Some of today's top stories
- the ongoing investigation into Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner.
Scrivner is accused of sexually assaulting a child back in late April, but the second district supervisor's whereabouts have remained unknown since.
After nearly six weeks of silence surrounding this case, today *COULD* be his first public appearance since the accusations. 17's Aleeya Fitzgerald is live in front of the Downtown Justice Building with more. - This morning marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day....and we're highlighting some of the veterans who were on the beaches that day.
Here's Marielena Balouris with one veteran's message. - We are one step closer to the groundbreaking of Bakersfield's new Veteran's Affairs Clinic.
Hanford Congressman David Valadao helped pass a bill yesterday that's now headed to the Senate. If passed... the bill would require the V-A to move forward with construction no later than September 30, 2025.
A new clinic has been promised... yet never delivered since its approval by Congress in 2009.
The new clinic would be a $40 million medical facility in north Bakersfield... offering primary and specialty care.
The latest in the legal tug of war?
A lawsuit filed December 2023.
Progress for Bakersfield Veterans LLC... a subsidary of Cardinal Equities... and Friends of the Bakersfield Kit Fox and Environment... a nonprofit... are against it.
Since the start... the new VA Clinic has faced the same roadblock... Cardinal Equities... the owner of the land on which the current VA Clinic sits on Westwind.
Cardinal's owner Peter Cohen has been accused of delaying construction for profit... renting out that current clinic site.
17 News has been reaching out to Cohen but we have never heard back.
