Today's Kern County California Headlines...
Bakersfield woman dies several days after accident along S.R. 33 (The Bakersfield Californian)
A Bakersfield woman died Friday of injuries suffered more than a week earlier when her vehicle went down an embankment along State Route 33 north of Soda Lake Road, the county sheriff's department reported. The department's Saturday news release said 89-year-old Ethel Meyer died shortly after midnight Friday at Kern Medical Center.
Is Bakersfield a safe place to ride a bicycle? (The Bakersfield Californian)
Bakersfield has wide streets and a premier bicycle path, but those amenities don't necessarily make it a safe place to ride a bicycle. Since 2003, 24 bicyclists -- about four per year -- have been killed on the streets of Kern County, the coroner's office reported. Most of those happened in Bakersfield.
Housing market spurs bidding wars (The Bakersfield Californian)
Bidding wars for houses? Multiple offers above list price? Is this Bakersfield in 2009? It sure is. Home buyers seduced by low interest rates and state and federal tax incentives are storming the real estate market and finding inventory sharply reduced.
Bakersfield homers doom Nuts (Modesto Bee)
Home runs have become so scarce this season at John Thurman Field that the long ball has become as integral a part of Modesto's offense as a tennis racquet.
Bakersfield housing market returns to bidding wars (KGET 17 Bakersfield)
The Bakersfield housing market has gone back to bidding wars as buyers fight over foreclosed homes. According to one local housing report, home prices inched up another 8 percent last...
Bakersfield Man Dies In Custody, Had Been Tased (CBS 13 Sacramento)
A Bakersfield man who was shot with a stun gun by deputies and bit by a sheriff's dog during his arrest has died.
