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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Drivers on Highway 43 could see slowdowns Tuesday as workers continue work on a new roundabout.
Traffic controls will be in place where Highway 43 intersects Enos Lane and Stockdale Highway.
Crews are building a new roundabout there as part of the Thomas Roads Improvement Program....

A proposed ballot measure would implement term limits on the Kern County Board of Supervisors.
Local activist T.J. Esposito is behind the proposal. As it stands now, the proposal would implement a limit of two terms of four years. Each of the members of the Board of Supervisors has served since at least 2013....

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – We are all in for a week of the summer sizzle. Temperatures throughout The Valley are expected to remain in the triple digits for the rest of the week.
“Most of us are used to it, but it’s still a time to take this very serious,” said Michelle Corson, public information officer for Kern County public health. “Heat can be very serious and it can cause illness and even death.”...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The California Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of a Kern County sheriff’s deputy who killed two young women more than 30 years ago.
The court’s ruling said a prosecution witness falsely testified David Keith Rogers had sexually assaulted her....