28 July 2010, 6:48 pm
Bakersfield City School District trustees on Tuesday renewed the district's contract for the after-school program with the Boys & Girls Club in the amount of $2.3 million.... Read More »
28 July 2010, 4:45 pm
Patti McGarveySpecial to the Sun Kern Valley High athlete Rusty Muncy competing for Team Raw (Club team in Bakersfield) competed last weekend in the Central California USA Track and Field Region 14 Regional/Multi Youth Championship at Tulare Union High School.... Read More »
28 July 2010, 8:16 am
Stockton's Stephen Parker slides by Visalia's Brent Greer at second. (Ken Weisenberger/MiLB.com)... Read More »
28 July 2010, 6:00 am
Dozens of Homes Destroyed as Firefighters Battle Flames; Blaze Grows to Nearly Two Square Miles... Read More »
28 July 2010, 4:15 am
Two high-ranking California High-Speed Rail Authority figures will be in Washington, D.C. today and tomorrow to seek federal grants following the release of a survey yesterday that shows strong support for the project.... Read More »
28 July 2010, 4:00 am
Two wildfires that erupted and spread quickly in Southern California have destroyed dozens of homes and forced evacuations in remote areas of the state as hundreds of firefighters work to contain the flames.... Read More »
28 July 2010, 1:36 am
TEHACHAPI, California (AP) About 30 to 40 homes have been lost to a wildfire about 16 kilometers southeast of the Mojave Desert town of Tehachapi, firefighters said Tuesday. Kern County Fire Department Engineer Anthony Romero said the fire erupted at about 3 p.m. and quickly grew to more than 200 h... Read More »
27 July 2010, 8:55 pm
About 30 to 40 homes have been lost to a wildfire about 10 miles southeast of the Mojave Desert town of Tehachapi, firefighters said Tuesday. Kern County Fire Department Engineer Anthony Romero said the fire erupted at about 3 p.m. and quickly grew to more than 500 acres.... Read More »
27 July 2010, 6:18 pm
Drivers covered by the company's Farmers Insurance Exchange subsidiary will see premiums fall by an average of 14.5% and can get a 10% rebate on policy renewals. California's largest auto insurer, Farmers Insurance Group, announced Tuesday that it was reducing its rates by an average of 14.5% for po... Read More »
27 July 2010, 7:58 am
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Dalton Botts graduated from high school two years ago as a quarterback looking for a place to throw spirals. After one season at Bakersfield College, the California native discovered that his leg not his arm would point the way to a spot at a BCS school.... Read More »