Buttonwillow News

Jennifer, the 14 year-old girl wounded by CHP gunfire in a street racing incident, is shown here in a photo provided to the Bakersfield Californian by her attorney.

Few besides Bob Stotler notice the more subtle changes at the Kern County Fair over the past half-century. 2008 KERN COUNTY FAIR WHEN: Today through Sept.

This morning, PETA sent a letter to the Kern County Board of Supervisors urging it to enact legislation that would ban the use of bullhooks, electric prods, and other devices commonly used to inflict pain on ...

From a press release issued by Doug Chandler Racing School: The Doug Chandler Racing School has a school date scheduled for September 22 at Buttonwillow Raceway Park, in Buttonwillow, California.

An early-morning collision involving a truck with a trailer full of oil left a Bakersfield man with minor injuries and closed part of Highway 46 until 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Several explosions occurred Thursday at a hazardous waste landfill site in Buttonwillow.

An unidentified Santa Maria man was killed early Sunday morning his two passengers were injured when an intoxicated man from Fort Irwin, Calif., lost control of his vehicle on State Route 166 west of Elkhorn ...

An unidentified Santa Maria man was killed early Sunday morning his two passengers were injured when an intoxicated man from Fort Irwin, Calif., lost control of his vehicle on State Route 166 west of Elkhorn ...

An unidentified Santa Maria man was killed early Sunday morning his two passengers were injured when an intoxicated man from Fort Irwin, Calif., lost control of his vehicle on State Route 166 west of Elkhorn ...

An unidentified Santa Maria man was killed early Sunday morning his two passengers were injured when an intoxicated man from Fort Irwin, Calif., lost control of his vehicle on State Route 166 west of Elkhorn ...

An unidentified Santa Maria man was killed early Sunday morning his two passengers were injured when an intoxicated man from Fort Irwin, Calif., lost control of his vehicle on State Route 166 west of Elkhorn ...

An unidentified Santa Maria man was killed early Sunday morning his two passengers were injured when an intoxicated man from Fort Irwin, Calif., lost control of his vehicle on State Route 166 west of Elkhorn ...

An unidentified Santa Maria man was killed early Sunday morning his two passengers were injured when an intoxicated man from Fort Irwin, Calif., lost control of his vehicle on State Route 166 west of Elkhorn ...

An unidentified Santa Maria man was killed early Sunday morning his two passengers were injured when an intoxicated man from Fort Irwin, Calif., lost control of his vehicle on State Route 166 west of Elkhorn ...

An unidentified Santa Maria man was killed early Sunday morning his two passengers were injured when an intoxicated man from Fort Irwin, Calif., lost control of his vehicle on State Route 166 west of Elkhorn ...

An unidentified Santa Maria man was killed early Sunday morning his two passengers were injured when an intoxicated man from Fort Irwin, Calif., lost control of his vehicle on State Route 166 west of Elkhorn ...

A 12-year-old Fremont girl was killed Sunday night when the minivan in which she was riding rolled over on Interstate 5 near Buttonwillow, authorities said.

A 30-year-old man died Tuesday after his vehicle collided head-on with a tractor-trailer in Buttonwillow.

She was an angel and was ready to be with God. That's what an aunt said Tuesday about 12-year-old Hannah Glenn Welker of Fremont, who was killed Sunday while riding in a minivan with her 16-year-old sister and ...

A 12-year-old Fremont girl was killed Sunday night when the minivan in which she was riding rolled over on Interstate 5 near Buttonwillow, authorities said.