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PG&E said Wednesday morning it will move forward with its latest Public Safety Power Shutoff due to high risk for wildfires. Local PG&E representative Katie Allen said Tuesday the PSPS is expected to impact 30 customers in Bakersfield, 41 in Arvin and 4 in Lebec. PG&E began notifying customers within the PSPS footprint in Kern […] → Read More
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Energy Secretary Rick Perry has notified the president that he intends to leave his job soon. That’s according to an administration official who confirmed the news on condition of anonymity. Perry was traveling with the president to Texas Thursday when he shared the news aboard Air Force One. Perry is […] → Read More
Southern California Edison releases list with maps of possible power shutoffs during this week’s elevated fire risk. Approximately 12,076 homes and businesses are affected in Kern County. The list became effective as of 3:45 p.m. Monday, October 7. Click the link below to see the affected areas. → Read More
Kern County firefighters are battling a grass fire north of Highway 58 near Caliente, that at last check is between 15 to 20 acres. The call came in at 11:09 a.m. Monday for the response to Bealville Road and Caliente Bodfish Road. No structures are threatened at this time. This is a developing story, be sure to check back for updates throughout the day. → Read More
The National Weather Service in Hanford issued a Winter Storm Warning for the southern Sierra Nevada from midnight Wednesday into Friday morning. → Read More
(AP) A spokeswoman says former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he has broken his hip. → Read More
Los Angeles, Calif. (AP) - By BRIAN MELLEY Military prosecutors in the case of a Navy SEAL charged with killing an Islamic State prisoner in Iraq in 2017 installed tracking software in emails sent to defense lawyers and a reporter in an apparent attempt to discover who was leaking information to the media, according to lawyers who told The Associated Press that they received the corrupted… → Read More
Disneyland announced Friday on The Disney Blog it's adding a new style of annual pass to its lineup. → Read More
Santa Fe, N.M. - By MORGAN LEE (AP) British billionaire Richard Branson and his space-tourism company Virgin Galactic announced new steps Friday toward offering thrill rides into the low reaches of space for paying passengers, with the company immediately starting to move personnel and space vehicles from California to a launch and landing facility in the New Mexico desert. Branson said Virgin… → Read More
Los Angeles, Calif. - By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press California is paying a price for the shaky rollout of its legal marijuana market. State budget documents released Thursday show the Newsom administration is sharply scaling back what it expects to collect in cannabis tax revenue through June 2020 — in all, a $223 million cut from projections just four months ago. The reduced income for… → Read More
APNEWSALERT: Uber prices long-awaited IPO at $45 per share, valuing world’s largest ride-hailing company at $82 billion. → Read More
PG&E is reporing a power outage in Southwest Bakersfield, affecting 594 homes and businesses. → Read More
KGET TV-17 has been honored with two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Breaking News and Excellence in Innovation . → Read More
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An earthquake has caused tall buildings to sway in the Mexican capital, prompting some office workers to evacuate. → Read More
Following a search by the Los Angeles County Fire Department with help from Kern County Fire's helicopter 407, L.A. County Fire says no evidence was found of a crash south of Agua Dulce Friday. → Read More
DES MOINES, Iowa - ASSOCIATED PRESS: The latest Census of Agriculture shows the number of farms and ranches in the U.S. has fallen but the remaining operations are larger and are responsible for a higher percentage of agricultural sales. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released the 2017 Census of Agriculture on Thursday, marking the 29th release of the report since the government began… → Read More
A bomb squad response in Delano has shut down Highway 99. → Read More
Kern County Sheriff's Office Rural Crime investigators located approximately $6,000 worth of stolen copper wire, a trailer that was reported stolen and a quad that was also reported stolen. → Read More
Springfield, Mass. - By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Bill Cosby has agreed to settle lawsuits filed by seven women who say he defamed them when he accused them of lying about sexual misconduct allegations. Filings Friday in federal court in Springfield, Massachusetts, show the two sides have negotiated a settlement since Cosby went to prison last fall in a separate Pennsylvania sex assault… → Read More
Bureau of Reclamation's initial 2019 water allocation for the Central Valley Project is 35 percent of contract supply for South-of-Delta contractors. → Read More