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Column: Violent crime is spiking in Trump's California. These counties blame everyone but themselves
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSome fault criminal justice reform for increasing rates of violent crime. But homicides in...
Policy, poverty compound the problem: Kern officials discuss why county claims top homicide rate for...
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 28—A Kern County sheriff's deputy. Two girls, a 10-year-old and a 12-year-old. A 78-year-old woman. These people are just a few of the victims of local homicides in 2021, Kern County's ...
Family Justice Center opening in Lamont helps rural, underserved populations
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 8—Escaping violent crime is one hurdle — but some victims encounter social stigmas, few resources and language barriers that cloud paths to evading their circumstances. That's why Kern ...
McCarthy Blames Crime on Dems While It Rages in His GOP-Led Hometown
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyHours before the House Jan. 6 committee...
Tech consultant charged in S.F. murder knew Cash App founder, but motive unclear
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKhazar Elyassnia, left, visits the Hall of Justice in San Francisco before her brother's hearing...
Kern County announces new chief administrative officer
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJun. 20—The search for Kern's new chief administrative officer did not last long. James Zervis, Kern's current chief operations officer, was named Tuesday as the county's next chief administrative ...
A history of violence: Street gangs, cartels strong in Tulare County
Visalia Times-Delta | Tulare Advance Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA small memorial of candles and flowers sit under a portion of yellow crime scene tape circling the...
Our View: The public deserves answers about Scrivner
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoTwenty days have passed since Kern County sheriff’s deputies responded to a violent altercation at Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner’s Tehachapi home and there still are more questions than ...
LA County murderer accrues 3 additional life sentences in Kern, causes outburst in court
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 13—Already serving a life term for murder, Joseph Orta expressed his emotions strongly once a Kern County Superior Court judge began sentencing him again to additional decades in prison ...
Thousand Oaks man gets 19 years in online sex case involving minors
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA Thousand Oaks man has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for violent sex crimes against two...