Recently, amid Bakersfield Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s ascension to the Speakership, the issue of crime in Kern County specifically has received renewed attention from the State Capitol all the way to D.C.
A woman was killed and her passenger injured when the vehicle they were traveling in was hit by a suspected drunken driver, according to California Highway Patrol.
Shafter police officials have identified the suspect in a shooting that left a man wounded on Thursday.
