Some of today's top stories
- A man is in the hospital this morning after being shot. It happened in a field about a mile east of the Bakersfield Speedway.
KCSO says deputies found the man with multiple gunshot wounds.
He was taken to the hospital.
Authorities have not provided any information on a suspect. - We turn now to the latest on two wildfires in Kern County - one prompting an evacuation order in Wofford Heights. The so-called 155 fire was reported in the area of Wofford Heights Boulevard near Old State Road just before 5 p.m.
Nearby residents were ordered to evacuate as strong winds fanned the flames.
Some saying, this situation brought back fears of the devastating Erskine fire. Some good news - those evacuation orders have been lifted according to the Genasys map.
According to the Kern County Fire Department, at least 50 acres have burned, but forward spread has been stopped.
No word at this hour on containment. - County firefighters have also gained the upper hand ona brush fire in Lost Hills.
The lost fire started near the intersection of Lost Hills and Twisselman Roads around 3:40 p.m. yesterday.
Officials say the fire has burned at least 3600 acres.
That fire is 90% contained as of this morning, and forward progression has been stopped. - An investigation is underway this morning, after a man's body was pulled from the Kern River. Deputies assigned to the Sheriff's Kern Valley Substation were called out to an area just south of Riverside Park around noon yesterday.
There, they found a body on the shoreline that had been pulled from the water.
The man has not been identified.
The cause and manner of his death are under investigation. - new developments in the case of Scrivner versus Scrivner.
Amid sexual assault allegations against Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner... estranged wife Christina Scrivner has requested a domestic violence restraining order.
Yesterday, we took you live outside of that courtroom..
But that hearing has now been postponed until at least early December.
17's Jenny Huh files this report.
