Shafter News

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger intends to cut pay for more than 200,000 state workers to save money during the budget standoff, according to a draft copy of the order obtained by The Bee.

At the Apple Market in Shafter, nearly all of its employees are bilingual. The market also has shelves lined with products well known to Hispanic consumers from Choco-Milk to medicinal creams such as Pomada de ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger intends to cut pay for more than 200,000 state workers to save money during the budget standoff, according to a draft copy of the order obtained by The Bee.

A 30-year-old man died Tuesday after his vehicle collided head-on with a tractor-trailer in Buttonwillow.

It's the largest seizure of drug money in Kern County Sheriff's Department narcotics team history - and the department might get to keep most of nearly $900,000, officials say.

The term "scratch and pump" could become the latest catchphrase if Dean Florez has his way.

The purpose of this EEO Public File Report is to comply with Section 73.2080© of the FCC's 2002 EEO Rule.

As lottery ideas go, this one probably has as much validity as one floated some weeks back by Gov.

Police surveillance of the recent Veterans Mountain Run has left the event organizer fuming, but both sides agreed last week to try to talk out their differences.

A California senator is urging the state lottery to follow the lead of five other states and start giving away free gasoline prizes.

Glenn Darell Wieland was arraigned on felony charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and causing bodily injury and possession of a controlled ...

The man accused in a deadly crash over the 4th of July weekend, made his first appearance in a Shafter courtroom today.

Shafter investigators are looking for a truck and driver they believe hit and killed a 17-year-old Oildale girl last week on Lerdo Highway before fleeing.

California Highway Patrol officer Greg Williams reports the Bakersfield commute is accident free.

The man wanted for questioning in connection to a 17-year-old girl's death in Shafter has been called off by the Shafter Police Department.

A Shafter Police sergeant shot a man after he fled from police into his home Friday night.

A 17-year-old girl who was found on the road early Wednesday morning at Lerdo Highway and Zerker Road has died from her injuries, officials said.

Police tonight are trying to piece together the circumstances behind a hit and run accident in Shafter.

The girl appeared battered and had no shoes on when officers responded. She was taken to San Joaquin Community Hospital around 2 a.m. where she later died.

The victim lived, but the pictures of her extensive injuries were "what you would see in autopsy photos," a veteran prosecutor said.