News Third-strike inmate granted parole The Bakersfield Californian Jun 5, 2026 A 57-year-old third-strike inmate was granted parole May 27, according to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office, which opposed his release.
News Parole granted to 67-year-old inmate The Bakersfield Californian Mar 18, 2026 A Kern County inmate serving 25 years to life in prison for violent crime was granted parole last week over the objections of the county Distr…
Community Voices Community Voices: Let the punishment and the remedy fit the crime By BRIK McDILL Dec 6, 2025 An Afghani immigrant — a former American military ally recently vetted — guns down two National Guardsmen. Having the punishment fit the crime…
News Parolee arrested after home call allegedly finds firearm, ammunition, drugs The Bakersfield Californian Jul 22, 2025 The Kern County Probation Department reported its officers arrested a parolee Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of drug and firearms-related crimes.
News Board rejects parole for three-striker The Bakersfield Californian Jul 15, 2025 The California Board of Parole Hearings has denied release of a Kern County sex offender convicted most recently of felony evading a peace off…
News Sex offender denied parole The Bakersfield Californian Jul 7, 2025 A convicted sex offender was denied parole during a hearing Wednesday, according to the Kern County District Attorney's Office.
News DA: Sex offender denied parole for 3 years The Bakersfield Californian Mar 10, 2025 The California Board of Parole Hearings denied release to a convicted sex offender for three years, the Kern County District Attorney's Office…
News Parole denied for man serving 30 years to life for stabbing The Bakersfield Californian Mar 3, 2025 Parole was denied Tuesday for a man convicted in 1996 of fatally stabbing a man in Oildale before punching and kicking him, the Kern County Di…
+2 News Condemned inmate Lightsey, convicted of 1993 murder, resentenced to death By SANGMIN KIM skim@bakersfield.com Jan 28, 2025 Christopher Lightsey, the man who is on death row for a murder he committed in 1993 in Kern County, was resentenced to death on Tuesday.
News Officials say escaped killer likely gone from Delano area The Bakersfield Californian Dec 5, 2024 Officials believe a convicted murderer who escaped from custody Monday likely is no longer in the Delano area, but are continuing their search.Â
