Discoveries: Cesar Chavez National Monument
KEENE – A dozen teenage boys, nearly all Latino, spent the better part of a recent morning in a darkened room here at the Cesar Chavez National Monument, watching a film starring a man who...
View ArticleFreeze Warning: How to protect your pets and plants
A freeze warning is in effect until Tuesday morning for parts of Kern County. Forecasters are predicting below freezing temperatures in the outlying parts of the county, including Shafter, Delano,...
View ArticleSales taxes rise in New Year
In Tehachapi and most of Kern County the new rate will rise to 7.5 percent with the exceptions of Ridgecrest, Arvin and Delano, which will pay a sales tax of 8.25 percent.
View ArticleRescuers searching for possible downed helicopter near Delano
Sheriff's deputies and county firefighters were searching for the wreckage of an aircraft, possibly a helicopter, that went down between McFarland and Delano Wednesday morning.
View ArticleWoman pilot dies in helicopter crash near Delano
The pilot was the only person in the helicopter when it went down in dense fog about 6:15 a.m. The crash site was found about at 9:50 a.m. a half-mile west of Famoso Porterville Highway at Spangler...
View ArticlePilot dies after helicopter crash southeast of Delano
Authorities found the helicopter just after 9:00 a.m. Wednesday in a vineyard. It's about a quarter of a mile in from the a Sheriff's vehicle.
View ArticleHelicopter wreckage found in Calif., pilot dead
Sheriff's officials have located the wreckage of a helicopter that disappeared in Central California while trying to keep crops from freezing, and they say the female pilot is dead.
View ArticleCamarillo aviator Karen Johnson died doing what she loved
Contributed photo/Steve Stafford Karen Johnson , a helicopter and fixed-wing pilot from Camarillo, with friend Steve Stafford in front of Stafford's helicopter after landing on a high rise in downtown...
View ArticleBerries, grapes look brisk for winter
Nothing like a week-and-a-half off to take your mind off work ... except when you cover an industry that plays such a big role in everyday life, working and non-working. Because of holiday scheduling...
View ArticleBakersfield Police looking for missing 13-year-old girl
The following is a news release from the Bakersfield Police Department: The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community's assistance in locating a missing juvenile, considered at risk due...
View ArticleChilean varieties stable
John Pandol, special projects manager for Pandol Bros. Inc., Delano, Calif., expects a varietal mix out of Chile that's similar to last season's. "Introduction of new varieties has been slower in Chile...
View ArticleMarkets climb on short supplies, cramping January promotions
The slow start to the Chilean grape season is being felt in the marketplace, importers and officials said.
View ArticleOne dead, two injured in area collisions
A collision on Highway 190 at Road 168 left one person dead and another injured, while a solo vehicle collision south of Porterville left a 24-year-old Delano resident with moderate injuries this weekend.
View ArticleFour juveniles arrested in connection with burglary in Delano
Tulare County Sheriff's deputies responded to the area of Wheatland Road and Francis Drive in Richgrove on Monday regarding people unloading a white vehicle with items.
View ArticleSouth Valley home invasion
The family was just getting ready to start their day when they came face to face with the robbers.
View Article5 pounds of meth found during search
On Friday, Feb. 15, the Kern County Sheriff's Office Major Violator Unit served a search warrant at a house on Girard Street in Delano after learning that the residents were suspected of drug trafficking.
View ArticleBig meth stash found in home near Delano
About $455,000 worth of methamphetamine was found Thursday in a house just north of Delano, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said.
View ArticleSheriff's Department seizes about $455K worth of meth near Delano
The Sheriff's Department said that it had been investigating sales and transportation of meth for about a week in an unincorporated area of Tulare County north of Delano.
View ArticleTulare County Deputies Seize $500k Worth of Meth
The 500 block of Road 152 is quiet. It's just north of Delano in Tulare County. People in the area didn't want to talk on camera, and many had no idea a drug bust went down recently.
View ArticleChilean grape volumes lag
Shipments moderate - Movement expected about the same. Trading fairly slow. Prices generally unchanged.
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