September 15, 2025 • 21 mins
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- Southbound Wible Road closed between Brundage Lane and Belle Terrace from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Parts of Truxtun Avenue to be closed for 'El Grito' celebration
- Bill to expand oil drilling in Kern County headed to Governor's desk
- Man suspected of killing an 85-year-old woman to appear in court today
- CSUB assistant basketball coach arrested on pimping and pandering charges found in possession of over 600 images of child pornography
- KCSO cracking down on narcotics sales by local street gangs
- Residents of Oildale trailer park say they are being forcefully evicted
- September is Pedestrian Safety Month
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Good morning, Kerrent County. This is the seventeen News at
Sunrise podcast, Your News on Your Schedule, presented by Rodriguez
and associates.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Begin with a traffic alert this morning. A couple road
closures highlight your Monday commute.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
This morning.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Southbound Wible Road will be closed between Brundage Lane and
Bell Terrace from seven this morning till four this afternoon.
Crews are pouring the last bridge column between Wibel and
the ninety nine.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
The city says drivers.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Will have to take real road for a detour, so
you're advice to leave a little bit earlier than usual then. Tonight,
a portion of Truxton Avenue will be closed for the
Algredo celebration starting at five pm. Truxton Avenue will be
closed between Chester Avenue and El Street. Drivers are advised
to use alternate routes during this closure. Algrido guest can
park anywhere downtown and there's no reserved parking.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Us coming from our state capitol this morning with a
major local impact, A bill that would expand drilling in
Kern County is now headed for the Governor's desk. SB
two thirty seven, now backed by Governor Newsom, is expected
to soon become law seventeenth. Jacob Clark spoke with experts
in Sacramento and local officials to understand the bill's impact.
Speaker 5 (01:19):
SB two thirty seven, backed by bipartisan support, what ease
environmental restrictions allowing for more drilling, producing, and refining of
oil right here in Kern County.
Speaker 6 (01:30):
You know, this is all part of an effort to
address affordability and the price of gasoline and fear that
with the potential loss of two of the state's nine
oil refineries, of course, that will have a significant impact
(01:54):
on the price of oil in the state.
Speaker 5 (01:57):
Chris mkelly says this bill will balance the closure of
two two other major California refineries. With Democratic Governor Gavin
Newsom support, this is a major change in strategy from
past oil reducing legislation at the capitol. Locally, Board of
Supervisors chair Laticia Perez says this is one of the
biggest economic and production upgrades the county has ever seen.
Speaker 7 (02:18):
Well, I've been on the Board of Supervisors for thirteen
years and it is absolutely the single most significant moment
of my time involving Kurrent County the current county arena.
But it is quite possibly the biggest moment for Kern
Counties won the recognition by the state and the nation
of how significant we are and who we are and.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
To our ability to get back to work.
Speaker 5 (02:41):
Perez says this bill will not only increase oil production,
but the revenues the county makes from drilling and refining.
Speaker 8 (02:47):
Jobs, jobs, jobs.
Speaker 7 (02:49):
What it means is real money. What it means is
real infrastructure degradation.
Speaker 5 (02:54):
Are roads right.
Speaker 7 (02:55):
Here in Kern County. This is a complete turnaround. This
is opportunity for fee only second back to work.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
However, some environmental groups are pushing back, saying this new
drilling with soil, kurns, air and water quality. Senator Shannon Grove,
a Republican sponsor of this bill, says this is not
the case.
Speaker 9 (03:11):
I'm focused on making sure that we produce the cleanest
oil and gas, and we do this mitigation that we
do in this current county EIR that we have gives us,
like I said, California compliant oil. It is zero net
carbon increase. So whatever we put in the ground to
pull the oil out, there's no increase in our carbon output.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
That was Jacob Clark reporting, a Baker's field man who
is suspected of killing a woman with the same last
name as him, is expected in court later today. Both
the suspect and the victim are in their eighties. The
arrest happened at Tulane Park Place near Stockdale Highway and
Buena Vista Road Thursday morning. Bakersville police, responding to a
call for service, found eighty five year old Emma Yocanda
(04:00):
Wildric dead from a gunshot. Officers arrested eighty three year
old Michael Wildric in connection of the killing. BPD says
he was hospitalized and is currently undergoing a mental evaluation.
He was booked Friday for first degree murder and is
due in court today. Wildric was arrested last March after
a standoff in which he threatened to shoot officers, but
(04:21):
charges were never filed in that.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Case, and the COSOB assistant basketball coach, arrested on suspicion
of pimping and pandering, is now facing more charges this
after authorities found he was in possession of more than
six hundred images of child pornography. That's according to the
DA's office. Last month, Bakersfield police received an anonymous tip
that Mays was collecting money from a woman who was
(04:44):
performing commercial sex work. Detectives eventually found the woman in Sacramento.
She told them she performed sex work and she turned
over her money made to Mays. Officers arrested May's last Thursday.
They then searched his car and home, finding firearms, including
ghost guns. Also in the home were quote large amounts
of marijuana and meth. Mays pleaded not guilty to eleven
(05:06):
charges and he's now on administrative leave from CSUB. Two
felony Additional charges have been filed against Maze in connection
to the illicit images. He's due in court tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
In Your seventeen Crime Watch, Kirk County and federal law
enforcement are cracking down on gangs selling narcotics. The Kirk
County Sheriff's Office, the Bakersfield Police Department, and the Federal
Drug Enforcement Administration have been investigating a local criminal streaking
for over three months, and last week the task force
executed a search warrant at three properties in southeast Bakersfield.
(05:40):
They seized over forty five pounds of meth, twelve pounds
of fenadyl, three pounds of black tar heroin, and three firearms.
Officers arrested Luis Marquez and Reuben Garcia, who are both
felons for their involvement in the sale of narcotics.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Homicide detectives are investigating after a woman was killed in
southwest Bakersfield. Corner's office says sixty eight year old Margaret
Board was assaulted last Tuesday on Camino Media. She was
declared dead at the scene. Authorities have not released any
details on Board the attacker or said if the suspect
is still on the loose.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Tenants of a much troubled trailer park in Oildale are
saying they've been illegally evicted and have nowhere to go.
This after the Superior Mobile Home Park off State Road
was torn down by a mysterious work crew. The park
has been the scene of homicides, arson fires, and shootings
in just the past couple months. Yesterday, a work crew
(06:34):
and mysterious owner were tearing down trailers with bulldozers. A
sign in the front of the park threatens out or
find out. William Clark, a resident of seven months at
the park, says his power was turned off. He needs
a breathing machine after half his nose was cut off
due to cancer treatment.
Speaker 10 (06:52):
I'm not feeding twenty four hours a day right because
I got a lung disease that's killing me.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
There he got months or day's lived, not long.
Speaker 11 (07:00):
Plus I've gone through radiation treatment and everything.
Speaker 6 (07:03):
I hoped to start that, but I couldn't because I'm
bud trying to handle this.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Clark and another resident say they never received eviction notices
and believe being kicked out is illegal.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
We left word with the owner, but have not heard back.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
A worker at the park who did not give his name,
said the opposite of residents, though he said the park
has been condemned and no one should be living there.
He said they were told months in advance that today
is the move out day, but did not identify the owner.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
We will keep you posting on this story as we
learn more details.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
In a newsley around the nation this morning, new details
are emerging about the ideology of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk's
alleged shooter. Meanwhile, in Washington, tributes taking place, including a
vigil Sunday night at the Kennedy Center and some NFL
teams holding moment of silences before games. Both of Your
Mom has more on how security remains on the forefront
of lawmakers' minds and the president's.
Speaker 10 (07:58):
As crowds gather to pay tribute to conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Charges are expected to be filed Tuesday against the alleged shooter,
Twenty two year old Tyler Robinson, says Utah's Governor Spencer Cox.
Speaker 11 (08:12):
He does come from a conservative family, but his ideology
was very different than his family.
Speaker 10 (08:18):
State records show Robinson is not affiliated with the political party,
nor did he vote in the two most recent general elections.
Kirk was critical of transgender people and trans rights, and
Governor Cox says Robinson disliked Kirk and his viewpoints. Part
of the pieces of information gathered during interviews with loved ones,
(08:38):
including the suspect's former roommate who was also his boyfriend.
Speaker 11 (08:42):
A boyfriend who is transitioning from male to female, so
we know that piece. I will say that that person
has been very cooperative.
Speaker 10 (08:49):
But he says that's not the case with the suspect,
who's not cooperating, the governor adding the roommate had no
idea about Robinson's possible plans. Meanwhile, in Washington.
Speaker 12 (09:00):
In trying to calm the nerves.
Speaker 10 (09:02):
The unease around security for members of Congress continues as
some cancel events or move them indoors.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
When Charlie Kirk was shot, I said to somebody immediately
that could be you were me.
Speaker 10 (09:13):
Plans for a massive memorial are underway for this Sunday,
and it's expected to draw thousands, including President Trump.
Speaker 5 (09:20):
We're going to be going to Charlie's I guess you'd
call a funeral.
Speaker 13 (09:24):
There's a small one, I said, can we do.
Speaker 11 (09:27):
The big one?
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Because we're going to give him the Presidential meddle afraid.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Of which is a big deal.
Speaker 8 (09:32):
The movement my husband built will not die.
Speaker 12 (09:36):
It won't.
Speaker 5 (09:37):
I refuse to let that happen.
Speaker 10 (09:39):
Kirk's wife's both publicly for the first time, calling her
husband a martyr and vowing to continue his legacy, which
has gained even more support after his assassination. Kirk's influence
spanned internationally too. Backers of Kirk responded at US embassies
in Europe and Africa, and some world leaders also chimed in,
(10:01):
calling him a friend and inspiration. In Washington, both Do
You Mom and BC News.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Here at Home, a patriotic parade and candle light vigil
has been organized in honor of Charlie Kirk. It's happening
tomorrow night, starting at six, Participants are encouraged to meet
at Chewy's.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
On Rosedale Highway.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
A motor parade will depart for the park at Riverwalk
at six point thirty. The cattle Light vigil and night
of worship begins at the park at seven. For more information,
call the number on the bottom a left hand of
the screen back now with a signature issue here at
seventeen News Pedestrian safety. September is pedestrian Safety Month, and
(10:42):
so far this year, twenty seven have been killed. So
Bakersfield Police have some warnings for drivers. Slow down at intersections,
yield at crosswalks, avoid blocking crosswalks while waiting to make
a right hand turn, put away your phone, and never
drive impaired and pedestrians. Make icon tech with drivers before
crossing the street, and where bright colors at night so
(11:04):
drivers can see you. According to the Governor's Highway Safety Association,
more than seven thousand pedestrians were killed in the US
last year.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
In turning out to another signature issue here at seventeen News,
we call current sober Reality, Local advocates came together to
put a stop to drunken drug driving at the park
at Riverwalk Saturday morning with the annual walk like Matt
and Matt Dash five k. This to put a stop
to the dangerous and deadly drunk driving crashes we report
on nearly every week here in Kern County, a county
(11:34):
that has some of the highest DUI fatalities in the state.
Speaker 14 (11:39):
Impaired driving is a one hundred percent preventable crime, which
means any one of us can make that decision to
not get behind the wheel after drinking alcohol or taking drugs.
So the more we can let people know that there
are other options and that you don't have to do
this and it can be prevented, we will keep on
saying that until there's zero h victims in our community.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
Money raised during the event goes towards DUY checkpoints, local
DUY education programs in our schools, and to directly support
victims of DUY crashes right here in Kern.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Happening next month, a fundraiser aimed at helping local firefighters
and their families in times.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
Of need is making its return.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
We're talking about the second annual Mustache Fest. The annual
event brings together community members and local businesses to ease
financial burdens of firefighters who fallen on tough times this year,
All the proceeds are going to a battalion chief who
was seriously injured in the line of duty. Chief James
ag was hospitalized after the truck he was driving rolled
(12:43):
over while he was fighting the Canyon Fire in Ventura
and Los Angeles Counties last month. Now, local firefighters are
asking for your support to help this firefighter, who was
known as a respected leader in the Kerrent County Fire Department.
Mustache Fest is happening at the Kern County Local Firefighters
Haull Union and Downing Avenues October twenty sixth.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
Tickets are on sale now.
Speaker 15 (13:07):
I'm proud to be part of the Bakershild community, the culture,
the arts, and the music. I'm so glad my parents
taught me to speak Spanish and to honor our heritage
by singing traditional music. As an attorney with Rodriguez and Associates,
I'm proud to work in harmony with our community, helping
(13:29):
others and celebrating what makes us unique at Rodriguez in Associates.
When you need us, We'll be here for you.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
In news around Kern County, jailbed space has been an
issue here for years, and the Bakersfield City Council says
it's boat up. There are open beds, but there aren't
enough jail staff to fill those beds. So as a result,
some criminals get released just a day after they're arrested.
Seventeenth Colnor Door looks into this jailbed issue and files
this report.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
We have become a catch and release law enforcement county.
Speaker 6 (14:00):
Our law enforcement personnel work hard apprehend the repeat offenders
in our community, only to have them back on the
streets the same day.
Speaker 8 (14:07):
City council Member Bob Smith has spearheaded this new city
task force, speaking at the County Board of Supervisors meeting
on Tuesday and making a staff recommendation at City Council
to create it. The jail bed solution isn't easy, says
Sheriff Down, a young blood. The jail in kerrn County
is operated by the Sheriff's Department. It's not a lack
of beds problem in Lardo Jail, it's a shortage of
(14:27):
jail officers.
Speaker 16 (14:29):
Getting qualified applicants to fill those slots has been difficult.
We've been very successful in the last couple of years,
but we still have not gotten caught.
Speaker 8 (14:37):
Up young Blood says jail staffing is only a small
part of a larger issue of funding and the ability
to transfer convicted prisoners to state prisons.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
The jails in.
Speaker 16 (14:46):
California overwhelmed, There's no question about it. We're overwhelmed, and
we're doing the best we can keeping the worst of
the worst in custody.
Speaker 8 (14:53):
The city says that low profile crime suspects arrested by
BPD officers are released within twenty four hours eighty percent
of the time. Bakersfield Police Chief Greg Terry says that
number is discouraging and that when officers make an arrest
for a broken window at a business.
Speaker 13 (15:07):
And before the window can get repaired. At times, there's
been times when the offender is back at the same
location after we've gone investigated made the arrest. That's an
incredibly difficult and discouraging thing for that business owner.
Speaker 8 (15:20):
BPD has a Quality of Life Impact Team officers that
investigate low profile crimes like vandalism and petty theft. The
jail has ten bets dedicated to the Impact Team, but
they average four hundred arrests per month. The city announced
this task force to deal with the lack of jail space,
but it's only in its infantile stages with no direct
plans to deal with the issue.
Speaker 17 (15:41):
So we will be inviting a broad representation of this community,
our community leaders and also community members because we need
to listen to the community to understand the challenges that
they all face and then look also for solutions.
Speaker 8 (15:56):
Connordor seventeen News.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation celebrated its heroes at
the thirty ninth Medal of Valor ceremony, and a local
doctor was honored for helping incarcerated veterans. Friday's event honor
twenty employees from throughout the state for distinguishing themselves with
their bravery and heroism. Among them is doctor Morgan Elias.
She is Kern Valley State Prison's Chief of mental Health.
(16:23):
The CDCR says she created programs and resources that did
not previously exist at the prison in Delano that includes
the Veterans Healing Veterans Peer Mentorship program and expanding access
to critical mental health care for incarcerated veterans.
Speaker 18 (16:39):
Her initiatives connected veterans with community organizations, improved access to
VA benefits, and addressed barriers to re entry through education, housing,
support and specialized treatment.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
Doctor Elias was the only person who received the Distinguished
Service Medal, which is awarded for involvement in specific assignments
that unusually benefits the department.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Welcome back.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
In entertainment news this morning, a couple of first year
TV series One Big at the Emmy Awards Sunday Night,
taking away multiple wins, including Best Drama and Best Comedy.
Mark Barger highlights some of the night's winners, and.
Speaker 12 (17:19):
The Emmy goes to the Studio. TV satire about making
movies made history at the Emmy Awards Sunday Night, Best
Comedy and Best Actor for series co creator Seth Rogan,
among its thirteen wins, cut the most ever for a comedy.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
Thank you very much. I'm legitimately embarrassed by how happy.
Speaker 5 (17:40):
This makes me.
Speaker 12 (17:41):
Honors for Best Drama went to The Pitt That medical
series also earned Noah Wiley Best Actor.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
To anybody who's.
Speaker 12 (17:49):
Going on shift tonight or coming off shift tonight, thank you.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
For being in that job.
Speaker 12 (17:53):
His first Emmy. Wiley's co star Katherine Lanasso won Supporting
Actress honors Oh My Goodness, while Lead Actress went to
Severance's Britt Lauer and her co star Tremuelle Tillman one
Supporting Actor and.
Speaker 7 (18:07):
As my mama would say, ooh, look at God.
Speaker 12 (18:10):
Jeane Smart made it four straight wins as Best Actress
in a Comedy for Hacks.
Speaker 15 (18:15):
Thank you so much, You honor me so much.
Speaker 12 (18:18):
Wiler co star Hannah Einbender won her first Emmy for
Supporting Actress.
Speaker 8 (18:23):
This is also Punk Rock.
Speaker 12 (18:24):
Adolescent scored Best Limited Series and five more honors.
Speaker 14 (18:29):
Stundon is just Wow.
Speaker 12 (18:31):
It was just so surreal, including Supporting Actor for fifteen
year old Owen Cooper.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
Cuck is Ticking and we have a Shield Peacocks.
Speaker 12 (18:39):
The Traders won Best Reality Competition Series, while SNL fifty
took Best Variety Special. The Late Show with Stephen Good
a show on its way out, captured Best Talk Series
for the first time, with its host quoting Prince.
Speaker 11 (18:55):
Stay strong, be brave, and if the elevator tries to
bring you down, go crazy and punch the higher.
Speaker 12 (19:01):
Floor, rising to the occasion on TV's biggest night, Mark
Barker NBC News.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
And among the Knights.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Other winners were Kristin Mulatty Best Actress in a Limited
Series for The Penguin and Jeff Hiller Best Supporting Actor
for the comedy Somebody Somewhere.
Speaker 4 (19:20):
I love the Emmys. I love seeing who all shows out,
I love seeing the fashion, love seeing the red carpet looks.
That's one of my favorite parts. But also so many
first this year, and it's so fun to see these
hardworking actors and actresses get the recognition they deserve for
their hard work that they put in.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
And Stephen Colbert going Out with the Bank Going Out
with the Bank show was canceled. Yeah, So it's just.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
It's cool to see everyone get that recognition, even if
it's I mean, some people think of ward shows are frivolous,
but I think they're so fun.
Speaker 15 (19:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
All right, Well, coming up another story here about the
Fox Theater.
Speaker 4 (19:51):
Yeah, in our entertainment news here at home at the
historic Makersfield, Fox Theater is celebrating it's ninety fifth anniversary
this month, and you're invited. Organizers say the Fox Theater
epitomizes an era of elegance, romance and big screen entertainment,
and it has withstood the test of time. So to
celebrate its history, the Fox is rolling out the red
(20:12):
carpet for a Golden Age gala on September twenty seventh.
The Fox says there'll be live music, valet service, a
hosted bar, and an interactive murder mystery show. You can
get tickets now at Bakersfield Live dot com and you'll
see Anthony and I there. In some exciting news from
the California Living Museum, It's Expanding. Coll just announced a
(20:33):
twenty year master plan to expand wildlife habitats and elevate
their educational programs. The local zoo says it welcomes more
than one hundred thousand guests annually and an additional sixty
five thousand people attend their popular holiday life display, which
begins in November.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
Send them in the Bear getting a new habitat?
Speaker 2 (20:50):
Maybe Oh, I don't know, God, I love Sinnam in
the Bear.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
That's your guys like that.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
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Good morning, Kerrent County. This is the seventeen News at
Sunrise podcast, Your News on Your Schedule, presented by Rodriguez
and associates.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Begin with a traffic alert this morning. A couple road
closures highlight your Monday commute.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
This morning.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Southbound Wible Road will be closed between Brundage Lane and
Bell Terrace from seven this morning till four this afternoon.
Crews are pouring the last bridge column between Wibel and
the ninety nine.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
The city says drivers.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Will have to take real road for a detour, so
you're advice to leave a little bit earlier than usual then. Tonight,
a portion of Truxton Avenue will be closed for the
Algredo celebration starting at five pm. Truxton Avenue will be
closed between Chester Avenue and El Street. Drivers are advised
to use alternate routes during this closure. Algrido guest can
park anywhere downtown and there's no reserved parking.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Us coming from our state capitol this morning with a
major local impact, A bill that would expand drilling in
Kern County is now headed for the Governor's desk. SB
two thirty seven, now backed by Governor Newsom, is expected
to soon become law seventeenth. Jacob Clark spoke with experts
in Sacramento and local officials to understand the bill's impact.
Speaker 5 (01:19):
SB two thirty seven, backed by bipartisan support, what ease
environmental restrictions allowing for more drilling, producing, and refining of
oil right here in Kern County.
Speaker 6 (01:30):
You know, this is all part of an effort to
address affordability and the price of gasoline and fear that
with the potential loss of two of the state's nine
oil refineries, of course, that will have a significant impact
(01:54):
on the price of oil in the state.
Speaker 5 (01:57):
Chris mkelly says this bill will balance the closure of
two two other major California refineries. With Democratic Governor Gavin
Newsom support, this is a major change in strategy from
past oil reducing legislation at the capitol. Locally, Board of
Supervisors chair Laticia Perez says this is one of the
biggest economic and production upgrades the county has ever seen.
Speaker 7 (02:18):
Well, I've been on the Board of Supervisors for thirteen
years and it is absolutely the single most significant moment
of my time involving Kurrent County the current county arena.
But it is quite possibly the biggest moment for Kern
Counties won the recognition by the state and the nation
of how significant we are and who we are and.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
To our ability to get back to work.
Speaker 5 (02:41):
Perez says this bill will not only increase oil production,
but the revenues the county makes from drilling and refining.
Speaker 8 (02:47):
Jobs, jobs, jobs.
Speaker 7 (02:49):
What it means is real money. What it means is
real infrastructure degradation.
Speaker 5 (02:54):
Are roads right.
Speaker 7 (02:55):
Here in Kern County. This is a complete turnaround. This
is opportunity for fee only second back to work.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
However, some environmental groups are pushing back, saying this new
drilling with soil, kurns, air and water quality. Senator Shannon Grove,
a Republican sponsor of this bill, says this is not
the case.
Speaker 9 (03:11):
I'm focused on making sure that we produce the cleanest
oil and gas, and we do this mitigation that we
do in this current county EIR that we have gives us,
like I said, California compliant oil. It is zero net
carbon increase. So whatever we put in the ground to
pull the oil out, there's no increase in our carbon output.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
That was Jacob Clark reporting, a Baker's field man who
is suspected of killing a woman with the same last
name as him, is expected in court later today. Both
the suspect and the victim are in their eighties. The
arrest happened at Tulane Park Place near Stockdale Highway and
Buena Vista Road Thursday morning. Bakersville police, responding to a
call for service, found eighty five year old Emma Yocanda
(04:00):
Wildric dead from a gunshot. Officers arrested eighty three year
old Michael Wildric in connection of the killing. BPD says
he was hospitalized and is currently undergoing a mental evaluation.
He was booked Friday for first degree murder and is
due in court today. Wildric was arrested last March after
a standoff in which he threatened to shoot officers, but
(04:21):
charges were never filed in that.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Case, and the COSOB assistant basketball coach, arrested on suspicion
of pimping and pandering, is now facing more charges this
after authorities found he was in possession of more than
six hundred images of child pornography. That's according to the
DA's office. Last month, Bakersfield police received an anonymous tip
that Mays was collecting money from a woman who was
(04:44):
performing commercial sex work. Detectives eventually found the woman in Sacramento.
She told them she performed sex work and she turned
over her money made to Mays. Officers arrested May's last Thursday.
They then searched his car and home, finding firearms, including
ghost guns. Also in the home were quote large amounts
of marijuana and meth. Mays pleaded not guilty to eleven
(05:06):
charges and he's now on administrative leave from CSUB. Two
felony Additional charges have been filed against Maze in connection
to the illicit images. He's due in court tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
In Your seventeen Crime Watch, Kirk County and federal law
enforcement are cracking down on gangs selling narcotics. The Kirk
County Sheriff's Office, the Bakersfield Police Department, and the Federal
Drug Enforcement Administration have been investigating a local criminal streaking
for over three months, and last week the task force
executed a search warrant at three properties in southeast Bakersfield.
(05:40):
They seized over forty five pounds of meth, twelve pounds
of fenadyl, three pounds of black tar heroin, and three firearms.
Officers arrested Luis Marquez and Reuben Garcia, who are both
felons for their involvement in the sale of narcotics.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Homicide detectives are investigating after a woman was killed in
southwest Bakersfield. Corner's office says sixty eight year old Margaret
Board was assaulted last Tuesday on Camino Media. She was
declared dead at the scene. Authorities have not released any
details on Board the attacker or said if the suspect
is still on the loose.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Tenants of a much troubled trailer park in Oildale are
saying they've been illegally evicted and have nowhere to go.
This after the Superior Mobile Home Park off State Road
was torn down by a mysterious work crew. The park
has been the scene of homicides, arson fires, and shootings
in just the past couple months. Yesterday, a work crew
(06:34):
and mysterious owner were tearing down trailers with bulldozers. A
sign in the front of the park threatens out or
find out. William Clark, a resident of seven months at
the park, says his power was turned off. He needs
a breathing machine after half his nose was cut off
due to cancer treatment.
Speaker 10 (06:52):
I'm not feeding twenty four hours a day right because
I got a lung disease that's killing me.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
There he got months or day's lived, not long.
Speaker 11 (07:00):
Plus I've gone through radiation treatment and everything.
Speaker 6 (07:03):
I hoped to start that, but I couldn't because I'm
bud trying to handle this.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Clark and another resident say they never received eviction notices
and believe being kicked out is illegal.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
We left word with the owner, but have not heard back.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
A worker at the park who did not give his name,
said the opposite of residents, though he said the park
has been condemned and no one should be living there.
He said they were told months in advance that today
is the move out day, but did not identify the owner.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
We will keep you posting on this story as we
learn more details.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
In a newsley around the nation this morning, new details
are emerging about the ideology of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk's
alleged shooter. Meanwhile, in Washington, tributes taking place, including a
vigil Sunday night at the Kennedy Center and some NFL
teams holding moment of silences before games. Both of Your
Mom has more on how security remains on the forefront
of lawmakers' minds and the president's.
Speaker 10 (07:58):
As crowds gather to pay tribute to conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Charges are expected to be filed Tuesday against the alleged shooter,
Twenty two year old Tyler Robinson, says Utah's Governor Spencer Cox.
Speaker 11 (08:12):
He does come from a conservative family, but his ideology
was very different than his family.
Speaker 10 (08:18):
State records show Robinson is not affiliated with the political party,
nor did he vote in the two most recent general elections.
Kirk was critical of transgender people and trans rights, and
Governor Cox says Robinson disliked Kirk and his viewpoints. Part
of the pieces of information gathered during interviews with loved ones,
(08:38):
including the suspect's former roommate who was also his boyfriend.
Speaker 11 (08:42):
A boyfriend who is transitioning from male to female, so
we know that piece. I will say that that person
has been very cooperative.
Speaker 10 (08:49):
But he says that's not the case with the suspect,
who's not cooperating, the governor adding the roommate had no
idea about Robinson's possible plans. Meanwhile, in Washington.
Speaker 12 (09:00):
In trying to calm the nerves.
Speaker 10 (09:02):
The unease around security for members of Congress continues as
some cancel events or move them indoors.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
When Charlie Kirk was shot, I said to somebody immediately
that could be you were me.
Speaker 10 (09:13):
Plans for a massive memorial are underway for this Sunday,
and it's expected to draw thousands, including President Trump.
Speaker 5 (09:20):
We're going to be going to Charlie's I guess you'd
call a funeral.
Speaker 13 (09:24):
There's a small one, I said, can we do.
Speaker 11 (09:27):
The big one?
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Because we're going to give him the Presidential meddle afraid.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Of which is a big deal.
Speaker 8 (09:32):
The movement my husband built will not die.
Speaker 12 (09:36):
It won't.
Speaker 5 (09:37):
I refuse to let that happen.
Speaker 10 (09:39):
Kirk's wife's both publicly for the first time, calling her
husband a martyr and vowing to continue his legacy, which
has gained even more support after his assassination. Kirk's influence
spanned internationally too. Backers of Kirk responded at US embassies
in Europe and Africa, and some world leaders also chimed in,
(10:01):
calling him a friend and inspiration. In Washington, both Do
You Mom and BC News.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Here at Home, a patriotic parade and candle light vigil
has been organized in honor of Charlie Kirk. It's happening
tomorrow night, starting at six, Participants are encouraged to meet
at Chewy's.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
On Rosedale Highway.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
A motor parade will depart for the park at Riverwalk
at six point thirty. The cattle Light vigil and night
of worship begins at the park at seven. For more information,
call the number on the bottom a left hand of
the screen back now with a signature issue here at
seventeen News Pedestrian safety. September is pedestrian Safety Month, and
(10:42):
so far this year, twenty seven have been killed. So
Bakersfield Police have some warnings for drivers. Slow down at intersections,
yield at crosswalks, avoid blocking crosswalks while waiting to make
a right hand turn, put away your phone, and never
drive impaired and pedestrians. Make icon tech with drivers before
crossing the street, and where bright colors at night so
(11:04):
drivers can see you. According to the Governor's Highway Safety Association,
more than seven thousand pedestrians were killed in the US
last year.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
In turning out to another signature issue here at seventeen News,
we call current sober Reality, Local advocates came together to
put a stop to drunken drug driving at the park
at Riverwalk Saturday morning with the annual walk like Matt
and Matt Dash five k. This to put a stop
to the dangerous and deadly drunk driving crashes we report
on nearly every week here in Kern County, a county
(11:34):
that has some of the highest DUI fatalities in the state.
Speaker 14 (11:39):
Impaired driving is a one hundred percent preventable crime, which
means any one of us can make that decision to
not get behind the wheel after drinking alcohol or taking drugs.
So the more we can let people know that there
are other options and that you don't have to do
this and it can be prevented, we will keep on
saying that until there's zero h victims in our community.
Speaker 4 (12:03):
Money raised during the event goes towards DUY checkpoints, local
DUY education programs in our schools, and to directly support
victims of DUY crashes right here in Kern.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Happening next month, a fundraiser aimed at helping local firefighters
and their families in times.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
Of need is making its return.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
We're talking about the second annual Mustache Fest. The annual
event brings together community members and local businesses to ease
financial burdens of firefighters who fallen on tough times this year,
All the proceeds are going to a battalion chief who
was seriously injured in the line of duty. Chief James
ag was hospitalized after the truck he was driving rolled
(12:43):
over while he was fighting the Canyon Fire in Ventura
and Los Angeles Counties last month. Now, local firefighters are
asking for your support to help this firefighter, who was
known as a respected leader in the Kerrent County Fire Department.
Mustache Fest is happening at the Kern County Local Firefighters
Haull Union and Downing Avenues October twenty sixth.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
Tickets are on sale now.
Speaker 15 (13:07):
I'm proud to be part of the Bakershild community, the culture,
the arts, and the music. I'm so glad my parents
taught me to speak Spanish and to honor our heritage
by singing traditional music. As an attorney with Rodriguez and Associates,
I'm proud to work in harmony with our community, helping
(13:29):
others and celebrating what makes us unique at Rodriguez in Associates.
When you need us, We'll be here for you.
Speaker 4 (13:37):
In news around Kern County, jailbed space has been an
issue here for years, and the Bakersfield City Council says
it's boat up. There are open beds, but there aren't
enough jail staff to fill those beds. So as a result,
some criminals get released just a day after they're arrested.
Seventeenth Colnor Door looks into this jailbed issue and files
this report.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
We have become a catch and release law enforcement county.
Speaker 6 (14:00):
Our law enforcement personnel work hard apprehend the repeat offenders
in our community, only to have them back on the
streets the same day.
Speaker 8 (14:07):
City council Member Bob Smith has spearheaded this new city
task force, speaking at the County Board of Supervisors meeting
on Tuesday and making a staff recommendation at City Council
to create it. The jail bed solution isn't easy, says
Sheriff Down, a young blood. The jail in kerrn County
is operated by the Sheriff's Department. It's not a lack
of beds problem in Lardo Jail, it's a shortage of
(14:27):
jail officers.
Speaker 16 (14:29):
Getting qualified applicants to fill those slots has been difficult.
We've been very successful in the last couple of years,
but we still have not gotten caught.
Speaker 8 (14:37):
Up young Blood says jail staffing is only a small
part of a larger issue of funding and the ability
to transfer convicted prisoners to state prisons.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
The jails in.
Speaker 16 (14:46):
California overwhelmed, There's no question about it. We're overwhelmed, and
we're doing the best we can keeping the worst of
the worst in custody.
Speaker 8 (14:53):
The city says that low profile crime suspects arrested by
BPD officers are released within twenty four hours eighty percent
of the time. Bakersfield Police Chief Greg Terry says that
number is discouraging and that when officers make an arrest
for a broken window at a business.
Speaker 13 (15:07):
And before the window can get repaired. At times, there's
been times when the offender is back at the same
location after we've gone investigated made the arrest. That's an
incredibly difficult and discouraging thing for that business owner.
Speaker 8 (15:20):
BPD has a Quality of Life Impact Team officers that
investigate low profile crimes like vandalism and petty theft. The
jail has ten bets dedicated to the Impact Team, but
they average four hundred arrests per month. The city announced
this task force to deal with the lack of jail space,
but it's only in its infantile stages with no direct
plans to deal with the issue.
Speaker 17 (15:41):
So we will be inviting a broad representation of this community,
our community leaders and also community members because we need
to listen to the community to understand the challenges that
they all face and then look also for solutions.
Speaker 8 (15:56):
Connordor seventeen News.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation celebrated its heroes at
the thirty ninth Medal of Valor ceremony, and a local
doctor was honored for helping incarcerated veterans. Friday's event honor
twenty employees from throughout the state for distinguishing themselves with
their bravery and heroism. Among them is doctor Morgan Elias.
She is Kern Valley State Prison's Chief of mental Health.
(16:23):
The CDCR says she created programs and resources that did
not previously exist at the prison in Delano that includes
the Veterans Healing Veterans Peer Mentorship program and expanding access
to critical mental health care for incarcerated veterans.
Speaker 18 (16:39):
Her initiatives connected veterans with community organizations, improved access to
VA benefits, and addressed barriers to re entry through education, housing,
support and specialized treatment.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
Doctor Elias was the only person who received the Distinguished
Service Medal, which is awarded for involvement in specific assignments
that unusually benefits the department.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Welcome back.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
In entertainment news this morning, a couple of first year
TV series One Big at the Emmy Awards Sunday Night,
taking away multiple wins, including Best Drama and Best Comedy.
Mark Barger highlights some of the night's winners, and.
Speaker 12 (17:19):
The Emmy goes to the Studio. TV satire about making
movies made history at the Emmy Awards Sunday Night, Best
Comedy and Best Actor for series co creator Seth Rogan,
among its thirteen wins, cut the most ever for a comedy.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
Thank you very much. I'm legitimately embarrassed by how happy.
Speaker 5 (17:40):
This makes me.
Speaker 12 (17:41):
Honors for Best Drama went to The Pitt That medical
series also earned Noah Wiley Best Actor.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
To anybody who's.
Speaker 12 (17:49):
Going on shift tonight or coming off shift tonight, thank you.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
For being in that job.
Speaker 12 (17:53):
His first Emmy. Wiley's co star Katherine Lanasso won Supporting
Actress honors Oh My Goodness, while Lead Actress went to
Severance's Britt Lauer and her co star Tremuelle Tillman one
Supporting Actor and.
Speaker 7 (18:07):
As my mama would say, ooh, look at God.
Speaker 12 (18:10):
Jeane Smart made it four straight wins as Best Actress
in a Comedy for Hacks.
Speaker 15 (18:15):
Thank you so much, You honor me so much.
Speaker 12 (18:18):
Wiler co star Hannah Einbender won her first Emmy for
Supporting Actress.
Speaker 8 (18:23):
This is also Punk Rock.
Speaker 12 (18:24):
Adolescent scored Best Limited Series and five more honors.
Speaker 14 (18:29):
Stundon is just Wow.
Speaker 12 (18:31):
It was just so surreal, including Supporting Actor for fifteen
year old Owen Cooper.
Speaker 3 (18:36):
Cuck is Ticking and we have a Shield Peacocks.
Speaker 12 (18:39):
The Traders won Best Reality Competition Series, while SNL fifty
took Best Variety Special. The Late Show with Stephen Good
a show on its way out, captured Best Talk Series
for the first time, with its host quoting Prince.
Speaker 11 (18:55):
Stay strong, be brave, and if the elevator tries to
bring you down, go crazy and punch the higher.
Speaker 12 (19:01):
Floor, rising to the occasion on TV's biggest night, Mark
Barker NBC News.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
And among the Knights.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Other winners were Kristin Mulatty Best Actress in a Limited
Series for The Penguin and Jeff Hiller Best Supporting Actor
for the comedy Somebody Somewhere.
Speaker 4 (19:20):
I love the Emmys. I love seeing who all shows out,
I love seeing the fashion, love seeing the red carpet looks.
That's one of my favorite parts. But also so many
first this year, and it's so fun to see these
hardworking actors and actresses get the recognition they deserve for
their hard work that they put in.
Speaker 3 (19:35):
And Stephen Colbert going Out with the Bank Going Out
with the Bank show was canceled. Yeah, So it's just.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
It's cool to see everyone get that recognition, even if
it's I mean, some people think of ward shows are frivolous,
but I think they're so fun.
Speaker 15 (19:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
All right, Well, coming up another story here about the
Fox Theater.
Speaker 4 (19:51):
Yeah, in our entertainment news here at home at the
historic Makersfield, Fox Theater is celebrating it's ninety fifth anniversary
this month, and you're invited. Organizers say the Fox Theater
epitomizes an era of elegance, romance and big screen entertainment,
and it has withstood the test of time. So to
celebrate its history, the Fox is rolling out the red
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carpet for a Golden Age gala on September twenty seventh.
The Fox says there'll be live music, valet service, a
hosted bar, and an interactive murder mystery show. You can
get tickets now at Bakersfield Live dot com and you'll
see Anthony and I there. In some exciting news from
the California Living Museum, It's Expanding. Coll just announced a
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twenty year master plan to expand wildlife habitats and elevate
their educational programs. The local zoo says it welcomes more
than one hundred thousand guests annually and an additional sixty
five thousand people attend their popular holiday life display, which
begins in November.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
Send them in the Bear getting a new habitat?
Speaker 2 (20:50):
Maybe Oh, I don't know, God, I love Sinnam in
the Bear.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
That's your guys like that.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
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