Laval Road News Today

UPDATE (4:25 P.M.): KCFD said the Wind Fire has burned 121 acres and is 60% contained. KCFD also said forward rate of spread stopped.-----UPDATE (2 P.M.): Cal

An overturned big-rig transporting wine caused traffic delays on southbound Interstate 5 near Laval Road around 7:30 a.m. Friday, according to California Highway Patrol Fort Tejon.

The operation was a joint effort with the Kern County HIDTA Task Force, the CHP Central Division, the Kern County Sheriff's Office, and the Bakersfield Office of the Drug Enforcement Agency.

On July 12, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (KC-HIDTA) Task Force and the DEA-Bakersfield Office concluded a lengthy narcotics investigation with the seizure of 150,000

Saturday morning, over 100 tow trucks, motorcycles, and cars from southern California drove from Castaic to Bakersfield in honor of Jim L. Cady, the founder of C&J Towing, now known as Ten West Towing.

Four passengers had life-threatening injuries and were transported to a hospital by both air ambulance and ground ambulance. Two people died as a result of the accident.

The California Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that killed two people and sent four people from Fresno to the hospital in Kern County.

According to the Kern County Fire Department, firefighters responded to a crash at Laval Rd and the I-5. When they arrived at the scene, firefighters found all six passengers ejected from the vehicle.

Prosecutors have filed more than 20 felony counts in connection with a series of hijackings and shooting on I-5 near Laval Road last week

Two Taft residents have been arrested in connection with a series of shootings and carjackings on I-5 Monday night.