Police Shortages Challenge Departments Around the Country
Police departments around the country are dealing with staffing shortages. National sworn staffing numbers are down 5% compared to 2020 while resignations jumped nearly 50% between 2019 and 2022. As a result, some departments are trying to streamline how they do their jobs and lighten the load on officers.
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More School Districts Adopt 4-Day Weeks
More school districts than ever are making the move to a four-day week. Around 876 districts are now on shorter school weeks this year, up from 650 in 2020. For a lot of them, it's not so much a choice as a necessity with their financial and staffing realities.
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Student Loan Interest Returns, Budgets Strain
For more than three years, the Department of Education hasn't been charging interest or requiring monthly payments from Americans with student debt. Both those pauses are ending and for some borrowers, that means trying to squeeze another monthly payment out of an already tight budget.
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How Secure is the Nation's Power Grid?
The heat of summer isn't letting up and while a lot of us have escaped rolling blackouts this summer the threat to the nationwide power grid is very real.
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Student Debt Relief Warning: Be Cautious
You might be one of the 44 million people with student debt you haven't had to make a payment since the pandemic began. But all of that is ending. Interest is starting to accrue again as of Friday and payments resume in October. Now, it might be tempting to go to a debt relief company for help but stop before you do and listen to this warning from the Better Business Bureau.
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Government Shutdown Looms... Again
It's a new month and it comes with an old problem: a potential government shutdown. The Biden White House is calling on Congress to pass a temporary spending bill that would keep Washington, D.C. running. But there are a few obstacles in the roadway.
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Student Debt Relief Warning: Be Cautious
You might be one of the 44 million people with student debt you haven't had to make a payment since the pandemic began. But all of that is ending. Interest is starting to accrue again as of Friday and payments resume in October. Now, it might be tempting to go to a debt relief company for help but stop before you do and listen to this warning from the Better Business Bureau.
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Competitive exhibits entry deadline for Kern County Fair nears
The Kern County Fair is around the corner and the deadline to enter its competitive exhibits is even sooner.
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Bakersfield residents voice their hopes for and concerns with local parks
At a press conference on August 31, Kern County officials highlighted the new investment in District 5 parks, specifically Belle Terrace, Casa Loma, Virginia, Potomac, and Heritage Parks. Casa Loma recently had lights installed, and there are plans for new restrooms and a new soccer field. 23ABC's Corey O'Leary attended the press conference to find out more.
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KCFD unveils new technology
Latest Kern County, California and US & world news from 23ABC in Bakersfield, Calif.
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Couple injured, families shaken following bizarre traffic incident
Carmen Esqueda and Issac Meza were walking to their car after what was meant to be a fun night out. Security footage shows a white SUV passing by with the couple looking both ways before crossing the street. That's when family members say the unthinkable happened. 23ABC's Ruby Rivera has more about the story.
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Jewish Community Center burglarized in likely 'crime of opportunity'
On August 28, the Chabad Jewish Community Center on Ming Avenue in Bakersfield was broken into. According to Rabbi Shmuli Schlanger, there was no one in the building at the time of the break-in, so nobody was hurt. Only things were taken, but according to the rabbi, the things the thief didn't take were the most important. 23ABC's Sam Hoyle spoke with the Rabbi to learn more.
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Accelerant Detection Canine Diving Into Work Nose First
Latest Kern County, California and US & world news from 23ABC in Bakersfield, Calif.
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More Baby Boomers are Renting
The typical renter is changing. More baby boomers are now ditching their homes to rent instead.
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US Health Agency Recommends Marijuana for Rescheduling
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has delivered a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration on marijuana policy, and Senate leaders hailed it Wednesday as a first step toward easing federal restrictions on the drug.
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State Department Employee Makes Racist Remarks
The U.S. Government continues to employ a person who has a blog and podcast that targets Jews, people of color, LGBTQ+ and others.
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COVID Cases Ticking Up as We Head Into Fall
As we head into the fall and with kids back in school, health experts want you to be extra aware that COVID-19 cases are spreading right now.
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FBI Searches Coastline for 388 Missing in Maui Fires
For days the death toll from the Maui fires has stood at 115 people, but last week the county released an FBI-verified list of 388 people still unaccounted for. It's the most recent estimate of the number of people who are still missing. Now, the FBI says it is searching a four-mile stretch of the coastline off Lahaina around 200 yards out for bodies.
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Cleaning Up from Idalia
The clean-up began Thursday in parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina from Idalia. That includes going through the debris of devastated homes, clearing fallen trees, and restoring power.
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Wasco VFW Post to Close its Doors | A VETERANS VOICE
In this A Veterans Voice, Mike Hart talked to one of the last members at the Wasco location who remembers the posts' glory days not that long ago.
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Sacramento State Univ. Fails to Return Native American Remains, Artifacts
Frustration and pain were on display during a legislative hearing where tribal leaders joined lawmakers to ask 'what's the hold up' as the California State University system has failed to repatriate nearly 700,000 Native American human remains and artifacts.
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Smoke-sniffing Drones Can Detect Smoke Before It Becomes Visible
When a wildfire breaks out early detection is key in stopping it from spreading. Calfire's goal is to get on the scene quickly and contain 95 percent of all fires to just 10 acres or less. Now drones may be the latest technology that helps detect wildland blazes as soon as they break out.
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Mill Fire settlement leads to $250K scholarship fund
Lawsuit settlements have brought repayments and developments for those in Weed, California almost a year after the deadly Mill Fire burned more than 100 homes near the California/Oregon border.
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McMurphy's Irish Pub | DOING DOWNTOWN
The Bakersfield Downtown Business Association’s ‘Taste of Downtown’ is coming up where restaurants are putting their best plate forward for people to try. In this Doing Downtown, 23ABC's Ava Kershner brings us one business in the competition that already has the luck of the Irish.
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2024 Election: Unusual Decline in Swing States
As Joe St. George explains, when the general election comes more into focus something unique in 2024 appears to be happening: a historically low number of actual swing states.
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