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09-05-2008
Kern County fire investigators are looking for the causes of two large fires late Friday that were separated by just three blocks and a few minutes in Oildale. The first fire went to three alarms, destroying one home and damaging two others in the 600 block of El Tejon Avenue. "The first house, we had to write that off because it was fully involved, there was really nothing we could save except the frame of that one," said Battalion Chief Ken Wiggins. As firefighters tried to stop the spread of those flames in two adjoining homes, a two-alarm fire broke out in a second-floor apartment over a vacant storefront at Wilson Avenue and Oildale Drive. No injuries are reported. Firefighters estimate losses at more than 250-thousand dollars.
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09-05-2008
A man ran off with $9,000 after he robbed a Bank of the Sierra branch late Friday morning in Delano. Police there need help to find him. He is described as Hispanic, wearing a tan shirt, dirty jeans, and a green baseball cap. Police released a surveillance photo taken at the bank Friday morning. Call authorities at 661-721-3377 if you have any information. |
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09-05-2008
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) - Bakersfield is the nation's leader in the number of new naturalized citizens per capita.
Federal immigration officials say the Central Valley city reported a 90 percent increase between 2006 and 2007 to be top in the country. That's 2,576 people taking the citizenship oath in 2007, compared to 1,357 in 2006.
Most new citizens in Bakersfield came from Mexico, followed by India, the Philippines and El Salvador.
And Bakersfield isn't alone. Other cities helped make California the leading state with the percentage of new citizens in 2007 at 28 percent. New York was a distant second at 11 percent.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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