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Top Bakersfield news: City settles in fatal officer-involved shooting; GET Bus to offer free rides

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Published on August 16, 2019
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Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in Bakersfield.

Cal/OSHA says employer failed to notify the agency of worker’s heat stroke death

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A pool company that employed a man who died of heat stroke in June failed to notify the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health of the incident.

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Man, 27, reported missing since July 27

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Fontana man last seen in Bakersfield has been missing since July 27, according to the Sheriff’s Office. 

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Two wanted in business burglary

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Two men are wanted in a business burglary that occurred earlier this month. The men burglarized the Go-Go Mini Mart at 3699 Wilson Road, police said. 

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GET Bus offers free rides Aug. 16 due to poor air quality

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Golden Empire Transit will provide free bus rides Friday because of expected poor air quality in the Bakersfield area. 

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City agrees to pay Serna family $400,000 in officer-involved shooting lawsuit settlement

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Nearly three years after 73-year-old Francisco Serna was shot and killed by a Bakersfield Police officer, a settlement has been reached between the City of Bakersfield and the Serna family after the family sued the city.

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