Colorado faces $24M federal funding cut over illegal commercial driver’s licenses

The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation threatened Monday to withhold $24 million in federal funding from the state ...

Illinois members of Congress are latest to tour immigration facilities after judge’s ruling

Four Illinois Democrats toured a federal immigration center outside Chicago on Monday, the latest members of Congress allowed ...

Ex-CIA director John Brennan wants ‘favored’ Trump judge kept away from Justice Department inquiry

Lawyers for former CIA Director John Brennan want the Justice Department to be prevented from steering an investigation of ...

Hundreds mourn Brown University sophomore Ella Cook, killed in campus shooting

A Brown University sophomore who was killed in an attack at the Rhode Island university was remembered Monday as “smart, ...

Bakersfield police search for missing man last seen in East Bakersfield

The Bakersfield Police Department is searching for a man last seen in east Bakersfield Saturday. Rigoberto Flores, 67, was ...

Jackie Chan carries the Milan Cortina Olympic torch through the ruins of Pompeii

Actor Jackie Chan carried the Olympic torch through the ruins of Pompeii during the relay for the Milan Cortina Winter Games ...

What’s an atmospheric river? AP explains the weather phenomenon

Atmospheric rivers are massive plumes of moisture carried across the sky that can dump heavy rains or snow over land. Here’s ...

Barry Manilow to have surgery for early-stage lung cancer and postpones January concerts

Barry Manilow will be having surgery to remove a cancerous spot on his lung and will reschedule his January concerts, the ...

Golden Gate Park’s dazzling holiday light display brings joy to the season

A new night-time holiday display featuring music, colors and more than a million twinkling lights in San Francisco’s Golden ...

Man sentenced for robbing Bakersfield restaurants, liquor store

A man who robbed restaurants and a liquor store over a four-day span, twice pulling a gun on cashiers, was sentenced Monday. Jorge Miguel Calderon received 30 ...

Many locals make holiday light displays part of their own family traditions

Christmas means a lot of different things to people, no matter what the context. Whether it’s the Christian observance of the birth of Jesus Christ, a secular ...

3 arrested, 11 vehicles seized during DUI checkpoint Friday

Three people were arrested and 11 vehicles were seized after the Bakersfield Police Department conducted a DUI and licensing checkpoint Friday night. BPD ...