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- A Bakersfield woman is behind bars after police discovered dozens of animals, some dead and some living in horrifying conditions, across multiple homes
- Parts of a Taft neighborhood were forced to evacuate yesterday afternoon after a contractor ruptured a gas line
- Murder charges have been dropped for two teens accused of setting a fire that killed two Porterville firefighters

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- Police are investigating a woman who allegedly acted as an unlicensed private boarding and training business.
- Police investigating a person found dead inside a home on University Ave in northeast Bakersfield.
- The Cracker Barrel in Bakersfield is now open.

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- Police are investigating this morning after responding to a disturbance and finding a person dead in a home
- Bakersfield police say a driver is on the run after a deadly hit-and-run crash in East Bakersfield Saturday night
- Bakersfield's Cracker Barrel will officially open its doors this morning at 7 a.m.

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- County's Secret Witness Program is offering a reward of up to $16,000 for information that will solve the disappearance of Baylee Despot.
- Officials say they have arrested a high-risk sex offender that was featured on Golden Empire Most Wanted.
- Attorneys are ready for trial in the case of a Tehachapi woman who fatally shot her ex after confronting him over his alleged molestation of her teenage daughter.

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- The Sheriff's Office announced the death of one its K-9s yesterday
- In the middle of this heat wave, dozens of people in Southwest Bakersfield are without water, after the well at their mobile home park ran dry
- For the second time in two years, former McFarland High basketball coach Fernando Pruneda was sentenced to prison yesterday after trying to meet up with a teen boy for sex

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- A second victim died after a shooting at the Vagabond Inn on Sunday night.
- The coroner's office identified the man who was found floating in Mirror Lake at Hart Park.
- For the second time in two years a former local basketball coach was convicted of pursuing sexual relationships with minors.

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- This morning -- a former local varsity basketball coach will find out how long he'll spend behind bars after being arrested last year for trying to meet a teen boy for sex
- "Carmageddon" - Part 2 - kicked off last night on the eastbound lanes of the 210 freeway
- The so-called "quail fire" broke out in Castaic just after six yesterday evening and quickly grew to 50 acres

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- Former Kern County Democratic Congressman TJ Cox is out of jail – following his arrest yesterday morning by the FBI.
- Extreme heat has prompted the state to issue a flex alert for today from 4 to 9 p.m.
- Students step on campus at Del Oro High School for the first time.

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- Former Kern County Democratic Congressman TJ Cox is out of jail - following his arrest yesterday morning by the FBI
- Extreme heat has prompted the state to issue a flex alert for today
- Local law enforcement says despite online rumors, there is no serial killer or abductor roaming the streets of Bakersfield

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- Former member of Congress charged and arrested on suspicion of multiple fraud schemes.
- Development in the murder case of 3-year-old Major Sutton.
-BPD is aware of a social media post warning community members of a possible serial killer but it is not based on truth.