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CBS News
3 days ago
- Business
- CBS News
$207 million Powerball jackpot-winning ticket sold in Los Angeles County
A Powerball jackpot-winning ticket worth a whopping $207 million was sold at a 7-Eleven store in Arleta, according to lottery officials. The ticket, which matched all five numbers and the Powerball — 1, 29, 37, 56, 68 and 13 — was purchased by a lucky winner at the convenience store located at 8960 Woodman Avenue. Prior to Saturday's winner, the Powerball was drawn 15 times without a ticket matching the correct numbers. The last jackpot, worth $168 million, was won on April 26 in Ohio. The winner has one year to come forward and claim their prize. The Powerball jackpot will now reset to $20 million with its next draw scheduled for Monday. Southern California is no stranger to large lottery winnings. Just two months ago a $515 million Powerball ticket was sold at an Anaheim 7-Eleven and in 2023, someone in Kern County bought a Powerball ticket worth $1.765 billion. Eight months earlier a $1.08 billion ticket was sold at a downtown Los Angeles market. In 2022, Los Angeles man Edwin Castro claimed the largest U.S. lottery prize ever when he bought the $2.04 billion ticket from Joe's Service Center in Altadena. Players win the jackpot by matching all five white balls and the red Powerball. The odds of matching all numbers is 1 in 292.2 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. Powerball tickets are $2 each, and drawings are held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Powerball is played in 45 states, plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Kern County Sheriff's Office to host hiring event
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Sheriff's Office is hosting a hiring event with dates throughout the rest of the year. The dates are as follows: June 7 August 2 October 4 December 6 All events will begin at 8:30 a.m. and testing will begin at 10:30 a.m. at There will be question and answer sessions with current deputies as well as testing and application assistance on site, according to KCSO. KCSO says there will be a $15,000 recruitment and retention bonus upon the new hire's appointment to a Deputy Sheriff or Detentions Deputy. A $25,000 recruitment and retention bonus will also be given upon the appointment of Laterals to Deputy Sheriff. Relocation bonuses of $5,000 will be given to those who qualify for housing. Stipends will be provided for qualifying deputies with proof of residency within 30 miles of their assigned substation. The hiring event are set to take place at KCSO's Regional Training Center at 962 Norris Road. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Pinpoint Weather Forecast: May 26, 2025
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Following a pleasant and below-average Memorial Day, Kern County is anticipated to experience significantly hot temperatures as high pressure moves into the region. Most areas are expected to feel the heat this week, particularly on Friday when temperatures are projected to rise to a peak of 105°. However, a cooldown is expected shortly thereafter. By next week, temperatures are forecasted to return to the comfortable low 80s. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Yahoo
Suspect in fatal hit-and-run crash admitted drinking canned margarita: docs
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — She slurred her words and changed her story, but by the time Gabriela Aracely Garza finished speaking, deputies had enough evidence to arrest her as the driver who left a bicyclist dead in a hit-and-run crash in Wasco. Garza near the end of the interview nodded when a deputy again asked if she'd been driving and hit someone, according to court documents. Garza was 21 at the time of the Nov. 12, 2023, crash. She was arrested early the next day after surveillance video and witness statements led deputies to her, documents said. Her blood-alcohol content was measured at 0.10%, according to court documents, above the legal limit. She's due in court next month for a preliminary hearing on charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, hit and run causing death and destroying or concealing evidence. It's alleged she was involved in two crashes on Nov. 12: one that occurred at about 6:18 p.m. near the intersection of Sequoia Drive and Palm Avenue and killed bicyclist Gloria Soto, 41; and another about a half-mile away that damaged a parked car. A gray Dodge Ram identified as the suspect vehicle was found in Garza's backyard. Vehicle parts found at the crime scene matched damage observed on the truck, according to the documents. Kern County HIV cases at an all-time high, public health director says, and federal funding cuts could make it worse quickly Garza initially told a deputy she drank a canned margarita then took a nap. The deputy smelled alcohol on her breath, documents said. Confronted with other evidence, she admitted driving to a sibling's home after consuming the alcoholic beverage, but insisted she went home afterward and slept. She eventually acknowledged she may have hit the bicyclist. 'It could have been me,' she told the deputy. 'But I don't remember.' The deputy noted in the documents that Garza knew the location of the crash despite him not telling her. After nodding her head to indicate she was the driver, Garza said she'd had one drink, according to the documents. There was a receipt in the house for a 24-ounce Cayman Jack margarita and a Smirnoff Ice drink. They were purchased the morning of the crash. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Fentanyl overdoses, though still the leading cause of death among Americans under 45, continue to fall in Kern County
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Fatal overdoses of fentanyl, though still high in Kern County, have dropped precipitously this year, mirroring national trends, the Kern County Coroner's Office reported this week. 50 people have died from fentanyl overdoses thus far in 2025. That's through April 30th. That number puts Kern County on pace for 152 fentanyl related deaths this year, which would represent a 20% drop from 2024 – and the second-lowest number of fatalities since the county began tracking that drug in 2020. Man guilty of murder in father's 2017 shooting death 125 people died from overdoses of the synthetic opioid in 2020, but the number quickly skyrocketed – reaching a high of almost 300 in 2023. The current fentanyl death rate is on pace to drop 49% from that tragic high. The drop is part of a national trend that, according to provisional data from the CDC's National Vital Statistics System, shows a 27% decrease in overdose deaths in 2024 compared to 2023 – and 48 of 50 states saw decreases. Experts attribute the drop to better education, including harm reduction and awareness campaigns, and the increased availability of the overdose reversal drug Narcan, and the drug supply becoming less potent in certain regions. But opioid overdose remains the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 44. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
