Buttonwillow News

"Hi um I have uh someone who wants to um commit suicide," Christian Chavez's case manager told the 911 dispatcher who answered her call.

A Kern County Sheriff's Department review board announced Monday that two deputies acted within the department's policy when they fatally shot a man in January in Buttonwillow.

Standing at the edge of a 100-foot cliff, Drew Arnold optimistically stares out at the blue ocean as the morning sun casts golden light across his face.

Mike Meier, 56, and Alan Brattesani, 65, both live in Davis. Mike is a materials scientist who retired from UC Davis and now does some writing, programming and media work.

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Patrice Maniaci says one out of four families in Kern County suffer from mental illness.

On Wednesday, an appellate court ruled that Starrh can sue Aera for punitive damages that could reach into the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Two days after Sheriff's deputies shot and killed 18-year-old Christian Chavez, the family is raising questions about the Sheriff Department's policy on suicidal calls.

The family of a local teen says he's dead after being shot by a Kern County Sheriff's deputy.

Many PG&E customers reported losing power Sunday night, right in the middle of one of the season's biggest football games.

A 27-year-old man climbed a 200-foot-tall transmission tower and threatened to leap to his death on Sunday.