Today's Kern County California Headlines...
Sheriff: Fugitive predator used Internet to kidnap, rape teen girl
A paroled rapist used a social networking site to meet a 15-year-old Bakersfield girl who he kidnapped and raped after he cut off his sex-offender ankle monitor, deputies said Friday....
Registered sex offender charged with kidnapping and rape of a 15-yr-old girl
A Bakersfield man has been charged with multiple counts including for multiple incidents, including the July 20 kidnapping rape of a 15-year-old girl.
New U.S. courthouse breaks ground
Cathy PerfectKern Valley Sun U.S. General Services Administration Administrator Martha Johnson, joined congressman Jim Costa, Bakersfield Mayor Harvey Hall, Chief Judge Anthony Ishii and others Monday morning to break ground on the new U.S. Courthouse in Bakersfield.
Fuller bill protecting children clears hurdle
Dana CulhaneSpecial to the Sun Legislation by Assemblymember Jean Fuller, R-Bakersfield, to protect children from a parent or guardian who is using an illegal hallucinogen passed the State Senate Public Safety Committee yesterday, on yet another overwhelmingly bipartisan vote.
Blaze completes sweep of Nuts
BAKERSFIELD For the second straight game, a seventh-inning rally erased a Modesto Nuts
Bakersfield's Cruse to race in X Games
Sherri Cruse of Bakersfield will be seeking gold today in women's Super X motocross competition.
