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2025年1月15日 · BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Remember when staying healthy during the winter months meant taking certain precautions against getting the flu? Ah, for those simpler days. Staying healthy this year means guarding against what health officials are calling a “quad-demic” – a quartet of infectious viruses. The trifecta of flu, COVID-19 and RSV is bad enough, but this year throw in other ...

2024年11月10日 · BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Multiple fire departments raced to smother the flames of a massive fire that erupted in a southeast Bakersfield warehouse Saturday morning. If you were like one o…

2025年1月9日 · Another CBP spokesperson told 17 News, "The U.S. Border Patrol conducts targeted enforcement arrests of individuals involved in smuggling throughout our areas of operation as part of our efforts to dismantle transnational criminal organizations."

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2024年12月31日 · BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Union Avenue was closed in both directions after a two-alarm structure fire broke out at an abandoned building on Union Ave. early Tuesday morning. According Alex…