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Noon Top Stories:-Two arrested after fight at Studio Movie Grill, employee hit with gun-COVID surge strains local hospitals-DUI, speeding possible factors in deadly Morning Drive crash: BPD

Top Stories:-Police say one person is dead after a suspected DUI crash in East Bakersfield-Tense moments at Studio Movie Grill after two people fought with employees even pulling out a gun during the argument-Intense flames consumed a building on Baker and East 21st streets Sunday night

Top stories:- Emergency system strained by covid surge- CityServe awarded housing grant- Norris school district suspending school bus service due to covid

Top Stories-Congressman Kevin McCarthy says he will not cooperate with the House committee investigating the January 6th attack-Hospitals in Kern are preparing for a wave of hospitalizations from the rapidly spreading Omicron variant-The Fox Theater's Walk of Fame added a sidewalk star honoring Kern County Sheriff's SWAT team member Phillip Campas

Noon Top Stories:-Kern Public Health reports 8 new COVID-19 deaths, 1,635 cases-Distemper outbreak causes Bakersfield Animal Care Center to euthanize 100 dogs-Man killed in east Bakersfield shooting identified

Top stories- President Biden addresses restrictive voting laws- CA legislature votes to move ahead with CAL CARE- Gov. Gavin Newsom lays out his plan to expand MEDI-CAL

Top Stories:-In the past 12 hours, at least two people were hit and killed by cars in two separate incidents-Family and friends held a candlelight vigil last night for 13-year-old Nicolas Peterson who was tragically killed while riding on a motorcycle with his stepdad one year ago-More people are sick with COVID-19 than at any other point in this pandemic

Noon Top Stories:-Kern Public Health reports 5 new COVID-19 deaths, 5,229 cases-Coventry Drive shooting leaves man dead: BPD-Comedian Bob Saget dead at 65

Top Stories:-Two men were shot and killed in two separate incidents over the weekend marking the first homicides of the year in Kern County-Quick thinking and brave officers saved a man’s life, after a small plane went down in the path of an oncoming train-Actor and comedian Bob Saget has died

Noon Top Stories:-Daly City man found dead in central Bakersfield fire-6 teens arrested after shots fired at vehicle in central Bakersfield-Kern Public Health reports 9 new COVID-19 deaths, 1,527 cases

Top Stories:-The community is invited to attend the funeral services today for two siblings who were killed by a suspected impaired driver as they stood at a street corner-The search continues this morning for a wanted man considered armed and dangerous. Police say 19 year old Christian Gaines and 2 others are accused of shooting and killing Justin Anthony Griffin Jr. back on November 3rd.-Los Angeles county firefighters are mourning one of their own, killed in the line of duty yesterday morning

Top Stories:-Today marks one year since the attack at the u-s capitol…when a large crowd laid siege to the building in an effort to overturn the 2020 election-A Beverly Hills doctor who had been contracted at Adventist Health Bakersfield and was arrested after the January 6th insurrection, is due back in federal court next month-City officials in Philadelphia have updated the death toll in a fire that swept through a row house early yesterday morning

Noon Top Stories:-13 people, including 7 children, dead in Philadelphia house fire-One found dead after abandoned structure fire breaks out in central Bakersfield-Kern Public Health reports 607 new COVID-19 cases

Top Stories:-Public Health yesterday confirmed at least ten people in Kern County tested positive for the omicron variant-Louis Gill, the former CEO of the Bakersfield Homeless Center, will no longer be running for Congress against Kevin McCarthy-Dixie fire started by a tree that came in contact with an electrical line owned by pacific gas and electric, according to the state department of forestry

Noon Top Stories:-10 omicron cases reported in Kern County, state strike teams arriving for possible surge-Louis Gill, former Bakersfield Homeless Center CEO, announced he’s running for the Kern County supervisor seat that will be vacated by Mike Maggard.-Juvenile wounded in East Bakersfield shooting on Monday

Top Stories:-Still no arrests after a juvenile was wounded in a shooting yesterday in east Bakersfield-After weeks of saying he hadn’t made up his mind yet on the first Monday of 2022. Supervisor Mike Maggard announced he won’t seek a fifth term on Kern’s Board of Supervisors-“A portion” of the stolen Buck Owens guitar has been located in an abandoned building in Downtown Bakersfield

Noon Top Stories:-Mike Maggard announces he won’t seek 5th term on Board of Supervisors-Kern Public Health reports 3,092 new COVID-19 cases over holiday break-McFarland police open fire against pursuit suspect, Delano PD K9 wounded during incident

Top Stories:-A suspect is in a unknown condition, and a police dog is in a veterinary hospital, after an officer-involved shooting in McFarland-A 3.8 magnitude earthquake struck yesterday evening in western Kern County

Top Stories:-Newly released police reports say officers found the 46-year-old at the scene of the crash drowsy and slurring her words-The FDA is planning to expand eligibility for Pfizer’s covid-19 booster shot

Noon Top Stories:-Grapevine is closed due to snow and ice, Hwy 58 still open at this time-Teen shot and killed Wednesday night in southwest Bakersfield identified-List of Bakersfield NYE events