BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Kern County District Attorney’s Office said that on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, a man was arrested on charges of murder and DUI connected to the death of Arvin teacher Larry Hallum in February 2023. The charges against Marque Joaquine Qualls are murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while drunk, and assault with a … Read more
Late Wednesday night, the South Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban most abortions in the state after six weeks of pregnancy. This is a step toward keeping up a trend in the South of making it harder to get an abortion. By a vote of 82 to 33, mostly along party … Read more
Late Wednesday, officials said that a girl who was 8 years old and in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Texas died. CBP said in a statement that the child died while she and her family were in U.S. care at the Harlingen, Texas, border facility. The short statement said, “Emergency Medical … Read more
BAKERSFIELD, California — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for help to find a 14-year-old boy who was last seen in south Bakersfield and is considered to be at risk. The last time anyone saw 14-year-old Josigha Morow was on May 17, 2023, in the 1800 block of Lacey Street, just west of S. H … Read more
VALLEJO, California: In the North Bay, there will soon be a new toll road. From Vallejo to Sonoma County, a 10-mile stretch of Highway 37 will be turned into a toll road. The traffic on this one-lane stretch is very bad right now, and transportation officials want to make it wider by adding a toll … Read more
BAKERSFIELD, California — The California Resources Corporation gave a retired fire engine to the Kern County Fire Department, which is very grateful. KCFD said that the fire engine will be used in the Kern County Fire Department’s present and future recruit academies, as well as in future Bakersfield College Fire Academies. View this post … Read more
Authorities say that a homeless man beat a restaurant owner in Berkeley over the weekend because the food that a customer bought for him was taking too long to make. Berkeley cops said that a customer bought the man a burger after he asked people at Lama Beans to feed him and his pet rabbit. … Read more