Some of today's top stories
- A family is grieving this morning after a swimmer drowned near Tehachapi. It happened Sunday evening at Four Island Lake just before 5.
Bear Valley Police say they responded to an initial report of a swimmer in distress.
CPR was performed, but the swimmer was pronounced dead.
This is an ongoing investigation...
Police urge everyone to follow safety guidelines while being in the lake. - A community in East Bakersfield that endured the severe heat without water... now has water again.
But many residents fear this water is not safe and that there is a possibility of another shutoff. Initially, after the shutdown of Victory Mutual Water Company's wells, East Niles Community Services District temporarily provided water through an emergency contract.
Residents say they weren't notified that Victory Mutual is now providing the water again.
Last week, county health officials notified residents to boil water for drinking and cooking to avoid stomach illnesses.
That notice was lifted, but many say they are still taking precautions. We reached out to Victory Mutual, and they confirmed that the water system has been taken back over, and East Niles is no longer temporarily providing water.
When we asked for more information a Victory Mutual spokesperson said "no comment." - A second suspect in deadly shootings that happened in Bakersfield in 2021 pleaded not guilty yesterday to more than a dozen felony counts.
And should he be convicted... he's eligible for the death penalty. 22-year-old Patreell Seals and his co-defendant Noah Malachi Hernandez are suspected of multiple shootings...
Including the fatal shooting of Jose De La Torre at a Taco Bell on Weedpatch Highway.
That shooting occurred in November 2021.
The two are also linked to the fatal shooting of James Ernest Ellis in December of that same year.
Hernandez and Seals are due back in court Monday. - And a man is dead after crashing his motorcycle in Lake Isabella yesterday morning.
It happened just after 7:30 in the area of Highway 178 and Mobile Drive.
C-H-P says the man was on a motorcycle traveling west when he made an unsafe turn.
The man was ejected and was pronounced dead on scene.
His identity has not been publicly released.
Drugs and alcohol do not appear to be factors in this crash.
