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Halloween can be ghoulishly great, as long as everyone is safe
Halloween: ghosts and goblins, witches and warlocks, and, this year especially, Barbies and Kens. And while trick-or-treating is evolving, estimates…
First responders blessed during annual Blue Mass at Christ Cathedral
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange and Christ Cathedral celebrated the annual Blue Mass on Sunday, Oct. 8, a Catholic…
Unsolved and cold-case murders are among the worst police come across. Without a killer caught, without resolution, the loss lingers.…
Lieutenant Ryan Kroeker got a call from Bakersfield Police Department’s Community Relations Department with an unusual request: Would he help someone…
The Westminster Police Department presented two years of awards to the department’s best and brightest during a ceremony on May…
Brent Stratton grew up knowing two things for certain. His dad Bob was a detective at Bakersfield Police Department. And…
In 2006 Ramon Chavez moved to Bakersfield from San Bernardino and wasn’t quite sure what to make of the quiet,…
Tustin Police Officer Glenn Hollingshead is the fourth of his name. But at the Tustin Police Department, he’s the second.…