An Amtrak train crashed into a tractor-trailer in northern California on Friday evening, causing minor injuries to some passengers, authorities said.
In the midst of the recent debt-ceiling impasse in Congress, I wanted nothing more than to put the smartest 20-something legislative assistants together in a room and ask them to resolve it.
Richard Chavez, who dedicated more than three decades to the the farm worker movement, died Wednesday of complications from surgery in Bakersfield, California, the United Farm Workers union announced. He was 81.
Auto theft in the United States dropped to its lowest levels since 1967 last year, according to a new report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
Seventy-five metro areas will struggle with double-digit unemployment through the end of the year, according to a U.S. Conference of Mayors report released Monday.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has placed his movie comeback on hold "until further notice" to focus "on personal matters," the lawyer for the former California governor said Thursday.
A puppy that was euthanatized and declared dead survives and gets a new home.
Here is a quick glimpse of some of this week's quirky stories that you may have missed, courtesy of our CNN affiliates.
Phil Angelides says he just doesn't get how Wall Street executives say they never saw the financial crisis coming.
The decomposed body of a California doctor was found lodged in her boyfriend's chimney, several days after she had apparently attempted to get inside his home, police said.
Police in California say they do not suspect foul play in the case of a woman found dead inside a chimney. KBAK reports.
It's late May on the campus of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Mott Gym is packed. This is a welcome sight for Lennis Cowell and John Azevedo, who fondly remember the halcyon days when wrestling drew more than 2,000 fans -- four times today's average -- to dual meets against Cal State Bakersfield, the California coast school's rival.
Why would a gay politician vote against gay rights?
California Republican State Sen. Roy Ashburn says publicly that he is gay. KCRA reports.
The substance that spurred an evacuation at a California airport Tuesday was simply honey, the Kern County Sheriff's Department said.
When Vincent Barrett died alone in July at age 72, the coroner's office could not find any next of kin.
Photojournalist Tim Hart takes us to the funeral of military veterans who got a proper burial thanks to diligent citizens.
The nation's tally of 2009 bank casualties hit 99 Friday night when state regulators closed San Joaquin Bank, based in Bakersfield, Calif. This was the tenth bank to fail in that state.
Margaret Delfino donated her 200th pint of blood last week, bringing her total to to more than 25 gallons.
Foreclosures in April exceeded even March's blistering pace with a record 342,000 homes receiving notices of default, auction notices or undergoing bank repossessions, according to a regular industry report.
The nation's air has gotten marginally better over the past 10 years, according to an annual report released Wednesday, but many cities still suffer from severe pollution problems.
Was your idea of a romantic evening watching My Bloody Valentine 3-D? You weren't alone: The film, released in mid-January, has raked in box office receipts of $50 million, thanks in part to eerily realistic special effects. (That coal miner's pick really does look as if it's heading straight for your face.)
The foreclosure picture suddenly darkened again in February.
Pastor killed
updated: Mon Mar 09 2009 14:10:00
A beloved preacher is shot to death during church services in Maryville, Illinois. KSDK's Leisa Zigman reports
Churches can stop a shooter or anyone else intent on harming church members with the proper security measures in place, an expert on protecting places of worship said Monday.
The "Okie From Muskogee" singer is at home recovering from a cancer operation
Lori Davis remembers a time when the doors were always open at her church -- and not guarded.
Chan Hoe Yip booked rooms in Bakersfield, California, and Williams, Arizona, through the Days Inn Web site. Then again, maybe he didn't. The reservation ends up being two nights in Bakersfield and none in Williams, and now Yip is being told there's no refund for the extra night. Is Yip the victim of a bad Web site?
Seven people, including an American, were hurt Thursday during the fourth day of the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, medical authorities told the Pamplona Press Association.
Erik Prowell shows us in an iReport what's it's like to run with the bulls in Pamplona.
After being pummeled by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans is showing signs of recovery - ranking as the fastest-growing large city in the nation, according to a government report released Thursday.
Thousands of residents north of Sacramento have been told to flee after erratic winds blew embers across wildfire containment lines
No new major fires had broken out as fire crews inched closer to getting some of the largest of 1,420 blazes surrounded, according to the state Office of Emergency Services
St. Louis was once the site of a World's Fair and the fourth largest city in America. Now it may even lose its brewery
With home prices plunging by more than 30% in some markets, bargain-hunters are ready to pounce.
Standing in a field of organic tomatoes, farmer Pete Belluomini says the ground-cracking drought and unrelenting insects make it difficult enough to make a living on the land.
Stealing fuelupdated: Fri Jun 06 2008 07:11:00
Thieves are stealing thousands of gallons of fuel from California farmers. Chris Lawrence reports.
When Mike Piazza announced his retirement from baseball on Tuesday, there were no tears shed on camera. There were no reporters or exploding flash bulbs. There was no backdrop featuring a Mets logo, nor a general manager offering a heartfelt introduction.
CINCINNATI -- Edinson Volquez wanted to quit. When the Texas Rangers staff pulled him aside that March 2007 day in spring training and told him that he -- the former No. 1 ranked prospect in the organization, possessor of a gilded changeup, a 98-mph fastball, and all of 14 major league starts -- would find himself not just in the minors, but three levels and 1,400 miles away from Arlington in Single A Bakersfield.
Patricia Arquette's husband is busted in Kern County, Calif.
The risk of foreclosure is on a rapid rise nationally and, with a possible recession at hand, this spike in mortgage-defaults could last for years.
Jackknifed tractor-trailers Thursday blocked a stretch of Interstate 5 in Southern California, stranding at least 300 people on a snowy mountain pass, the California Highway Patrol said.
Gavin Simcoe hadn't planned on nearly killing himself. He was just with a couple of buddies that night of September 25. But street racing came up. There was trash talking about whose car was faster.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a new workplace rule today, imposing penalties on employers who knowingly hire those who cannot legally work in the U.S.
Please, take me with you to New York. -- Randy, Milwaukee, Wi.
A third person died Friday from an explosion at a rocket test pad operated by a private company in California's southern Mojave Desert, according to the nursing supervisor at Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield.
You would hide your head in shame too if you were the only player in the tournament without an endorsement logo. -- Michael, Baltimore
Grocery workers in Southern California and three major supermarket chains reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, both parties said on Tuesday, ending fears that had loomed for months of a possible strike or lockout.
Well, football has mascots, basketball has mascots, baseball has mascots. Why can't cycling? -- Anthony, Bel Air, Md.
Tom Sizemore surrendered to a Los Angeles court Tuesday on an arrest warrant for allegedly violating probation.
Coincidence met irony Sunday evening at Lowe's Motor Speedway when Casey Mears drove to a much-needed victory in the Coca-Cola 600.
Los Angeles ranks as the smoggiest city in the United States, according to an annual report card released Tuesday by the American Lung Association. It leads the nation in all three major air pollution categories, short-term particle pollution, year-round particle pollution and ozone pollution.
Question: My husband and I are retiring in 10 years, but haven't set up any retirement accounts. We need some advice on what we can do in such a short time. Any suggestions? - Debra, Bakersfield, Calif.
Business 2.0: Where Not to Buyupdated: Tue Feb 13 2007 11:24:00
Now that we've pointed out which markets are poised for a bull run in the next cycle, we'd be remiss if we didn't also offer some guidance on which locales look the most vulnerable right now. So we...
If you want to quit young and enjoy an extra-long retirement, you've got some work to do now.
These 10 overvalued cities have run their course and home prices are expected to drop in 2007, reports Business 2.0 Magazine in its November 2006 issue.
Business 2.0: Where not to buyupdated: Tue Oct 24 2006 18:07:00
Now that we've pointed out which markets are poised for a bull run in the next cycle, we'd be remiss if we didn't also offer some guidance on which locales look the most vulnerable right now.
An employee at Adobe Systems e-mailed Randy Knox III in April, wondering if the individual coffee creamers in company break rooms were more wasteful than one big container. For Knox, Adobe's direct...
Berry Petroleum ranks no. 59 on Fortune's 2006 list of the 100 Fastest-Growing Companies. The Bakersfield, California-based company saw profits rise at a rate of 65% and revenues grow 45% with a stock return of 57% on average annually over the past three years. The company ranked 97 on the 2005 list.
As signs mount of a slowing real estate market, the "vultures" are beginning to circle. But home prices may still have to fall further to create the bargains they crave.
The final frontier has been mapped out, and it's almost time to open the business district. In the next 15 years, we could see zero-G R&D labs for Big Pharma and tech companies, solar-power satelli...
Forty-nine people have been indicted in a scam to pocket Red Cross hurricane relief funds and more indictments are expected, according to Justice Department officials.
Nine Californians have been charged with fraud for allegedly participating in a scheme to pocket Red Cross hurricane relief funds from a call center in Bakersfield, Justice Department officials announced Tuesday.
The Federal Trade Commission has concluded Royal Dutch/Shell Group ( RD, SC) wasn't trying to drive up California gasoline prices by closing a refinery in Bakersfield, Calif.
FSB: High on the Hogsupdated: Sun May 01 2005 00:01:00
It may seem odd that to hunt pigs I would travel from my home in Iowa, where pigs out-number people, to Southern California, where people outnumber almost everything. It certainly feels strange to ...
Bill Thomas, 63, has unhorsed more than a few people in his 27 years in Congress.
American missionary Carrie McDonnall was recovering Tuesday at a hospital in Dallas, Texas, from wounds suffered during an attack last week in northern Iraq that left her husband and three other colleagues dead.
Q My wife left her job with Inland Crop Dusters of Bakersfield, Calif. in February 1993. She wanted to roll over her 401(k) into an Individual Retirement Account, but we weren't able to shake the m...
Fortune: COMPANIES TO WATCHupdated: Mon May 20 1991 00:01:00
OREGON STEEL MILLS --If you're building a natural-gas pipeline anywhere west of the Mississippi, you already know Oregon Steel. The Portland company is the region's only maker of large-diameter pip...
Like last night's champagne, investment real estate under tax reform could turn out to be more headache than fizz for investors Gary Knerr, Donna Leadbetter and Bob Moon. The threesome appeared on ...
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