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Mar 5, 2013 at 11:10 PM

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — When 21-year-old Danny Chavez fills out a job application, he writes down his girlfriend's phone number as a contact. Chavez has no phone.

"I use her phone for the time being," said the unemployed...
Mar 5, 2013 at 1:19 PM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Homeless people and Californians who make less than $14,702 a year will be able to get free cell phones and service, thanks to a new statewide program that began this week as part of the federally funded Lifeline...
Mar 5, 2013 at 10:56 AM

TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A Tehachapi pilot is dead after his plane went down in Wyoming.

The Carbon County (Wyoming) Sheriff Department said Tuesday that 63-year-old Gordon Davis was last heard from Sunday, when he flew out of...
Mar 1, 2013 at 12:00 PM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Republicans began gathering for a round of soul-searching Friday at the start of their spring convention as they seek to restore the party's luster after years of election defeats.

The state GOP is...
Feb 27, 2013 at 2:43 PM

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — One Kern County high school student could get his or her artwork displayed in the U.S. Capitol.

Congressman Kevin McCarthy's office will accept local entries for the annual Congressional Art...
Feb 25, 2013 at 9:32 PM

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Businesses and taxpayers have lots of questions about the so-called EBT cards now used for public assistance benefits. Eyewitness News discovered a local company made a mistake about what can be purchased with...
Feb 25, 2013 at 3:54 PM

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — California Living Museum's Spring Fling is scheduled March 23-30.

In celebration of spring, all children as old as 12 will be admitted free with a paid adult admission, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

CALM...
Feb 21, 2013 at 1:47 PM
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A new project in the Kern County Sheriff's Office takes aim at two problems: The Community Work Crew is cleaning up some of the worst illegal dumping incidents, and, at the same time, helping with impacts from state...
Feb 19, 2013 at 8:56 PM

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The California Highway Patrol reopened major Kern County highways Wednesday morning following overnight snow closures.

The CHP had shut down traffic on the Grapevine section of Interstate 5 and on...
Feb 19, 2013 at 4:55 PM

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The annual homeless census in Kern County shows a 20 percent drop in homeless people.

The point-in-time count conducted Jan. 23 and 24 shows 1,158 homeless citizens, down from 1,439 in...
Feb 19, 2013 at 4:36 PM
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Sheriff's Office has installed two mailboxes for 24-hour public access. The move is meant to improve community service.

The mailboxes are for civil legal documents, personnel complaints and...
Feb 19, 2013 at 4:03 PM

TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) - Police said Tuesday that they investigated a school shooting comment last week that appears only to be an ill-advised joke.

A student at Monroe High School in Tehachapi was overheard talking to a...
Feb 18, 2013 at 2:28 PM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An annual fire-prevention fee that is unpopular with some rural property owners is headed back before the state Legislature, as Gov. Jerry Brown proposes to expand its use and opponents try to kill it.

The fee...
Feb 14, 2013 at 5:08 PM
MOJAVE, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Tehachapi community activist Steven Vogel made his first appearance in Kern County Superior Court in Mojave where he pleaded not guilty to five felony counts of having sex with two boys under 16.

"He convinced...
Feb 13, 2013 at 10:17 PM
TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A Tehachapi woman is grief-stricken and outraged after a neighbor's pit bulls allegedly attacked her miniature horse.

Shirley Toler said Piper, a pet of 15 years, was killed last month. The dogs had bitten...