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If you're an Amazon Kindle user, you might be interested in subscribing to our popular Breaking News feed, now available in the Kindle Store. It's only $1.99 per month, or little more than 1 cent per post.
Yeah, it's the same Breaking News blog feed that's available on bakersfield.com, but if...
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We listen to the scanner all day and offer up some of the more interesting tidbits we hear on our Twitter. Check it out. Here are just a sampling of what's been happening this morning.
Scanner traffic: Man hitting a woman so hard that the woman almost dropped a baby. 15 minutes ago from web...
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Hey breaking news junkies, we’ve got something new for you.
The Breaking News Team is trying out Twitter.
What is Twitter? Well its part social networking, like MySpace. But it’s also like blogging, only one sentence at a time.
For our purposes Twitter is going to let us...
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A report from the Kern County Fire Department:
Subject: Structure Fire at Mountain View Middle School
LAMONT, CA – At approximately 6:20AM on August 17,2008, the Kern County Fire Department received reports of smoke in the area near Mountain View Middle School in Lamont.
Upon...
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Allena Hansen, the hiker who was mauled by a bear on Piute Mountain Road two weeks ago, is now home recovering and has given an interview to ABC News about her ordeal.
Despite warnings of "severe disfigurement" in the article and video, we think she looks great. She's certainly feisty,...
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Synopsis: Assault with a deadly weapon on Smith Street
Details: This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Department. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008
Time: 2:09:56 PM
Details:...
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Synopsis: Officer Involved Shooting Details: This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Department. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Details: On Friday, May 16th, at approximately 5:28 pm, deputies from the Ridgecrest subsation were dispatched to ...
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Thursday, the Breaking News Team posted a press release from the Delano PD alerting the public to a possible gang initiation that would involve the gang members rear ending someone, then shooting the driver.
The media was all over it, as noted in this previous Bakosphere blog.
Lucky for us,...
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Someone has texted in this photo of a T-bone at Oleander and California Avenue. Wonder if the drivers had to take the bus ....
If you see breaking news, shoot a picture with your cell phone or other mobile device and text it to mobile@bakersfield.com with a little bit of information of what is...
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The sump where Zane Newton died Wednesday is one of nearly 340 owned by the city of Bakersfield. And they have to be secured by a 6-foot-tall fence, officials said.
But despite Zane's accident, the city doesn't plan to go inspect all 340 for holes in fences or broken chain locks, according to...
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Someone sent in these photos of a possible arrest going down in East Bakersfield where five Sheriff cars showed up. No other information was given. Way to spot the news!
If you see breaking news happening, take a picture with your cell phone and text it to mobile@bakersfield.com. We'll post it...
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I hate to steal the thunder of my own blog post, but here's some breaking news: East High's boys basketball team just upset Garces 54-53, throwing the Southeast Yosemite League standings into further jumble. East was down by 12 points entering the fourth quarter and trailed by as many as 13 in...
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