Bakersfield, CA

A vandalism charge against a Bakersfield Police Department officer was dismissed Wednesday after he completed the terms of a plea deal, according to the Kern County District Attorney’s office. Officer Nicholas Bell, 30, was charged with a misdemeanor in connection to destroying evidence at a downtown collision in January...

BPD officer accused of destroying evidence has case dismissed under plea agreement

The Bakersfield Police Department warned residents Thursday about an uptick in “sextortion” schemes primarily affecting teenage boys locally. A scammer will contact victims pretending to be a stranger and compliment them in an effort to start an intimate relationship. Eventually, the suspect will send nude pictures and have the victim send intimate pictures in return, BPD wrote in a news release.

Upticks seen in 'sextortion' campaigns targeting teenage boys, BPD says

Kern County, CA

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A Kern County Superior Court judge clarified a gag order Wednesday issued in the California City brothers adoptive parents’ murder trial and agreed with The Californian’s stance: A gag order doesn’t bar the release of records requested by this newspaper about the brothers’ interactions with social workers.

Judge: Gag order does not prevent release of DHS records in Cal City brothers case

Delano, CA

DELANO — After two months of delays and to the ire of residents, the status of rent control in Kern County's second most populous city remains inconclusive. Officials at the Delano City Council meeting Monday night tabled the reading of its rent control report, stating they needed more time to review the information.

Rent control talks stall in Kern's second most populous city

Bakersfield's evening City Council meeting began more like a Sotheby's event on Wednesday, as Mayor Karen Goh played auctioneer to the members of the audience who raised fingers like paddles for her attention. The lot in question: the few open chamber seats. Members of the Service Employees International Union Local...

SEIU laborers continue protests outside City Hall

Owners of two of downtown’s oldest, best-known performance venues are considering returning concerts to the Nile, potentially through the building’s sale to the Fox Theater. Representatives of both theaters said talks remain preliminary, and one noted the Nile’s need for a new roof could pose an obstacle. But...

Fox Theater eyes the Nile as venue for smaller concerts

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BFD: Cause behind apartment explosion unknown

The Bakersfield Fire Department said Monday arson investigators couldn’t determine a cause behind a downtown...

BFD: Cause behind apartment explosion unknown

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