McFarland News

Embattled Roseville developer Abolghassem "Abe" Alizadeh on Thursday defended himself as an honest businessman victimized by a bad economy and an inability to secure favorable financing for his companies.

A 29-year-old Porterville man died early Thursday morning after the truck he was riding in collided head on with another vehicle on the Famoso-Porterville Highway.

A 29-year-old Porterville man was killed this morning when the Ford F-350 he was riding in struck another pickup head-on along the Famoso-Porterville Highway in Kern County, the California Highway Patrol reported.

State plans to close two community correctional facilities in Kern BY JAMES BURGER, Californian staff writer Monday, Oct 26 2009 Two privately run prisons in Kern County were issued 60-day closure notices Monday by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Two privately run prisons in Kern County are being shut down. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation made the announcement Monday afternoon.

California officials say a drop in the number of minimum-security inmates is allowing them to end contracts with the companies that operate three private prisons.

Home depot has one heck of a big now hiring sign out. They are opening a new distribution center in Tracy.

Nearly 200 jobs are up for grabs at a huge new Home Depot distribution center in Tracy.

Community Action Partnership has received a $45,000 grant to expand an education program targeting low-income taxpayers.

Longtime Whittier community leaders Mac and Carolyn McFarland and Santa Fe Springs corporate executive and community leader Lon Records have been selected to receive the 25th annual Good Scout of the Year awards, presented by the Rio Hondo District of the Los Angeles Chapter of Boy Scouts of America.

An Amber Alert suspect is in critical condition following an early morning chase on a popular Valley roadway.

Large containers near at a nursary caught fire early Thursday morning. Around 1:58 a.m. Thursday, Kern County Fire received a call for large containers on fire at Vintage Nurseries on McCombs Rd.

Proposed revisions to county animal control ordinances will go to the Board of Supervisors Nov.

If you want to send Officer Isaac Aleman a card, you may do so in care of the Bakersfield Police Department, P.O. Box 59, 93302.

Arcata Fire Protection District has prepared itself for the state to sweep away part of its property tax revenue in a shift that could be approved for the California state budget.

AARP needs volunteers to help at "Senior Awareness Day" at the Bakersfield Museum of Art, Sept.

Today is THE BIG DAY! Saturday, September 12, 2009 Exactly 70 years ago today, Saturday, September 12, 1939, Frances Wilson and O.K. Webb stood before Rev.

Though Edgar Harold Annear's life was short, his achievements still affect the lives of residents.

Meetings begin with a prayer noticed on the agenda as an invocation. Most are conducted by Christian clergy and many prayers specifically reference Jesus Christ and other deities.

Alice Aleman remembers how her 49-year-old son never allowed his handicap to get in the way.