Some of today's top stories
- Firefighters were busy once again last night, with a vegetation Fire along Truxtun Avenue. This fire started just before 6 p.m. near Empire Drive.
If you were driving in the area at the time, you no doubt saw a lot of smoke from the flames.
Crews were able to get it knocked down quickly.
No word on how it started or how much brush burned. - Some residents in Wofford Heights who were evacuated during last week's 155 wildfire, say they're concerned for their safety should another fire start.
That's because one of their only escape routes, Sierra Way, has been closed for more than a year. Sierra Way was damaged by flooding more than a year ago.
First District County Supervisor Phillip Peters addressed the community's concerns with a construction update posted on Youtube.
Peters said repairs are slated to begin mid-July to repair Sierra Way and complete the route around Lake Isabella.
Repairs are expected to be completed September 23. - We told you yesterday morning that the oil leak that left numerous Bakersfield businesses without drinkable water for most of last week... had been fixed.
But things aren't quite back to normal for many of the businesses that were affected. Premier Surgery Center on Commerical Way was one of 42 commercial customers put under the do-not-use... do-not-drink advisory for the city's tap water one week ago today.
Though that advisory was lifted Sunday... following continued water flushing and two rounds of comprehensive water quality testing... the backup it caused here, is still being felt Cal Water... the company overseeing the cleanup... says Griffin Resources LLC is responsible for the water contamination.
City Attorney Ginny Gennaro says for businesses seeking reimbursments...the first step is to file a claim against the city.
Gennaro says the city is expecting 100% recovery from Griffin for any payments made. - Trial for two men accused in the deadly shooting of a California Department of Corrections counselor, is moving forward. Robert Pernell Roberts and Sebastian Parra are charged with attempted robbery and the murder of Benny Alcala Jr.
Alcala was killed while charging his electric vehicle in the parking lot of the Sotckdale Target store the night of August 24, 2022.
Initially only Roberts was charged.
Parra, the prosecution's key witness at Roberts' preliminary hearing, said he'd met Roberts that night and had nothing to do with the killing.
Trial was supposed to begin ealier this year.
However, a judge halted proceedings when a Bakersfield Californian journalist refused to turn over her notes from an interview with Parra.
The judge assigned the courtroom for the trial yesterday.
Both men face life sentences if they're convicted
