The Kern County coroners office has identified a man who died earlier this month from an accidental drowning in the Kern River near Bodfish.
Two men suspected of robbing an AT&T store in Bakersfield before leading California Highway Patrol officers on a chase to Victorville pleaded not guilty Friday to three charges each in Kern County Superior Court.
After years of delays and court hearings, the prosecutor and both defense attorneys in the murder case against Sebastian Parra and Robert Roberts finished presenting evidence to the jury Friday after an 11-day trial.
A San Francisco-based energy company has flipped the switch on a $400 million battery installation next to its 4-year-old solar farm in the Rosamond area.
A court hearing was delayed Friday in the case of three defendants in the Mesa Marin shooting case.