Heavy rain Saturday afternoon prompted the CHP to shut down the intersection of Highways 43 and 46.

Eleven farmworkers were injured in a rollover crash early Friday. The farm workers were traveling in a van about 6 a.m. on Wasco Way north of 7th Standard Road when the crash occurred. The driver was airlifted to a hospital.

Wasco High School students who put on a once-a-month mentoring program for elementary students known as Wasco Kids Club, hosted a fundraiser Saturday for Haiti at the Veterans Hall.

A device resembling a bomb forced an entire Wasco shopping center to be evacuated Sunday night.

The ground opens up to reveal a sinkhole at a family's back yard in Wasco. It measures around 3 feet in diameter and at least 25 feet deep. To make it worse, the home owner's insurance policy might not cover the damage.

Kern County Sheriff's deputies found an attempted murder suspect hiding in an attic. The sheriff's office released a photo of Daniel Gutierrez on Tuesday afternoon and caught him before midnight. He's accused of stabbing a man in Wasco.

A 14-year-old boy told deputies that he considered shooting one of them "in the eye" during his arrest Sunday for robbery. The unidentified boy allegedly pointed a handgun at two 13-year-old boys and stole their bicycles, leading to a chase with deputies.

A crash between a big rig hauling two trailers and a car killed one person and shut down traffic for most of the evening Monday at the intersection of Kimberlina Road and Highway 43.

An industrial accident at a pistachio processing plant near Wasco turns out to be more severe than at first reported. Eight workers remain hospitalized due to exposure to a pesticide.

Three teens died Wednesday in a head-on crash on Highway 46 just west of Wasco. The driver of a Toyota Corolla was traveling at a high-rate of speed when he tried to pass slower traffic and ended up losing control, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Low-income families received free weatherization upgrades to their homes on Saturday. The Southern California Gas Company helped 24 Wasco-area homes become more energy efficient by installing weather strips, replacing old furnaces and adding insulation to qualified homes.

Kern County schools are gearing up for the H1N1 flu with plans to protect students from getting the so-called swine flu. At least one district is seeing an increase in absences, and it has put in extra precautions.