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The Liberty girls soccer team tasted the bitter pill of defeat on Friday in the Central Section Division I quarterfinals.

The city of Bakersfield plans to use $12 million in revenue from its recent sales tax increase to help pay for its ailing pension system, a move long expected but objected to by some local residents.

LEMOORE — The confidence Trent Tracy had this weekend was so high that the Frontier senior never blinked an eye when he was walking outside the gym with his wrestling shoes still on his feet.

Reader: The photographer caught this devastated woman at possibly the most extreme moment of her shock and grief (“Woman dies, four children left injured and orphaned in northwest Bakersfield house fire,” Feb. 9). How unkind, actually cruel, to publish this…

Houchin Community Blood Bank is holding a Hearts For Dezi Blood Drive on Feb. 23.

Disclosure, a dance music duo that lit up the charts in 2013 tops the lineup of the Lightning in a Bottle festival that is expected to take place at Buena Vista Aquatic Recreational Area May 8-13.

The local Krispy Kreme is holding a donation day next week with proceeds to benefit the family of Kristina Stratton, who was killed in a house fire on Feb. 7.

There’s plenty to whet your appetite for local dining this week and it’s not just about Raising Cane’s opening on Tuesday. Here’s a look at some tasty news.

Prosecutors have filed a felony animal cruelty charge against a Bakersfield woman who was caught on video dragging a small dog behind a scooter.

Six people have died from flu this season in Kern County as of Friday, according to the county Public Health department.

Outsize attention has been paid to outlier Democrats making outrageous remarks. They are a small handful of House Democrats, though you’d never know it, given all their headlines.

The city of Bakersfield is scheduled to demolish the Belle Terrace Bridge over Highway 99 Tuesday, requiring several nights of substantial closures on the freeway.