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- An investigation is underway after a person was hit and killed in North Bakersfield
- An intense crash in Southwest Bakersfield last night ended with one car on top of the other
- Former Bakersfield City Council candidate Raj Gill was formally charged yesterday with seven counts of solicitation to commit a criminal act

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• The Bakersfield Fire Department’s Water Rescue Team have performed multiple rescue missions in the Tulare area, according to BFD Fire Captain Tim Ortiz.
• There was controversy in Delano following a vote by the city council to remove the Pride flag from government flag poles.
• The fifth annual Bakersfield Marathon is scheduled to take place this weekend and organizers need volunteers to make the big race happen.

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- Three Delano city council members are defending their decision to remove the LQBTQ pride flag and the firefighter flag from government flag poles
- The Kern Secret Witness Program is offering a reward of up to $10,000 dollars for information leading to the arrest of the suspect(s) involved in the murder of Tyis Rush
- A bill to ban the use of police K-9s for arrests and crowd control is advancing in the the California Assembly

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• Kern County officials lifted evacuation orders for Wofford Heights but kept a warning in place for residents in the Cane Peak Court area for the potential of a landslide.
• A man accused of inflicting fatal injuries to his 7-week-old daughter will remain charged with murder and child assault after a judge denied a defense motion Tuesday.
• A Kern County judge on Tuesday postponed making a ruling on a motion to dismiss the case against Tehachapi woman Wendy Howard, saying she’ll have to review a transcript to see if Howard’s attorney made an objection to the jury verdict form.

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- A judge will decide whether Wendy Howard's case will go back to trial
- The Delano City Council last night tabled a review on a proposal for rent control, despite growing calls from angry residents
- Jury selection is now underway in the trial of a California City couple charged in the deaths of two of their adopted children

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• Bakersfield police shot and killed a man during a search for a man reportedly armed with a knife Saturday night on White Lane, the police department said.
• Three people have been arrested in connection to a deadly Q Street shooting early Saturday that left a man dead, according to Bakersfield police.
• Kern County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a double homicide that happened on Normandy Drive and Sterling Road at 5 p.m. Saturday.

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- Kern County Fire crews responded to a large structure fire in Oildale overnight
- An officer-involved shooting left one man dead Saturday night
- Bakersfield Congressman and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is urging calm after former President Trump called for protests on social media this weekend, saying "illegal leaks" showed he'll be arrested tomorrow

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• A teenage boy admitted in court Friday he and his girlfriend plotted the death of her mother a month in advance, and on the day of the killing she let him in her home and he stabbed the mother to death.
• One man has died after a shooting in an apartment complex in east Bakersfield early Friday morning and one woman was arrested, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.
• Kern County officials have lifted some evacuation orders following rain and flooding in portions of Kern County.

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- Some evacuation orders that were issued during the recent storms, have now been lifted
- Highway 178 through the Kern River Canyon remains closed this morning, as residents wait for a blasting crew to remove boulders from the road
- Yosemite National Park plans to reopen tomorrow

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- The now-vacant Thrifty Wash Laundromat on Niles Street went up in flames once again last night
- The retrial of a former Kern County Sheriff's deputy, who killed two prostitutes in the 1980s, ended in a mistrial yesterday, after jurors deadlocked on whether he should be resentenced to death, or to life without parole
- The annual Kern Catholic Prayer Breakfast returns today