop in southeast Roseburg early Saturday led to the arrest of a 45-year-old man after police said a vehicle he was driving had been reported stolen out of California. The Roseburg Police Department said officers were patrolling near SE Sheridan Street and SE Mosher...
Bakersfield property owners may be held responsible for illegal fireworks under potential ordinance
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The city of Bakersfield shared statistics shedding light on its response to fires and illegal fireworks on the Fourth of July this year, along with a few suggested changes in city law. The Bakersfield Fire Department and Bakersfield Police Department presented updates on its Fourth of July
Bakersfield police sergeant appointed next Kern County District Attorney chief of investigations
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A prominent sergeant with the Bakersfield Police Department’s Robbery and Homicide Unit will soon be joining the Kern County District Attorney’s Office. Robert Pair will start his tenure as the Chief of Bureau of Investigations with the DA’s office on Oct. 5, following the retirement of cur
