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Top Stories:-The Kern County Sheriff's Office is still looking for a suspect after an armed robbery turned deadly in Oildale-A man is facing charges for driving under the influence and felony vandalism after he allegedly swerved into a car at an intersection then crashing into houses-Bodycam footage of an officer involved shooting in Akron, Ohio that killed Jayland Walker was released

Top Stories: - A resolution to honor Deputy Phillip Campas with a memorial interchange is moving forward. - COURT WATCH: The county has settled three lawsuits brought on by women alleging a former deputy touched them against their will. - Fourth of July information, how to report illegal fireworks and firework shows around Kern.

Top Stories:-Two people are hospitalized after an explosion rocked a central Bakersfield apartment building-The Kern County Fire Department says it’s confiscated more than 3,000 pounds of fireworks ahead of the Fourth of July holiday-The annual state gas tax hike takes effect today

Top Stories: - Fire in an East Bakersfield duplex that forced two families out of their homes- Fire in southwest Bakersfield on Gambel Oak Way displaced two people -Illegal firework and dog safety during Fourth of July

Top Stories:-Justice Stephen Breyer is officially retiring from the U-S Supreme Court today-Two families are now looking for a new place to stay after a duplex fire forced them out of their homes-Two people are out of their home and lost their truck in a different fire in southwest Bakersfield

Top Stories: -The Bakersfield Police Department is searching for a missing two-year-old-boy last seen with his mother -Data breach potentially exposed information of anyone with a California concealed weapons permit-Fire crews are putting out a wildfire in Northern California that remains 0% contained

Top Stories:-Bakersfield firefighters rescued a couple stuck in the Beale canal last night-A former White House aide delivered explosive testimony yesterday detailing former President Trump’s movements and mindset on January 6th-A local family is speaking out about the shocking discovery they made inside a Del Taco burrito

Top Stories: -KSCO investigating pill allegedly found in Del Taco burrito- Fatal collision on North Chester Avenue -Independence Day firework safety

Top Stories:-At least 46 migrants were found dead inside a tractor trailer in San Antonio, Texas-Classes will resume this morning at Bakersfield College after a bomb threat forced a campus-wide evacuation yesterday

Top Stories: - Alleged inmate attack at Kern Valley State Prison.- Gov. Newsom and a group of democratic state lawmakers announce a budget agreement for gas rebate.- The Supreme Court ruled a former high school coach had the right to pray publicly on the field after games.

Top Stories:-Reaction swept across the nation after landmark decision Roe v. Wade was overturned Friday-Officials at the Kern Valley State Prison are investigating the death of an inmate as a homicide after an alleged attack last night-Governor Gavin Newsom and a group of Democratic state lawmakers announced last night they reached a budget agreement that would give direct payments to taxpayers in response to rising gas prices and inflation

Top Stories: The Supreme Court's ruling on Roe v. Wade Congress passes significant gun reform bill Local businesses in Arvin help during power outage

Top Stories:-It was a case of neighbors helping neighbors last night, as a man was pulled from his burning home in East Bakersfield-This week’s lightning storm has moved out of Kern County, but thousands of people in Arvin are still without power-The Bakersfield Animal Care Center is partnering with Pet Rescue Pilots, Marley’s Mutts, and BARCs Rescue to save the lives of 180 at-risk dogs

Top Stories: - Arvin power outage -Information and updates on the Thunder Fire -Large amount of drugs and cash revealed after McCray Street fire

Top Stories:-The Thunder Fire continues to burn near the base of the Grapevine this morning-A woman died after being struck by lightning in yesterday’s storm that swept across Southern California-President Biden yesterday called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for three months

Top Stories: - Storm and weather watch in Kern County -Lightning creating fires around Kern County-Suspicious situation near the intersection of South Haley Street and Potomac Avenue

Top Stories:-A woman was struck and killed by a vehicle overnight in south Bakersfield-The biological mother of Orrin and Orson West broke her silence yesterday, as she files a lawsuit against the county of Kern and the state-A new report shows Black women and infants in Kern County suffer from higher rates of complication and death than women and infants of other races

Top Stories:Cal City Boys biological mother files $40 million lawsuitMan who attacked woman with a hatchet due in courtKCSO investigating stabbing in Taft

Top Stories:-A woman who told 17 News in an exclusive interview she killed her kids has pleaded not guilty to murder-It’s been 18 months since Orrin and Orson West were reported missing from the California City home of their adoptive parents, Jacqueline and Trezell West-A suspect is due in court later today after being arrested by police last week for breaking into a strangers home

Top Stories:-More deaths and injuries as another rash of mass shootings swept America over the weekend-A man is dead after a small plane crashed near Porterville Saturday afternoon-Just one step remains before covid vaccines are authorized for young kids