Some of today's top stories
- An hours long standoff in southeast Bakersfield has come to an end. It all happened at a home on South Haley Street.
Police say a man with a knife was threatening to kill his girlfriend.
Officers say the woman was able to safely escape.
But, the boyfriend, barricaded himself inside and refused to come out.
After several hours of trying to get the suspect to surrender, the SWAT team went inside the home and arrested the man.
He was faces numerous charges, including domestic violence. - An investigation is underway this morning after a person was hit and killed yesterday by a Bakersfield Police officer.
BPD says two officers were responding to a call for service in one vehicle, but the vehicle's overhead emergency lights and siren were off.
17's Mikhala Armstrong reports. - Now for the latest on the wind-driven Post Fire.
Nearly 1,700 firefighters are battling the raging flames in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. At last report, the Post fire has burned more than 15,600 acres and is 20 percent contained.
The massive brush fire started saturday afternoon behind the McDonald's in Gorman.
The flames quickly spread to nearby vehicles in an auto body shop sending smoke throughout the area miles away.
The post fire has forced about 1,200 people to evacuate from the hungry valley state vehicular recreation area.
Evacuation warnings are also in place for areas south of pyramid lake. - More details are emerging this morning from a crash this weekend that sent one vehicle through the wall of an East Bakersfield bar. Stella's Sandtrap is temporarily closed after a black sedan crashed into another vehicle sending it through a wall.
Officers say it happened after the driver fled from a traffic stop Sunday morning near Mount Vernon and Niles streets.
Bar owner Jimmy Browder is left boarding up the walls of Stella's Sandtrap. According to BPD, the vehicle being chased crashed into a parked car at the bar and pushed it through the wall striking 3 patrons.
Two had minor injuries, but a third customer was transported to the hospital for pain.
Her status is unknown.
The driver, 22-year-old Manuel Gonzalez, was transported to Kern Medical with non-life threatening injuries.
He was later transported and booked into the Kern County Jail for charges including evading police and other traffic related offenses.
Browder said Stella's Sandtrap will remain closed with no estimated time of reopening.
