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Some of today's top storiesTwo earthquakes struck the Kern River Valley yesterday... The latest rattling the town of Bodfish before 9 p.m. with a magnitude of 3-point-2. Yesterday afternoon, a 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck just before 12:20. The epicenter was about 6-and-a-half miles south of Bodfish, according to the U-S Geological Survey This is new viewer video showing the sha

Some of today's top storiesLast night brought a scare in the emergency room at Adventist Health Hospital. According to Bakersfield police, a call came in that a man armed with a gun was seen in a restroom in the E-R. Officers raced to the scene and after the hospital was put on lockdown - they were unable to locate a gunman. BPD tells 17 News, it's possible this was a prank call or

Some of today's top storiesThe race for the gold is getting a lot closer this morning.. Today we are exactly 100-days out from the opening ceremony at the summer olympics in paris.. To celebrate.. Dozens of stars from team usa are in new york to talk about the games and what it means to represent their country with the whole world watching.. NBC's Jay gray spent some time with the

Some of today's top storiesWe're learning the name of a woman who was hit and killed by a car over the weekend. It happened just after 2 a.m. Saturday at South P Street.Bakersfield Police say 45-year-old Estella Andino was hit by the car and died.The search is still underway for the driver.call B-P-D if you have any information.By our count, this is the 18th person hit and killed b

Some of today's top storiesWhen donald trump.. Manhattan prosecutors.. And potential jurors gather to begin the first-ever felony trial of a former u-s president.. NBC's Jay gray has the story.Fire crews raced to the call of a structure fire at the Woolworth Diner Saturday afternoon. The fire was located inside on the third floor of the building in downtown Bakersfield. The buildin

Some of today's top storiesA traffic alert for you this morning... vehicles have been backed up on the northbound side of I5 over the grapevine, for more than 15 hours now.This is a live look this morning at the closure that started just before 2 p.m. yesterday.As of 2 this morning the CHP website reported that officers expected clean up to take a few more hours.As of last check, t

Some of today's top storiesWe're learning more this morning about some tense moments at last night's Bakersfield City Council meeting.  A pro-Palestinian protester was arrested... after allegedly making threatening comments to city councilmembers. Riddhi Patel.has been attending City Council meetings to ask that city leaders pass a ceasefire resolution for the Israel-Hamas War. �

Some of today's top storiesWe have an update on a story we've been following for several weeks now. It involved a woman's claim she saw a sheriff's employee use a cat for target practice. While the woman didn't capture the actual shooting on video, she did record her confrontation with the three men involved. Sheriff Youngblood tells 17 News his office is investigating the claim.Th

Some of today's top storiesThree years after a deadly shooting at a sports complex in east Bakersfield... two suspects have been arrested. Police say a man was shot and killed at the Mesa Marin Sports Complex back in 20-21. And this morning, two men are facing murder charges. Ulices Alonso was arrested last Friday in Colorado with the help of local law enforcement. The other suspec

Some of today's top storiesIt is eclipse day across the country... Everyone in the continental United States will have the potential to see the moon at least partially blocking the sun..And there may be no better place to see the junction between the sun.. Moon.. And earth than junction, Texas -- and that's where Jay Gray is this morning with more on this historic dayLocal fire cre