Some of today's top stories
- A brush fire near Lake Isabella has prompted evacuations this morning. Here's a look at the fire from a nearby camera...
This fire is being called the "Shadow Fire" and is located on Shadow Mountain Drive near Denise Drive.
Officials say it is spreading at a moderate speed.
An evacuation warning is in effect for the Squirrel Mountain Valley area.
We will continue to follow this breaking news and bring you any updates as they become available - fire crews were busy putting out a blaze in northwest Bakersfield. This fire happened at this home on Klemer street around 11 pm.
The home is near the Talladega neighborhood off Renfro road and Rosedale Highway.
As you can see, the fire destroyed the roof and garage.
The cause is unknown at this time.
We will update this story as we know more. - a 2-alarm structure fire in Shafter on Saturday.
You can see in this video a structure left destroyed by the blaze...
This happened on Poplar Avenue around 2 p.m.
No word yet on any injuries or cause of the fire. - a 3-alarm fire raging in Wasco early that same morning.
It left an abandoned home and multiple vehicles on 6th street destroyed.
You can see crews battling the flames.
The fire was successfuly contained after 5 hours.
There were no reports of any injuries.
The cause of this fire is also under investigation. - an update on a brush fire raging Friday night northeast of the California Living Museum.
This is video of the Ranch Fire, as it's called.
It started around 7:30 that evening off Rancheria road.
Smoke from this fire was visible from parts of Bakersfield and Arvin.
The Kern County Fire Department says over over 600 acres were burned, until it was successfully contained Saturday.
No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. - The Coroner's Office confirmed yesterday the body of a 33-year-old woman and her fetus were found in a central Bakersfield canal nine months ago.
And the coroner is classifying it as a double homicide. The body was found back in September in a canal near the Quailwood neighborhood.
KCSO confirmed Julia Santellan (SAN-TEH-YAWN), and her 36 to 40 week developed fetus died at the canal.
The cause of death was determined to be homicide, although the coroner is still trying to find out how they died..
A coroner's news release didn't say if the unborn boy was still in his mother's womb when they were recovered from the canal.
We will update this story as we know more. - A man is in the hospital this morning after being stabbed yesterday afternoon. It happened around 2 pm at Patriots Park near West High School.
Multiple police units responded to the scene.
There are no details as of newstime if anyone else was hurt.
We also do not have any information on a suspect.
We will update this story as we know more. - A local family is mourning the death of a 2-year-old boy, who drowned in a pool in west Bakersfield. Around 12:40pm yesterday the boy was found unresponsive in a pool near near Waterford street.
He was taken the hospital where he died.
The cause of death was drowning and the manner of death was accidental.
