Pete Alonso stays with Mets, agreeing to $54 million, 2-year contract, AP source says
First baseman Pete Alonso is staying with the New York Mets, agreeing to a $54 million, two-year contract, a person familiar ...
State, federal government to cover $6.8 million in benefits stolen in 2024 from Kern County EBT program
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — In 2024, 10,039 reports of stolen EBT were made to the Kern County Department of Human Services, totaling $6,832,990. Millions of dollars stolen in benefits is not ...
‘The more vulnerable you are, the more likely you are to be a victim’: Steps to prevent EBT fraud
The raid on those EBT accounts has left many families in Kern struggling to put food on the table and pay their bills. One local internet security expert says cyber theft rings are targeting ...
US is freezing and La Nina usually eases warming. Earth just set another heat record anyway
The world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States, a cooling La Nina ...
Bakersfield city council to discuss sale of Buck Owen’s Crystal Palace
Buck Owens’ 29-year-old landmark dinner theater and museum has been on the market for 7 months without any publicly ...
The sea was once a blessing for the Pakistani city of Gwadar. But it’s become a curse
There was a time when few people in the coastal Pakistani city of Gwadar understood what climate change was. After a decade ...
Kern County firefighters support fellow firefighter during cancer treatment
Kern County firefighters are coming together to show solidarity for one of their own going through cancer treatment. Crews ...
Blake Lively is sued by Texas crisis specialist in latest ‘It Ends With Us’ lawsuit
A Texas crisis communications specialist has sued Blake Lively for defamation after the actor pulled him into her legal fight ...
Jimmy Butler is headed to the Golden State Warriors, AP source says
Jimmy Butler has gotten his wish. He’s being traded out of Miami. The Heat and the Golden State Warriors have agreed on a ...
CIA shares new employee names through unclassified email
The CIA used unclassified email to share a list of employees hired within the last two years to the Office of Personnel ...
Mexico deploys the first of 10,000 National Guard to US border after Trump’s threat of tariffs
A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas ...
Wizards trading Valanciunas to the Kings for Cissoko and 2 2nd-round draft picks, AP source says
The Washington Wizards have agreed to trade center Jonas Valanciunas to the Sacramento Kings for Sidy Cissoko and two second-round draft picks, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.