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Yahoo
15-02-2025
- Automotive
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Auto Mall gets its own version of the iconic blue-and-gold Bakersfield arch
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The blue-and-gold arch that once spanned Union Avenue has been gone for more than a quarter-century, but we just can't seem to get enough of the nostalgic landmark. Decades after Buck Owens recreated the Bakersfield arch next door to his Crystal Palace dinner club, the city has yet another one. The city of Bakersfield is building a look-alike arch on Wible Road between White Lane and Pacheco Road at the Bakersfield Auto Mall. 'He's loved': Bakersfield family shares how Safe Surrender program strengthened their family The sign is part of the city's effort to create a 'sense of place' for the Auto Mall, according to a city spokesman, who says it's a tribute of sorts to one of Bakersfield's biggest revenue-generating industries. The design was created and approved by the car dealers group, and is clearly modeled after the original sign, erected in 1949. This version of the arch will feature digital messaging, but will not span Wible Road and will not contain a footbridge. Then-Ward 7 Councilmember Chris Parlier originally proposed the idea. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
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Bakersfield man arrested in 2023 pleads no contest to possessing child porn
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Bakersfield man arrested in 2023 has pleaded no contest to a charge of possessing child pornography, according to court records. Daniel Alejandro Orozco entered the no contest plea Friday. A charge of advertising child porn for sale or distribution was dismissed, records show. 'He's loved': Bakersfield family shares how Safe Surrender program strengthened their family Sentencing is set for March 18. Orozco, 46 at the time, was arrested Dec. 1, 2023, when police served a warrant at a home on Ocean Jasper Drive, south of Panama Lane and east of Ashe Road. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Yahoo
Trial for Bakersfield Christmas Parade crash suspect postponed
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The trial of a man charged with driving drunk in a crash that injured multiple spectators at the 2023 Bakersfield Christmas Parade has been postponed to April. Previously set for Feb. 24, the trial of Alan Lewis Booth was pushed back Friday to April 28, according to court records. Three people were hit and injured — one seriously — when Booth's pickup reversed at high speed at the Dec. 7 parade. He's facing six felony counts and a misdemeanor. 'He's loved': Bakersfield family shares how Safe Surrender program strengthened their family Booth, 73, took a breath test after the crash that revealed his blood-alcohol content was 0.25%, more than three times the legal limit of 0.08%, according to police reports. Blood test results showed his BAC at 0.28%, the reports say. Booth was released on bail but arrested months later on suspicion of driving on a suspended license with a BAC of 0.24%. Misdemeanor charges were filed in that case. He has since been held without bail. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Health
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Kern County officials decline behavioral services grant due to new proposition
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services earned a $2 million grant to open up a Children's Crisis Residential Program and on Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors declined that grant. Workers like Daisy Graven, a Substance Use Disorder Specialist, are asking why. 'I don't know why they would decline a state grant, because it's services that are very well needed,' said Graven. Graven joined her local SEIU 521 colleagues on North Chester Avenue Thursday afternoon to protest what they say – the county's unwillingness to spend money. 'The past three years, the board of supervisors underspent public services by $532 million,' said Josh Armstrong, an SEIU member. 'That's why roads go unrepaired, wait times for mental health services drag on and families in crisis don't get the help they need fast enough.' At the rally, SEIU wanted to get the word out about FixKernNow, a movement to get voters to put pressure on their supervisor for more staffing, better infrastructure and more. Graven said that this grant was important, to help children with mental health issues. 'The younger that we're able to get people that have mental health issues, the less adults suffering that we have out on the streets,' said Graven. The Children Crisis Residential Program was going to be used to house anyone under 18-years-old after inpatient psychiatric care. Children leaving the mental hospital could stay there for a short amount of time, to help them get reacclimated before sending them home. It could have also housed someone during a crisis, instead of going to a mental hospital. This still begs the question: Why would the county ever decline grant money? Alison Burrowes, the director of BHRS, wrote a letter to the county asking to decline the grant. Burrowes explained the grant was for costs getting the program up and running, but Behavioral Health had to pay to operate it. 'He's loved': Bakersfield family shares how Safe Surrender program strengthened their family Under Proposition one, a law that passed in 2024 to reallocate behavioral health funds across the state, takes treatment funding and puts it into housing. 'So what we were providing through this funding for treatment services, now we need to shift some of those dollars, 30 percent of them, over into housing rental subsidies,' said Burrowes. Burrowes also highlighted that BHRS was awarded a different $17 million grant for other youth programs which allowed the department to pivot. 'It's going to be used to construct a youth crisis stabilization unit, so for youth going into crisis this is a safe place for them to go, receive some short term treatment and evaluation in case they do need to be hospitalized,' said Burrowes. 'Alongside that facility is going to be a family resource center.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
