The Kern County Sheriff’s Office Incident Review Board convened to consider the use of force by the deputies in this case and determined the shooting was conducted within sheriff's office policy.
Johnny Reyes allegedly shot another man several times last Friday and ran over the man, whose name was withheld, with his pickup on the 2200 block of Camino Real, in a church parking lot across the street from Heritage Park.
Update (May 1, 2013): The Kern County Sheriff’s Office Incident Review Board convened to consider the use of force by the deputies in this case and determined the shooting was conducted within sheriff's office policy.
The Kern County coroner's office said late Monday that Alfredo Jesus Jacobo died in September of blunt-force traumatic injuries to his head and face. He died Sept. 22 at Children's Hospital Central California north of Fresno, but the injuries were...
California lawmakers are attempting to stay ahead of science fiction-style technology as increasingly nimble unmanned aircraft are considered for use in tracking fleeing suspects and monitoring crowded public spaces.
BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) -- A Bear Valley Springs man who had stabbed his father was shot and killed by police Saturday night. The shooting happened just before 10 p.m. when a Bear Valley Springs officer showed up to investigate...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A Kern SWAT team helped deputies arrest a man who barricaded himself in the attic of his Oildale home early Sunday morning after he reportedly violently assaulted a man and threatened others, the sheriff's...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A Wells Fargo branch on North Chester Avenue in Oildale was robbed Wednesday afternoon, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
The man reportedly threatened that he had a weapon. The alleged bank...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Some Oildale shop owners are worried about what will open up in a now-closed medical marijuana dispensary. One merchant has heard it will house a so-called "sweepstakes cafe," and he thinks that would bring...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Two people were arrested on suspicion of numerous charges, including child endangerment, following a drug bust Wednesday night at a home on the 3000 block of Horace Mann Avenue.