Some of today's top stories
- The road is all clear now after a gas leak shut down a portion of Mohawk Street for several hours.You can see many fire engines and police cars were on scene.
The incident blocked off Mohawk Street from Truxtun to California avenues.
P-G-and-E crews worked overnight to fix the problem.
No word yet on what caused the gas leak - Bakersfield Assemblyman Vince Fong is getting ready for a big battle in Sacramento today.
Despite being the top vote getter -- in both the primary and special elections -- there is a chance he will be disqualified from running for congress. It all started back in December... after Fong entered his bid to takeover the seat in congress vacated by Bakersfield's Kevin McCarthy.
However, Fong had already submitted a re-election bid for the state assembly, and California law prohibits a candidate from running in two races at once.
This prompted Secretary of State Shirley Weber to withdraw Fong's name from the ballot.
But Fong says this law shouldn't apply to him, because he doesn't want to run for the state assembly anymore -- only congress.
His name remained on the ballot for both races last month during this back-and-forth legal battle. - Residents of an Oildale apartment complex say they were recently served with notices - warning that they will be evicted if they don't get rid of their patio gardens.
17's Mikhala Armstrong reports, most of the people who live there are seniors. - The pre-trial conference for the man -- accused of biting a severed leg from a train crash victim in Wasco -- has been postponed. 27-year-old Rosendo Tellez is charged with removing human remains from a location other than a cemetery.
Video shows Tellez with a leg, which belonged to a pedestrian hit by a train in Wasco last month.
Court records show the conference was postponed to April 18th. - Set to appear in a Kern County courtroom for the first time today... the man accused of abducting a Bakersfield pre-teen and taking her to Utah.
29-year-old Joshua Stehle is facing several charges including suspicion of kidnapping and child molestation.
An 11-year-old girl was reported missing last month... and when deputies searched a computer at her home, they say they discovered the two had an online relationship.
The girl and Stehle were stopped in Utah... and Stehle was extradited to Lerdo jail earlier this week.
