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Top Stories:-Reaction swept across the nation after landmark decision Roe v. Wade was overturned Friday-Officials at the Kern Valley State Prison are investigating the death of an inmate as a homicide after an alleged attack last night-Governor Gavin Newsom and a group of Democratic state lawmakers announced last night they reached a budget agreement that would give direct payments to taxpayers in response to rising gas prices and inflation

Top Stories: The Supreme Court's ruling on Roe v. Wade Congress passes significant gun reform bill Local businesses in Arvin help during power outage

Top Stories:-It was a case of neighbors helping neighbors last night, as a man was pulled from his burning home in East Bakersfield-This week’s lightning storm has moved out of Kern County, but thousands of people in Arvin are still without power-The Bakersfield Animal Care Center is partnering with Pet Rescue Pilots, Marley’s Mutts, and BARCs Rescue to save the lives of 180 at-risk dogs

Top Stories: - Arvin power outage -Information and updates on the Thunder Fire -Large amount of drugs and cash revealed after McCray Street fire

Top Stories:-The Thunder Fire continues to burn near the base of the Grapevine this morning-A woman died after being struck by lightning in yesterday’s storm that swept across Southern California-President Biden yesterday called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for three months

Top Stories: - Storm and weather watch in Kern County -Lightning creating fires around Kern County-Suspicious situation near the intersection of South Haley Street and Potomac Avenue

Top Stories:-A woman was struck and killed by a vehicle overnight in south Bakersfield-The biological mother of Orrin and Orson West broke her silence yesterday, as she files a lawsuit against the county of Kern and the state-A new report shows Black women and infants in Kern County suffer from higher rates of complication and death than women and infants of other races

Top Stories:Cal City Boys biological mother files $40 million lawsuitMan who attacked woman with a hatchet due in courtKCSO investigating stabbing in Taft

Top Stories:-A woman who told 17 News in an exclusive interview she killed her kids has pleaded not guilty to murder-It’s been 18 months since Orrin and Orson West were reported missing from the California City home of their adoptive parents, Jacqueline and Trezell West-A suspect is due in court later today after being arrested by police last week for breaking into a strangers home

Top Stories:-More deaths and injuries as another rash of mass shootings swept America over the weekend-A man is dead after a small plane crashed near Porterville Saturday afternoon-Just one step remains before covid vaccines are authorized for young kids

Top Stories:-A shooting at a church potluck in Alabama, where a gunman killed two and wounded a third-The City of Bakersfield is attempting to help law enforcement crack down on catalytic converter thefts-More than a dozen people were burned out of their homes yesterday when an apartment building caught fire in Oildale

Top Stories:-One person is dead after a shooting overnight in Lamont-A Bakersfield man has filed a civil rights claim against the city and six Bakersfield Police officers for the alleged use of excessive force-The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by three quarters of a percent yesterday in an aggressive bid to fight inflation

Top Stories:-Two police officers were shot and killed responding to a domestic violence call in a Los Angeles suburb-Family members say a 71-year-old man allegedly killed by his son was a “barrier-breaking” wrestler and BHS grad-An FDA committee will meet today to discuss the use of covid vaccines in children as young as 6 months

Top Stories:-A CHP officer in Los Angeles is in critical condition after being shot during a traffic stop last night in Studio City-A close call for two Bakersfield police officers, when a suspected dui driver slammed into two patrol cars last night-The House January 6th committee continues to make its case about what led to the capital riot

Top Stories:-A raging structure fire ripped through a building in Northeast Bakersfield over the weekend-A bipartisan senate group reached a framework for stricter gun safety laws over the weekend

Top stories: Trezell and Jacqueline West face new chargesLaw enforcement and local leaders discuss illegal street racingMan arrested for stealing money and morphine from a pharmacy

Top Stories:-The committee investigating the January 6th attack at the u-s capitol has held its first public hearing-Bakersfield Congressman Kevin McCarthy a figure the committee considers key to investigation making it clear he won’t participate-Five Marines are dead after a military aircraft crashed in Imperial county during a training exercise earlier this week

Top Stories:-Two men wanted for murder led police on a multi-county chase that ended just inside the Kern County Line last night-Tonight the House committee investigating the January 6 riot will hold the first of at least six public hearings-Moderna says it has a new, better version of its covid vaccine that targets the Omicron variant

Top Stories:-Local election results are starting to trickle in but votes are still being counted-A two alarm fire broke out at a commercial building on Sonora street last night-21-year-old Jerry Wayne Criss was killed in a gnarly crash in Oildale earlier this week

Top Stories: Everything you need to know about Election DayDeputies investigating double homicide in OildaleMatthew Queen sentenced to life in prison