Kern County News

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 man who died after reportedly fighting with deputies who were trying to arrest him died from injuries sustained in that fight, the coroner's office has ruled.

A 55-year-old Porterville man died Tuesday night in a car accident, after making what authorities said was unsafe turn on Highway 65.

A 51-year-old Tehachapi man died of stab wounds early Monday morning, Nov. 2 in Bakersfield, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Office.

There has been one sexual assault recently in the Lake Isabella area, but reports of a serial rapist and murder are nothing but rumors, the Sheriff's Department said Monday morning.

The Embree family emailed 17 News about rumors of a serial rapist on the loose in the quiet mountain town of Lake Isabella.

Crews have recovered the body of 30-year-old Ridgecrest woman who died after a fall down an abandoned mine shaft.

The first Swine Flu shots have arrived in Kern County, and the Health Department is scheduling clinics to get the inoculations to the public as soon as possible, according to Kern County Health Officer Dr.

Kern County Sheriff's detectives are investigating the death of a 15 day old boy.

Kern County Sherriff's Office Air Support Unit, of Bakersfield California, successfully completed annual Part 133 Class D HEC hoist rescue program re-currency training, advanced hoist mission cliff rescue, swift-water, and the tactical fast rope instructors' training course offered from Priority 1 Air Rescue based out of Mesa, Arizona.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. a " A jury has convicted two Kern County jail deputies in the beating death of an inmate.Ralph Contreras and Daniel Lindini both initially were charged with second-degree murder.

Two San Luis Obispo County residents were among four killed in a traffic accident Friday on Highway 46 in Kern County, according to a report by the Taft Midway Driller newspaper Web site.

BUTTONWILLOW, Calif. a " A Kern County sheriff's deputy is facing drunken driving charges after he was arrested when he stopped while off-duty to assist at a traffic accident.A California Highway Patrol spokeswoman says after Jessie Alvarez stopped at the accident early Friday on Interstate 5 in Buttonwillow, the CHP officer on the scene suspected ...

A yard full of halloween decorations has one woman spooked. A viewer contacted 17 News concerned a registered sex offender is attracting children to his home by putting dozens of Halloween decorations in his yard.

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

A fatal accident in Kern County claims the lives of two Los Osos residents. The California Highway Patrol said 62-year-old Shirlene Soto and her husband, 84-year-old Walter Elliott, were among the four people who died in a car crash on Highway 46 east of Highway 33 Friday morning.

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Five thousand doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine are headed for Kern County. Officials say that includes more of the nasal mist vaccine and the much awaited shot form.

School's out at Vacaville Christian High School and nearby Browns Valley Elementary School.

A 16-year-old was arrested late Thursday night after deputies found an unidentified 18-year-old not breathing.