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Fire crews battled a vegetation fire that ignited off Highway 178 east of the intersection with Weedpatch Highway. The Bakersfield Fire Department responded to the blaze at around 8:30 p.m.
The Bakersfield Police Department arrested a man and woman wanted for retail theft in Southeast Bakersfield. Catalina Hernandez and David Gonzalez had active warrants out for their arrest.
Two people were arrested Sunday in connection to stealing a combined $20,000 in merchandise from various retailers in Bakersfield, police said Thursday.
According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office, Cesar Tlatelpa, 43, of Bakersfield was walking on Weedpatch Highway just after 8 pm on April 13 when he was hit and killed.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — One person is dead following a hit-and-run crash on Weedpatch Highway near Blackburn Street Thursday night. The California Highway Patrol Traffic Incident Information Page reported the crash as a hit-and-run that happened at about 8:11 p.m. This is a developing story.