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The department has used funding from Measure N, also known as the Public Safety and Vital Services Measure, to recruit and retain qualified applicants through innovative programs.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Two people are dead after a two vehicle crash that took place in Rosamond Wednesday afternoon. Just before 3:30 p.m., officers with the California Highway Patrol responded to a two vehicle crash at the intersection of 70th Street West and Avenue A. According to CHP, a man was driving a...

The Kern County oil industry won another battle when a Superior Court judge lifted an order that was blocking new oil permits. Judge Gregory Pulskamp's ruling clears the way for the county to start issuing up to 2,000 permits for new wells starting on Jan. 2 when California Senate Bill 237 goes into effect.

A suspect was arrested for allegedly stabbing a man to death at the drive-thru lane of an Orange County fast-food restaurant. The suspect was identified as Diego Sartori, 35, of Anaheim, according to the Santa Ana Police Department. On Dec. 6, police received reports of a man down and bleeding at Pollo Campero at...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The inmate accused of assaulting the stepmother of slain 8-year-old Genesis Mata was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Anita Doron, 37, pleaded no contest last month to a felony assault charge. Thursday’s sentence will run concurrent...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The trial of Maya Hernandez resumes Thursday morning, with the prosecution expected to play the second of two interviews she had with police after her 1-year-old son died after she left him in a car in June. Hernandez, 20, faces charges including second-degree murder in the death of...

EDSOURCE: HUNGER IS SQUEEZING CALIFORNIA STUDENTS AND IT COULD GET WORSE

Bakersfield becomes one of 128 cities hosting Giving Machines, vending machines that let you buy essentials for families in need.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The touring holiday show, “A Drag Queen Christmas,” rolls into the Fox Theater at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14 after a stop in Las Vegas the night before. The appearance here is one of the smaller cities on the 38-city trek by the group. Benjamin Shaevitz – who is better known as […]

At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the Lopez family from Bakersfield, California, recently experienced an unusual medical case. Suze Lopez, a 41-year-old emergency room nurse, was scheduled for surgery to remove a 22-pound ovarian cyst. During a routine pre-surgical pregnancy test, doctors discovered she...