September 25, 2025 • 24 mins
Today's top stories:
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- Man dead after collision on Hageman Road early Thursday morning
- CHP holds Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operation in Oildale Wednesday morning .
- Alleged escaped inmate appears in court, faces charges with accomplice
- Taft man accused of killing estranged wife's boyfriend admits to commiting the crime
- Jail bed task force to help eliminate problem of limited prison beds
- Jamison center collects over 40 boxes of children's clothes, hygiene in clothing drive at Compassion Corner Wednesday
- 2 killed in Dallas ICE facility shooting Wednesday
- Bakersfield City Council approves 3 million dollar upgrade for local ice rink
- PCRA rodeo to return at the Kern County Fair tonight
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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):
Can we begin this morning with news breaking overnight A
man is dead after a solo crash in northwest Bakersfield.
It happened around at one point thirty this morning on
Hageman Road east of Juetta Avenue. Bakersfield Police say a
car crash was traveling at westbound at a high speed
when it lost control and slammed into a tree. The
driver was partially ejected from the car and declared dead
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at the scene. Police say no one else was in
the car, and it is unknown at this time if
impairment was a factor in the crash.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Anyone with information is ERTs to call BPD.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
Turning to pedestrians safety a signature issue here at seventeen News,
local law enforcement is wrapping up its efforts to save lives.
Seventeen's Jacob Clark shows us how highway patrol officers went
under to make the streets safer for pedestrians.
Speaker 5 (01:03):
So far this year, twenty seven pedestrians have been killed
on Kern County roads. So the California Highway Patrol is
cracking down on reckless driving on the corner of Plymouth
Avenue in Roberts Lane and Oildale. A team of CHP
officers is going undercover.
Speaker 6 (01:19):
As you can tell, I'm dressed as a decoy, me
and my partner. So we're using the crosswalk crossing here
on Plymouth and Roberts And in hopes of educating the
public about being cautious while they're out driving, always looking
out for pedestrians and bicyclists using.
Speaker 5 (01:38):
Civilian clothes and out of sight cars. The CHP is
handing out citations to drivers who fail to stop for
pedestrians crossing the street.
Speaker 6 (01:46):
Yeah, so we have issued a couple of citations already,
so for failing to yield the right of way to
a pedestrian. As you can see, there is the yellow
walking sign that's lit out here, and we still have
a couple of drivers that have nearly collided with us
out here.
Speaker 7 (02:05):
JOHNO.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
Serrano, the owner of Pacific Tire Service on the same corner,
it says lawless driving has been a constant in his
decades of work in Current County.
Speaker 8 (02:13):
I've been twenty two years in this location. Sometimes we
see people going super fast, and I'm not excluding myself.
I'm guilty of things too, But you know, it's good
to have education on traffic, on obedience of the law,
and at the end of the day, is for our
own good, for our own children, our own people crossing
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the walk.
Speaker 5 (02:34):
The crosswalk, Serrano says, the CHP has come to his
corner annually for the past four or five years. He
welcomes police assistants after brutal crashes he's seen.
Speaker 8 (02:44):
I've seen accidents that impact impact on myself for like
three days not sleeping because I saw somebody being hit
with a car, bleeding from the ears and all that,
and it's it's not very good to see things like that.
So it's good to prevent things, to do things like
what these guys do every year.
Speaker 5 (03:04):
Jacob Clark, seventeen News.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Now turning to your seventeen Court Watch.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
An inmate who allegedly escaped from Kern County deputies over
the weekend was back in Bakersfield courtrooms yesterday along with
an accused accomplice. Twenty three year old Francisco Garcia allegedly
took off during an appointment at Kern Medical last Saturday night.
At the time, he was awaiting sentencing following a conviction
for attempted murder, where he faced eighty years in prison.
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Garcia was found Monday evening at a home off Panama
Road in Lamont. Twenty year old Electra Espinoza is charged
with aiding his escape. CACSO named another accomplice, thirty two
year old at Jasmine Morales, but she is not listed
in custody and has not been charged. Both Garcia and
Espinoza pleaded not guilty, with each bail set at twenty
thousand dollars.
Speaker 4 (03:54):
A taffman charged with killing his estranged wife's boyfriend amidst
he did it. According to court documents, on September fifteenth,
Naman Buccado entered the man's home on Philippine Street and
found his wife and her lover asleep on the couch.
Thirty four year old Buccado fired multiple shots, killing the man.
Buccato is charged with first degree murder and assault with
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the gun. Documents say he admitted to the shooting, both
in a nine to one one call and two deputies
at the scene. He's due back in court September twenty ninth.
You can read much more on this case on our
website kget dot com.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Jail bedstaffing and a lack of beds continue to be
a problem for the current County Sheriff's department, but a
new task force is working to change that. Seventeen's Vincent
Demonte was at the first meeting yesterday and he files
this report.
Speaker 9 (04:43):
A joint task force of members of the Bakersfield City Council,
the current County sheriff, and other city and county officials
held its first meeting to address the growing problem of
a shortage of prison beds.
Speaker 10 (04:55):
Jail Bed Task Force uh ore. We've solved a lot
of problems. We've opened up Homa Center, as we clean
up encampments, we need to have more jail beds one
way or the other. And so this was the task
force that I put together to try and get everybody
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at the table to find solutions.
Speaker 9 (05:17):
The task force discussed issues from repeat offenders to legal
limitations caused by state propositions and legislation. District Attorney Cynthia
Zimmer says legal measures have provided some roadblocks that have
worsened the county situation of those roadblocks, as California Assembly
Bill one oh nine, passed in twenty eleven. It diverted
non violent and non serious criminals from state prisons to
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local county prisons.
Speaker 11 (05:41):
Therefore, our jail is impacted and there's not enough room
for the type of prisoner what in years past would
have been you'd seen the county jail.
Speaker 9 (05:52):
Another roadblock is Proposition forty seven, which was passed in
twenty fourteen. It helped to redefine some smaller crimes as
misdemeanors rather than felonies, and aimed at reducing low level
criminals from crowding state prison facilities. Zimmer says that both
laws did the opposite of their intended purpose on the
local county level.
Speaker 11 (06:11):
AB one oh nine and then Proposition forty seven, they
are not designed to accommodate to people. They have to
accommodate now. Are trying to work something out because we're
going to have to think outside the box in order
to be able to protect our community.
Speaker 9 (06:26):
One idea thrown out by sure If young Blood was
the creation of a megabarrack, which could house an additional
one hundred and forty prisoners if built. Councilman Smith says
that the idea might be a good solution.
Speaker 10 (06:37):
Yes, more beds is more beds, and I think what
I heard was those are essentially ready to open, and
it's just a matter of him hiring enough deputies in
order to open them.
Speaker 9 (06:48):
Former convict Tjsposito is excited about what the task force
can do.
Speaker 12 (06:51):
It's very nice to see Counselman Smith and Counselman Bachelor Tash,
along with the work with Andre Gonzalez, bringing the commune together,
especially with the district Attorney, the sheriff and other outlying
police chiefs and all together to kind of build a
brain trust around this problem and maybe come up with
a solution.
Speaker 9 (07:12):
Councilman Smith hopes to hold more meetings in the future
to hopefully come up with more solutions to the prison
bed problem. Vincent Amonti, seventeen News.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
All right, we are once again thanking Kerrn County and
our viewers for your generosity.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Well, you helped make a day long drive a compassion
corner for local kids and need a big success.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Seventeen News.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
It teamed up with Leadership Bakersfield for a clothing drive
to support the kids at the Jamison Center, which provides
a temporary shelter for abused, neglected, and exploited children in
Kern County all day long, our generous viewer showed up
to give you.
Speaker 13 (07:50):
Didn't know what to expect. It's our first, possibly only
drive we've done with the Jameson Center, so we have
exceeded every expectation.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
Today.
Speaker 13 (07:58):
We now have over forty blocks says going to the
Jameson Center of girls clothes, boys clothes Closer, teens, hygiene items, games.
So Karin County really showed up today and we are
so so grateful at ELI.
Speaker 4 (08:11):
Of course, a huge thank you to all of you
who donated in the spirit of the Golden Empire.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Well, the Kern County Fair maybe entering its home stretch,
but the fun is just beginning.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
And inmate who allegedly escaped from Kern County deputies over
the weekend was back in a Bakersfield court room yesterday
along with an accused accomplice.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Twenty three year old Francisco Garcia allegedly took off during
an appointment at Kerr Medical last Saturday night. Now at
the time, he was awaiting sentencing following a conviction for
attempted murder. In that case, he faced eighty years in prison.
Garcia was found Monday evening at a home off Panama
Road in Lamont. Twenty year old Electra Espinoza is charged
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with aiding his escape. CACSO named another accomplice, thirty two
year old Jasmine Morales, but she is not listed in
custody and also has not been charged. Both Garcia and
Espinosa pleaded not guilty. Each mail set at twenty thousand
dollars is in our immigration coverage this morning. Investigators continue
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searching for a motive after a man opened fire on
an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas. The
Department of Homeland Security says one detainee was killed and
two others critically injured in the sniper attack.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
The shooter is also dead. The FBI says the attack.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Was one of targeted violence and that they found bullet
casings etched with anti ICE sentiments. NBC's Alice Barr has
the latest from Washington.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
This morning.
Speaker 14 (09:40):
Growing questions and fallout from the deadly shooting at an
ICE field office in Dallas, with top officials promising heightened security.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
Making sure that our ICE officers have the ability to
operate safely.
Speaker 11 (09:52):
In fact, they've seen one thousand percent increase in violent
attacks against them.
Speaker 14 (09:56):
A gunman on Wednesday, Firing from a nearby rooftop, he
hit a transport van, killing a detainee inside it and
critically wounding two others before taking his own life. No
officers were hurt, but are believed to be the target.
Speaker 4 (10:10):
Rounds that were found near the suspected shooter contain messages
that are anti Ice in nature.
Speaker 14 (10:16):
Investigators releasing this image of a bullet casing etched with
the words anti Ice, along with photos of bullet holes
in a window and an American flag inside the facility.
Multiple senior law enforcement officials identifying the suspect as twenty
nine year old Joshua John. His brother told NBC News
John didn't have strong feelings about ICE and wasn't interested
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in politics on either side as far as he knew.
President Trump blaming Democrats posting I am calling on all
Democrats to stop this rhetoric against Ice and America's law
enforcement right now. Top Republicans with similar messages to.
Speaker 15 (10:55):
Every politician who is using rhetoric demoni ICE and demonizing
CBB stop.
Speaker 14 (11:04):
One Dallas pastor who's been praying with other clergy members
outside Dallas ICE headquarters, calling for justice for migrants and
against violence, speaking out against the shooting.
Speaker 16 (11:15):
It couldn't be more opposite of the kind of message
that we've been trying to.
Speaker 14 (11:23):
Witness to among the voices now calling for common ground.
Other signs of the increased violence, the DHS secretary pointed
to include an ambush style shooting on an officer outside
another ice facility in Texas, and during protests against ice
this summer in California, a man appeared to open fire
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at immigration agents there. In Washington, Alice bar and BC News.
Speaker 4 (11:49):
The Bakersfield City Council has approved a three million dollar
upgrade for a local ice rink. Valley Children's Ice Center
is a year round indoor ice rink in downtown Bakersfield.
It's ice plant that's the refrigeration system that keeps the
ice frozen needs to be replaced. It's more than twenty
years old and approaching the end of its twenty to
thirty year life expectancy, and it uses a refrigerant that
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the US Environmental Protection Agency has banned. The city council
proved the multi million dollar agreement with the company's Simco Refrigeration.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Huh, well, good for them.
Speaker 4 (12:23):
I have never been there, and I've been wanting to
go either wanted to ice skating.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Okay, well I have an excuse because I can't ice
skate and I just got here.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
But you've never been, never never sports there, and I've
always wanted to, like try ice skating. It's on my
bucket list. We need to have a tea at Valley
Children's Ice Center.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Get when they start renovating, and I think the I
think the condoor is actually a practice there.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Sometimes we'll have to go stop by.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Yeah, let's have a sunrise outing and we'll have ice skating.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
I've ice skated, so we'll see.
Speaker 7 (12:58):
It's been a while but fun.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
This current County Fair update is brought to you by
Rodriguez and Associates.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
Welcome back, everybody. Let's talk Kerrent County Fair. You only
have four days left to enjoy that fair, including today,
and a mission is still a great deal. It's fifteen
dollars for adults, ten dollars for senior, six bucks for children,
but for kids under five they get in for free.
Ticket prices are discounted online and those with military IDs
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also get in for free. Parking is ten dollars.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Today is a special friends day at the fair. It's
a Calme sensory friendly environment with fewer crowds from nine
am to noon so that those with developmental disabilities and
their caregivers can experience shows, animals and fair favorites and
a more comfortable and welcoming setting. There'll be a magic show,
all Star Stunt Dog Challenge, racing pigs and more.
Speaker 4 (13:52):
And here's something fun Tonight. The PCRA Rodeo is making
its return, with performances also happening tomorrow night and on Saturday.
General admission is twelve dollars. The rodeos kickoff at seven
thirty pm at the grand Stand Arena.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
And happening today. You're invited to an opening reception of
the fall exhibitions at the Bakersfield Museum of Art. This fall,
they're presenting the David Kimball Anderson Bakersfield Standards, Christopher Rowse's
A Symbol Our Monument, and Impressions of Place works from
bmoa's collection. You're invited to the preview circle reception in
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the Garden at five thirty pm until seven pm, with
a member reception to follow.
Speaker 17 (14:36):
I'm proud to be part of the Bakersfield 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
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others and celebrating what makes us unique at Rodriguez in Associates.
Speaker 7 (15:02):
When you need us, we'll be here for you.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
And making news from our state capital.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
New developments coming this morning on California's insurance crisis, Five
property insurance companies that left the state are coming back,
the news confirmed today by the California Department of Insurance.
Many insurance companies have canceled policies and left the state
altogether amid concerns over fire risks and financial loss, but
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now CSAA, Mercury, California Casualty, Pacific Specialty, and USAA are
returning amid several new reforms from Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara.
Governor Gavin Newsom spoke about the insurance crisis earlier yesterday.
Speaker 18 (15:45):
I think this issue, I really believe this from a
global perspective, may be one of the most pressing global
issues as it relates to the issues of climate change.
Speaker 15 (15:57):
The inability to purchase a home let alone, to get
a mortgage on a home, to develop a home. With
an insurance market, it simply is no longer viable. This
issue requires leadership at the national level. It is under resource,
under focus. It's not I think, top of mind, and
we need to be more focused on it.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Among the reforms insurance companies that would be allowed to
factor in climate change and environmental risks when setting prices.
Critics of the reform say they could lead to higher premiums.
The five insurers returning to California have already requested this
state to prove a six point nine percent rate increase,
allowing them to stay and invest in California's insurance market.
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Governor Gavin Newsom participated in two fireside chats at Climate
Change Week in New York yesterday, Newsom saying this trip
is especially crucial after deadly and destructive wildfires tour through
parts of southern California. It comes less than a week
after Newsom signed a bill to restrict offshore oil drilling
but to allow more inland oil drilling in Kern County
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just today. Earlier, President Donald Trump spoke about climate in
front of the world leaders at the United Nations Climate change.
Speaker 10 (17:10):
It's the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.
In my opinion, If you don't get away from this
green scam, your country.
Speaker 7 (17:18):
Is going to fail.
Speaker 12 (17:19):
And I'm really good at predicting things.
Speaker 5 (17:21):
What's your reaction to that?
Speaker 18 (17:23):
What an abomination?
Speaker 7 (17:26):
What an embarrassment?
Speaker 8 (17:32):
What a fraud.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
The governor is expected to return to California by the
end of the week, where he has more than seven
hundred bills to approve or veto by the October thirteenth deadline.
Speaker 4 (17:44):
The current county Board of Supervisors is expected to declare
a local emergency this week following last week's storm that
flooded eastern Kerr County. What's your seeing is what it
looked like after several inches of rain fell on September eighteenth,
affecting areas like Johannesburg, Randsburg, Red Mountain, California City, and Ridgecrests,
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all prompting road closures. Tomorrow, the board is expected to
adopt a resolution to proclaim that a flood disaster and
a state of emergency exists in Eastern Kern County and
allow the county to submit a request for help under
the California Disaster Assistance Act.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Meantime, Bakersfield City Council voted it to adopt a resolution
for a one time sewer connection fee increase in Bakersfield.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
The fees are levied.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
When someone applies for a building permit or a permit
to connect and existing building to the city sewer system.
Bakersfield is required to set the fees that will be
enough to cover the costs of the city providing sewer
connection services each year.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
The resolution calls for a.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
More than four percent increase in sewer connection fees. The
new fees will go into effect next Wednesday.
Speaker 4 (18:59):
Turning out so your seventeen business Watch. President Donald Trump
is expected to sign a new TikTok deal later today.
The deal would facilitate the sale of TikTok from a
Chinese based company to a group of American investors. That's
according to two White House officials familiar with the matter.
Speaker 3 (19:17):
Once the deal.
Speaker 4 (19:18):
Goes into effect, TikTok's US operations will be run by
a new joint venture company by Dance. TikTok's current China
based owner will hold less than twenty percent of the
stock of that new company. This structure will comply with
a bipartisan law passed in twenty twenty four that sought
to ban TikTok if the platform were not sold to
a US based owner this year.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
Well.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Today at the Fair is Special Friends Day, a calm,
sensory friendly environment with fewer crowds from nine.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
Am to noon.
Speaker 4 (19:47):
This so that those would developmental disabilities and their caregivers
can experience shows, animals and all the fair favorites in
a more comfortable and welcoming setting. And there will be
a magic show, all Star Stunt Dog Challenge, racing pigs
and more.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
And happening tonight.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
The PCRA Rodeo is making its return, with performances happening
tomorrow night and Saturday as well. General admission is twelve
dollars and the Rodeos kickoff at seven thirty pm at
the grand Stand Arena.
Speaker 4 (20:16):
As for tonight's headlining concert, the Marshall Tucker Band is
coming to town. The southern rock band was one of
a number of bands to come out of the American
South in the nineteen seventies, among them Leonard Skidder, the
Allman Brothers, and thirty eight Special. It's perhaps best known
for its songs Can't You See and Fire on the
Mountain lead singer Doug Gray still fronts the ban after
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all these years. A reminder concerts are included with your
fair ticket, but seating is first come, first served. Gates
open at six thirty, the show starts at eight.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Death rates and emergency rooms are rising after the acquisition
of many hospitals by private equity firms. That's according to
a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. It
looked at more than a three hundred hospitals across the country,
and it found staff at private hospitals fell more than
eleven percent compared to nonprofits, and those private hospitals are
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having at thirteen percent more er deaths. Some states are
already enacting laws to limit the impact of private equity
firms on healthcare, and scientists are revealing what helps the
world's oldest person live.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
To be one hundred seventeen. That's right.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
Maria Bronjas Morera was born in San Francisco in nineteen
oh seven. She died last summer in Spain. After asking
scientists to quote study her, they say her healthy lifestyle
may have contributed it to her longevity. She followed a
Mediterranean diet, avoided smoking and drinking, walked daily until her
nineties and regularly eate yogurt, which cut down on inflation
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and inflammation by supporting a healthy gut microbiome. Genetic variants
also appeared to protect her from common age related diseases.
Marea had three children, One died at fifty two, and
her daughters are now ninety two and.
Speaker 4 (22:03):
All right, turning to entertainment, news now is going to
be a big night right here on TV seventeen. We're
talking about the return of Law and Order.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
Three series in the franchise, including The Lawn that started
it all, entering a milestone season.
Speaker 3 (22:18):
Mark Barger has a preview.
Speaker 18 (22:20):
These are their stories.
Speaker 7 (22:23):
It's affectionately nicknamed the Mothership.
Speaker 17 (22:26):
I've been watching it since before I could even understand English.
Speaker 7 (22:29):
A television institution.
Speaker 16 (22:31):
This might be one of those times that is almost
a rite of passage for New York City actors.
Speaker 19 (22:36):
Yeah, I've been on Law and Order a friend. I've
been on a Order five times, playing three different characters.
Speaker 7 (22:43):
Tonight, season twenty five gets underway. Please tell me you
had nothing to do with this.
Speaker 16 (22:48):
With Ada Maroon under suspicion, not guilty of murder when
the suspect in her sister's murder is exonerated in another killing,
but found dead hours later. She seems pretty indignant that
Nolan could even question whether she was involved in this murder.
But is she playing it or is it?
Speaker 19 (23:09):
You know, there's no reason to think sam I had
anything to do with this.
Speaker 5 (23:14):
I'm not sure yet.
Speaker 19 (23:16):
They're able to accomplish these character dynamics and things that
get an audience more invested in us just beyond the
story of the case. Really doing this now I asked
for permission, but.
Speaker 16 (23:28):
It gives the character and Odelia Hellevi take the bedroom
a different perspective on Law and Order. It's juicy and
it's interesting, and it was so fun to film.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
I cannot wait for.
Speaker 5 (23:39):
Everybody to see and experience that twist.
Speaker 7 (23:44):
It's all spilled out in the warrant. Sam you know
how this works?
Speaker 16 (23:47):
All part of a new season that also sees the
return of SVU as well as Organized Crime being a.
Speaker 19 (23:54):
Part of it.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
Is sort of like it's a dream come true.
Speaker 7 (23:56):
Mark Barker, NBC Entertainment.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
This has been a seventeen News at Sunrise podcast presented
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For more local news and weather, visit kget dot com.
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):
Can we begin this morning with news breaking overnight A
man is dead after a solo crash in northwest Bakersfield.
It happened around at one point thirty this morning on
Hageman Road east of Juetta Avenue. Bakersfield Police say a
car crash was traveling at westbound at a high speed
when it lost control and slammed into a tree. The
driver was partially ejected from the car and declared dead
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at the scene. Police say no one else was in
the car, and it is unknown at this time if
impairment was a factor in the crash.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Anyone with information is ERTs to call BPD.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
Turning to pedestrians safety a signature issue here at seventeen News,
local law enforcement is wrapping up its efforts to save lives.
Seventeen's Jacob Clark shows us how highway patrol officers went
under to make the streets safer for pedestrians.
Speaker 5 (01:03):
So far this year, twenty seven pedestrians have been killed
on Kern County roads. So the California Highway Patrol is
cracking down on reckless driving on the corner of Plymouth
Avenue in Roberts Lane and Oildale. A team of CHP
officers is going undercover.
Speaker 6 (01:19):
As you can tell, I'm dressed as a decoy, me
and my partner. So we're using the crosswalk crossing here
on Plymouth and Roberts And in hopes of educating the
public about being cautious while they're out driving, always looking
out for pedestrians and bicyclists using.
Speaker 5 (01:38):
Civilian clothes and out of sight cars. The CHP is
handing out citations to drivers who fail to stop for
pedestrians crossing the street.
Speaker 6 (01:46):
Yeah, so we have issued a couple of citations already,
so for failing to yield the right of way to
a pedestrian. As you can see, there is the yellow
walking sign that's lit out here, and we still have
a couple of drivers that have nearly collided with us
out here.
Speaker 7 (02:05):
JOHNO.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
Serrano, the owner of Pacific Tire Service on the same corner,
it says lawless driving has been a constant in his
decades of work in Current County.
Speaker 8 (02:13):
I've been twenty two years in this location. Sometimes we
see people going super fast, and I'm not excluding myself.
I'm guilty of things too, But you know, it's good
to have education on traffic, on obedience of the law,
and at the end of the day, is for our
own good, for our own children, our own people crossing
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the walk.
Speaker 5 (02:34):
The crosswalk, Serrano says, the CHP has come to his
corner annually for the past four or five years. He
welcomes police assistants after brutal crashes he's seen.
Speaker 8 (02:44):
I've seen accidents that impact impact on myself for like
three days not sleeping because I saw somebody being hit
with a car, bleeding from the ears and all that,
and it's it's not very good to see things like that.
So it's good to prevent things, to do things like
what these guys do every year.
Speaker 5 (03:04):
Jacob Clark, seventeen News.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Now turning to your seventeen Court Watch.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
An inmate who allegedly escaped from Kern County deputies over
the weekend was back in Bakersfield courtrooms yesterday along with
an accused accomplice. Twenty three year old Francisco Garcia allegedly
took off during an appointment at Kern Medical last Saturday night.
At the time, he was awaiting sentencing following a conviction
for attempted murder, where he faced eighty years in prison.
(03:33):
Garcia was found Monday evening at a home off Panama
Road in Lamont. Twenty year old Electra Espinoza is charged
with aiding his escape. CACSO named another accomplice, thirty two
year old at Jasmine Morales, but she is not listed
in custody and has not been charged. Both Garcia and
Espinoza pleaded not guilty, with each bail set at twenty
thousand dollars.
Speaker 4 (03:54):
A taffman charged with killing his estranged wife's boyfriend amidst
he did it. According to court documents, on September fifteenth,
Naman Buccado entered the man's home on Philippine Street and
found his wife and her lover asleep on the couch.
Thirty four year old Buccado fired multiple shots, killing the man.
Buccato is charged with first degree murder and assault with
(04:16):
the gun. Documents say he admitted to the shooting, both
in a nine to one one call and two deputies
at the scene. He's due back in court September twenty ninth.
You can read much more on this case on our
website kget dot com.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Jail bedstaffing and a lack of beds continue to be
a problem for the current County Sheriff's department, but a
new task force is working to change that. Seventeen's Vincent
Demonte was at the first meeting yesterday and he files
this report.
Speaker 9 (04:43):
A joint task force of members of the Bakersfield City Council,
the current County sheriff, and other city and county officials
held its first meeting to address the growing problem of
a shortage of prison beds.
Speaker 10 (04:55):
Jail Bed Task Force uh ore. We've solved a lot
of problems. We've opened up Homa Center, as we clean
up encampments, we need to have more jail beds one
way or the other. And so this was the task
force that I put together to try and get everybody
(05:15):
at the table to find solutions.
Speaker 9 (05:17):
The task force discussed issues from repeat offenders to legal
limitations caused by state propositions and legislation. District Attorney Cynthia
Zimmer says legal measures have provided some roadblocks that have
worsened the county situation of those roadblocks, as California Assembly
Bill one oh nine, passed in twenty eleven. It diverted
non violent and non serious criminals from state prisons to
(05:39):
local county prisons.
Speaker 11 (05:41):
Therefore, our jail is impacted and there's not enough room
for the type of prisoner what in years past would
have been you'd seen the county jail.
Speaker 9 (05:52):
Another roadblock is Proposition forty seven, which was passed in
twenty fourteen. It helped to redefine some smaller crimes as
misdemeanors rather than felonies, and aimed at reducing low level
criminals from crowding state prison facilities. Zimmer says that both
laws did the opposite of their intended purpose on the
local county level.
Speaker 11 (06:11):
AB one oh nine and then Proposition forty seven, they
are not designed to accommodate to people. They have to
accommodate now. Are trying to work something out because we're
going to have to think outside the box in order
to be able to protect our community.
Speaker 9 (06:26):
One idea thrown out by sure If young Blood was
the creation of a megabarrack, which could house an additional
one hundred and forty prisoners if built. Councilman Smith says
that the idea might be a good solution.
Speaker 10 (06:37):
Yes, more beds is more beds, and I think what
I heard was those are essentially ready to open, and
it's just a matter of him hiring enough deputies in
order to open them.
Speaker 9 (06:48):
Former convict Tjsposito is excited about what the task force
can do.
Speaker 12 (06:51):
It's very nice to see Counselman Smith and Counselman Bachelor Tash,
along with the work with Andre Gonzalez, bringing the commune together,
especially with the district Attorney, the sheriff and other outlying
police chiefs and all together to kind of build a
brain trust around this problem and maybe come up with
a solution.
Speaker 9 (07:12):
Councilman Smith hopes to hold more meetings in the future
to hopefully come up with more solutions to the prison
bed problem. Vincent Amonti, seventeen News.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
All right, we are once again thanking Kerrn County and
our viewers for your generosity.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Well, you helped make a day long drive a compassion
corner for local kids and need a big success.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Seventeen News.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
It teamed up with Leadership Bakersfield for a clothing drive
to support the kids at the Jamison Center, which provides
a temporary shelter for abused, neglected, and exploited children in
Kern County all day long, our generous viewer showed up
to give you.
Speaker 13 (07:50):
Didn't know what to expect. It's our first, possibly only
drive we've done with the Jameson Center, so we have
exceeded every expectation.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
Today.
Speaker 13 (07:58):
We now have over forty blocks says going to the
Jameson Center of girls clothes, boys clothes Closer, teens, hygiene items, games.
So Karin County really showed up today and we are
so so grateful at ELI.
Speaker 4 (08:11):
Of course, a huge thank you to all of you
who donated in the spirit of the Golden Empire.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Well, the Kern County Fair maybe entering its home stretch,
but the fun is just beginning.
Speaker 4 (08:22):
And inmate who allegedly escaped from Kern County deputies over
the weekend was back in a Bakersfield court room yesterday
along with an accused accomplice.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Twenty three year old Francisco Garcia allegedly took off during
an appointment at Kerr Medical last Saturday night. Now at
the time, he was awaiting sentencing following a conviction for
attempted murder. In that case, he faced eighty years in prison.
Garcia was found Monday evening at a home off Panama
Road in Lamont. Twenty year old Electra Espinoza is charged
(08:52):
with aiding his escape. CACSO named another accomplice, thirty two
year old Jasmine Morales, but she is not listed in
custody and also has not been charged. Both Garcia and
Espinosa pleaded not guilty. Each mail set at twenty thousand
dollars is in our immigration coverage this morning. Investigators continue
(09:12):
searching for a motive after a man opened fire on
an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas. The
Department of Homeland Security says one detainee was killed and
two others critically injured in the sniper attack.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
The shooter is also dead. The FBI says the attack.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Was one of targeted violence and that they found bullet
casings etched with anti ICE sentiments. NBC's Alice Barr has
the latest from Washington.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
This morning.
Speaker 14 (09:40):
Growing questions and fallout from the deadly shooting at an
ICE field office in Dallas, with top officials promising heightened security.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
Making sure that our ICE officers have the ability to
operate safely.
Speaker 11 (09:52):
In fact, they've seen one thousand percent increase in violent
attacks against them.
Speaker 14 (09:56):
A gunman on Wednesday, Firing from a nearby rooftop, he
hit a transport van, killing a detainee inside it and
critically wounding two others before taking his own life. No
officers were hurt, but are believed to be the target.
Speaker 4 (10:10):
Rounds that were found near the suspected shooter contain messages
that are anti Ice in nature.
Speaker 14 (10:16):
Investigators releasing this image of a bullet casing etched with
the words anti Ice, along with photos of bullet holes
in a window and an American flag inside the facility.
Multiple senior law enforcement officials identifying the suspect as twenty
nine year old Joshua John. His brother told NBC News
John didn't have strong feelings about ICE and wasn't interested
(10:40):
in politics on either side as far as he knew.
President Trump blaming Democrats posting I am calling on all
Democrats to stop this rhetoric against Ice and America's law
enforcement right now. Top Republicans with similar messages to.
Speaker 15 (10:55):
Every politician who is using rhetoric demoni ICE and demonizing
CBB stop.
Speaker 14 (11:04):
One Dallas pastor who's been praying with other clergy members
outside Dallas ICE headquarters, calling for justice for migrants and
against violence, speaking out against the shooting.
Speaker 16 (11:15):
It couldn't be more opposite of the kind of message
that we've been trying to.
Speaker 14 (11:23):
Witness to among the voices now calling for common ground.
Other signs of the increased violence, the DHS secretary pointed
to include an ambush style shooting on an officer outside
another ice facility in Texas, and during protests against ice
this summer in California, a man appeared to open fire
(11:43):
at immigration agents there. In Washington, Alice bar and BC News.
Speaker 4 (11:49):
The Bakersfield City Council has approved a three million dollar
upgrade for a local ice rink. Valley Children's Ice Center
is a year round indoor ice rink in downtown Bakersfield.
It's ice plant that's the refrigeration system that keeps the
ice frozen needs to be replaced. It's more than twenty
years old and approaching the end of its twenty to
thirty year life expectancy, and it uses a refrigerant that
(12:13):
the US Environmental Protection Agency has banned. The city council
proved the multi million dollar agreement with the company's Simco Refrigeration.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Huh, well, good for them.
Speaker 4 (12:23):
I have never been there, and I've been wanting to
go either wanted to ice skating.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Okay, well I have an excuse because I can't ice
skate and I just got here.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
But you've never been, never never sports there, and I've
always wanted to, like try ice skating. It's on my
bucket list. We need to have a tea at Valley
Children's Ice Center.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Get when they start renovating, and I think the I
think the condoor is actually a practice there.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Sometimes we'll have to go stop by.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Yeah, let's have a sunrise outing and we'll have ice skating.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
I've ice skated, so we'll see.
Speaker 7 (12:58):
It's been a while but fun.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
This current County Fair update is brought to you by
Rodriguez and Associates.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
Welcome back, everybody. Let's talk Kerrent County Fair. You only
have four days left to enjoy that fair, including today,
and a mission is still a great deal. It's fifteen
dollars for adults, ten dollars for senior, six bucks for children,
but for kids under five they get in for free.
Ticket prices are discounted online and those with military IDs
(13:29):
also get in for free. Parking is ten dollars.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Today is a special friends day at the fair. It's
a Calme sensory friendly environment with fewer crowds from nine
am to noon so that those with developmental disabilities and
their caregivers can experience shows, animals and fair favorites and
a more comfortable and welcoming setting. There'll be a magic show,
all Star Stunt Dog Challenge, racing pigs and more.
Speaker 4 (13:52):
And here's something fun Tonight. The PCRA Rodeo is making
its return, with performances also happening tomorrow night and on Saturday.
General admission is twelve dollars. The rodeos kickoff at seven
thirty pm at the grand Stand Arena.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
And happening today. You're invited to an opening reception of
the fall exhibitions at the Bakersfield Museum of Art. This fall,
they're presenting the David Kimball Anderson Bakersfield Standards, Christopher Rowse's
A Symbol Our Monument, and Impressions of Place works from
bmoa's collection. You're invited to the preview circle reception in
(14:30):
the Garden at five thirty pm until seven pm, with
a member reception to follow.
Speaker 17 (14:36):
I'm proud to be part of the Bakersfield 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
(14:58):
others and celebrating what makes us unique at Rodriguez in Associates.
Speaker 7 (15:02):
When you need us, we'll be here for you.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
And making news from our state capital.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
New developments coming this morning on California's insurance crisis, Five
property insurance companies that left the state are coming back,
the news confirmed today by the California Department of Insurance.
Many insurance companies have canceled policies and left the state
altogether amid concerns over fire risks and financial loss, but
(15:29):
now CSAA, Mercury, California Casualty, Pacific Specialty, and USAA are
returning amid several new reforms from Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara.
Governor Gavin Newsom spoke about the insurance crisis earlier yesterday.
Speaker 18 (15:45):
I think this issue, I really believe this from a
global perspective, may be one of the most pressing global
issues as it relates to the issues of climate change.
Speaker 15 (15:57):
The inability to purchase a home let alone, to get
a mortgage on a home, to develop a home. With
an insurance market, it simply is no longer viable. This
issue requires leadership at the national level. It is under resource,
under focus. It's not I think, top of mind, and
we need to be more focused on it.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Among the reforms insurance companies that would be allowed to
factor in climate change and environmental risks when setting prices.
Critics of the reform say they could lead to higher premiums.
The five insurers returning to California have already requested this
state to prove a six point nine percent rate increase,
allowing them to stay and invest in California's insurance market.
(16:40):
Governor Gavin Newsom participated in two fireside chats at Climate
Change Week in New York yesterday, Newsom saying this trip
is especially crucial after deadly and destructive wildfires tour through
parts of southern California. It comes less than a week
after Newsom signed a bill to restrict offshore oil drilling
but to allow more inland oil drilling in Kern County
(17:01):
just today. Earlier, President Donald Trump spoke about climate in
front of the world leaders at the United Nations Climate change.
Speaker 10 (17:10):
It's the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.
In my opinion, If you don't get away from this
green scam, your country.
Speaker 7 (17:18):
Is going to fail.
Speaker 12 (17:19):
And I'm really good at predicting things.
Speaker 5 (17:21):
What's your reaction to that?
Speaker 18 (17:23):
What an abomination?
Speaker 7 (17:26):
What an embarrassment?
Speaker 8 (17:32):
What a fraud.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
The governor is expected to return to California by the
end of the week, where he has more than seven
hundred bills to approve or veto by the October thirteenth deadline.
Speaker 4 (17:44):
The current county Board of Supervisors is expected to declare
a local emergency this week following last week's storm that
flooded eastern Kerr County. What's your seeing is what it
looked like after several inches of rain fell on September eighteenth,
affecting areas like Johannesburg, Randsburg, Red Mountain, California City, and Ridgecrests,
(18:10):
all prompting road closures. Tomorrow, the board is expected to
adopt a resolution to proclaim that a flood disaster and
a state of emergency exists in Eastern Kern County and
allow the county to submit a request for help under
the California Disaster Assistance Act.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Meantime, Bakersfield City Council voted it to adopt a resolution
for a one time sewer connection fee increase in Bakersfield.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
The fees are levied.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
When someone applies for a building permit or a permit
to connect and existing building to the city sewer system.
Bakersfield is required to set the fees that will be
enough to cover the costs of the city providing sewer
connection services each year.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
The resolution calls for a.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
More than four percent increase in sewer connection fees. The
new fees will go into effect next Wednesday.
Speaker 4 (18:59):
Turning out so your seventeen business Watch. President Donald Trump
is expected to sign a new TikTok deal later today.
The deal would facilitate the sale of TikTok from a
Chinese based company to a group of American investors. That's
according to two White House officials familiar with the matter.
Speaker 3 (19:17):
Once the deal.
Speaker 4 (19:18):
Goes into effect, TikTok's US operations will be run by
a new joint venture company by Dance. TikTok's current China
based owner will hold less than twenty percent of the
stock of that new company. This structure will comply with
a bipartisan law passed in twenty twenty four that sought
to ban TikTok if the platform were not sold to
a US based owner this year.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
Well.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Today at the Fair is Special Friends Day, a calm,
sensory friendly environment with fewer crowds from nine.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
Am to noon.
Speaker 4 (19:47):
This so that those would developmental disabilities and their caregivers
can experience shows, animals and all the fair favorites in
a more comfortable and welcoming setting. And there will be
a magic show, all Star Stunt Dog Challenge, racing pigs
and more.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
And happening tonight.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
The PCRA Rodeo is making its return, with performances happening
tomorrow night and Saturday as well. General admission is twelve
dollars and the Rodeos kickoff at seven thirty pm at
the grand Stand Arena.
Speaker 4 (20:16):
As for tonight's headlining concert, the Marshall Tucker Band is
coming to town. The southern rock band was one of
a number of bands to come out of the American
South in the nineteen seventies, among them Leonard Skidder, the
Allman Brothers, and thirty eight Special. It's perhaps best known
for its songs Can't You See and Fire on the
Mountain lead singer Doug Gray still fronts the ban after
(20:38):
all these years. A reminder concerts are included with your
fair ticket, but seating is first come, first served. Gates
open at six thirty, the show starts at eight.
Speaker 2 (20:48):
Death rates and emergency rooms are rising after the acquisition
of many hospitals by private equity firms. That's according to
a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. It
looked at more than a three hundred hospitals across the country,
and it found staff at private hospitals fell more than
eleven percent compared to nonprofits, and those private hospitals are
(21:08):
having at thirteen percent more er deaths. Some states are
already enacting laws to limit the impact of private equity
firms on healthcare, and scientists are revealing what helps the
world's oldest person live.
Speaker 3 (21:20):
To be one hundred seventeen. That's right.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
Maria Bronjas Morera was born in San Francisco in nineteen
oh seven. She died last summer in Spain. After asking
scientists to quote study her, they say her healthy lifestyle
may have contributed it to her longevity. She followed a
Mediterranean diet, avoided smoking and drinking, walked daily until her
nineties and regularly eate yogurt, which cut down on inflation
(21:47):
and inflammation by supporting a healthy gut microbiome. Genetic variants
also appeared to protect her from common age related diseases.
Marea had three children, One died at fifty two, and
her daughters are now ninety two and.
Speaker 4 (22:03):
All right, turning to entertainment, news now is going to
be a big night right here on TV seventeen. We're
talking about the return of Law and Order.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
Three series in the franchise, including The Lawn that started
it all, entering a milestone season.
Speaker 3 (22:18):
Mark Barger has a preview.
Speaker 18 (22:20):
These are their stories.
Speaker 7 (22:23):
It's affectionately nicknamed the Mothership.
Speaker 17 (22:26):
I've been watching it since before I could even understand English.
Speaker 7 (22:29):
A television institution.
Speaker 16 (22:31):
This might be one of those times that is almost
a rite of passage for New York City actors.
Speaker 19 (22:36):
Yeah, I've been on Law and Order a friend. I've
been on a Order five times, playing three different characters.
Speaker 7 (22:43):
Tonight, season twenty five gets underway. Please tell me you
had nothing to do with this.
Speaker 16 (22:48):
With Ada Maroon under suspicion, not guilty of murder when
the suspect in her sister's murder is exonerated in another killing,
but found dead hours later. She seems pretty indignant that
Nolan could even question whether she was involved in this murder.
But is she playing it or is it?
Speaker 19 (23:09):
You know, there's no reason to think sam I had
anything to do with this.
Speaker 5 (23:14):
I'm not sure yet.
Speaker 19 (23:16):
They're able to accomplish these character dynamics and things that
get an audience more invested in us just beyond the
story of the case. Really doing this now I asked
for permission, but.
Speaker 16 (23:28):
It gives the character and Odelia Hellevi take the bedroom
a different perspective on Law and Order. It's juicy and
it's interesting, and it was so fun to film.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
I cannot wait for.
Speaker 5 (23:39):
Everybody to see and experience that twist.
Speaker 7 (23:44):
It's all spilled out in the warrant. Sam you know
how this works?
Speaker 16 (23:47):
All part of a new season that also sees the
return of SVU as well as Organized Crime being a.
Speaker 19 (23:54):
Part of it.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
Is sort of like it's a dream come true.
Speaker 7 (23:56):
Mark Barker, NBC Entertainment.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
This has been a seventeen News at Sunrise podcast presented
by Rodriquez and Associates, a production of KGET and Nexstar Media. Group.
For more local news and weather, visit kget dot com.
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