Bakersfield police report big drop in killings; many other crimes also decline

• Suspects in officers' shooting remain at large
  Suspects wanted in a shooting that injured a California Highway Patrol officer near Lake Isabella had not been apprehended as of Tuesday evening. The name of the officer, who suffered minor injuri [...]
• Mother arrested, charged in daughter's death
  Angela Monique Hanna went to court Tuesday to attend a hearing for the man accused of killing her 3-year-old daughter. But at the courthouse, Hanna was arrested by Kern County Sheriff's Department [...]
• Accused shooter told detectives he killed bondsmen, court reports say
  The accused shooter in the killings of two bail bondsmen last month told detectives he gunned down the men because he believed they were trying to kill him, according to documents filed in court. [...]
• Robbery suspects flee, point gun at store worker
  Bakersfield police are asking for the public's help identifying suspects wanted for robbery. At 7:30 p.m. Sunday, two women shoplifted a bottle of vodka from the Rite Aid at 2505 Mt. Vernon Ave. W [...]
• Life sentence for 80-year-old who made death threats over cigarette
  Billy Wayne Shrader has a problem with authority. Last year the 80-year-old attacked and threatened to kill a GET security guard who asked him to put out a cigarette, then he threatened to kill th [...]