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Arvin High School celebrated its graduates Friday night in the last Kern High School District ceremony of the season. Parents and friends gathered at Barle Football Stadium to applaud the students' accomplishments.

PHOTO GALLERY: Sun sets on one chapter for Arvin High graduates

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Leaky oil wells are raising health and safety concerns in Kern County again after inspectors found 27 sites in the Arvin-Lamont area — 40% of the total tested recently by a state task force — were emitting methane unchecked. The findings unsettled some members of the community after...

State finds 27 oil wells leaking methane in Arvin-Lamont area

A 17-year-old boy and a man were arrested by police in central Bakersfield on suspicion of illegally having weapons. Bakersfield police patrol officers were in the 100 block of 3rd Street at 6:03 p.m. Tuesday when they saw three people walking and one person was carrying what appeared to be a gun, according to a news release issued Thursday.

Teen, man arrested on suspicion of weapons violations

A levee breach at a temporary water storage facility north of Bakersfield closed all lanes of northbound Highway 99 for about two hours Friday morning, forcing frustrated commuters onto 7th Standard Road while authorities cleared the roadway. A Caltrans spokesman said the rupture drained water from the North Kern Water...

Levee rupture floods Highway 99

A Bakersfield man was arrested Thursday in connection to stabbing a Nordstrom Rack security guard and stealing goods worth thousands of dollars from businesses at The Shops at River Walk. John Gutierrez, 22, was approached by a guard on May 25 after he saw Gutierrez steal about $3,000, police reported....

BPD: Nordstrom Rack security guard stabbed after thief accused of stealing more than $3,000K

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'Intergenerational feminist mentoring' takes center stage at BC Title IX conference

Change doesn’t always move at a steady pace, but the message at Bakersfield...

'Intergenerational feminist mentoring' takes center stage at BC Title IX conference

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