California court rules against Kern County baker in revival of same-sex wedding cake disputes
A California appeals court rules a baker can’t refuse to sell a generic cake to a lesbian couple. It’s part of a series of ...
Kern County high school students walk out of class to protest over immigration policies
Students from several high schools walked out of class Wednesday morning and are in downtown Bakersfield to protest the ...
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Kern students take part in walkout to protest immigration policies
Students from several schools across Kern County took part in a walkout on Wednesday morning to protest immigration policies.
Reseda woman who drowned her 3 children likely to have Kern County case dismissed
A Reseda woman serving 75 years to life in a state hospital for drowning her three children has a case pending against her in ...
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Bakersfield students walk out of schools to protest ICE, DOGE
Hundreds of Bakersfield area students walked out of classes Wednesday in protest of the Trump administration's policies on ...
Jury convicts man of murder in fatal Wasco stabbing, faces 51 years to life: DA
A Kern County jury on Tuesday convicted a man of first-degree murder in the 2021 stabbing death of Jose Aleman in Wasco.
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Supervisors create new voter registrar position for Kern County
The Kern County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to create a new, separate registrar of voters position at its Jan. 28 meeting, a role that has historically been combined with ...
Bakersfield bakery ‘intenionally discriminated’ against same-sex couple, appeals court rules
Cathy Miller, owner of Tastries Bakery off Rosedale Highway, told 17 News it’s business as usual, despite the years-long ...
Republicans fast track bill to speed up ballot counting over objections from Hobbs, Dems
With the bill poised for Senate action, Republicans are daring Gov. Katie Hobbs to veto it and rebuff voter demands for ...