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The Kern County Sheriff's Office lost one of their own Sunday after a standoff left five people dead. Deputy Philip Campas, 35, was killed when a suspect opened fire during an incident on 1st Street in Wasco. The sheriff's office also reported the suspect, Jose Manuel Ramirez Jr., 41, and his family; Viviana Ruiz Ramirez, 42, son Jose Manuel Ramirez III, 24, and son Angel Manuel Ramirez, 17, died. Sheriff Donny Youngblood held a press conference at the Sheriff's Office Headquarters on Monday...
The new Amazon fulfillment center in the Wonderful Industrial Park will bring about 1,000 jobs to Shafter. Public Relations Specialist Eileen Hards said the Amazon location will bring a mix of full- and part-time jobs, paying a minimum of $15 an hour and offering a variety of benefits packages from day one. "Amazon is proud to open a new Softline fulfillment center in Shafter," Hards said. "Associates of the more than 1 million-square-foot facility will pick, pack and ship items to customers...
Former VFW Post 6742 Commander and Wasco Union Elementary School District board member Danny Rueda has died. Danny had recently been sick and hospitalized. Danny was born in Wasco and attended city schools. His wife, Petra, also attended local schools and the two were passionate about the community. Danny would go on to be a bus driver for the school district. Danny also volunteered at the Knights of Columbus, Elks, and was on the advisory committee of the Wasco State Prison Board. Danny served...
Council member Vince Martinez gathered residents to walk around Westside Park to show support for the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Martinez thought about how he could bring the Wasco community together after the standoff on Sunday, July 25 and created a statement on Facebook asking whoever wanted to join him for a walk or run around Westside Park to join him at 6 p.m. Monday evening. "I was overwhelmed by the support from the city and how quickly the city rallied around those in need,"...
July 19 Anthony Isaac Lugo, 20, of Shafter, was arrested on the E. Los Angeles on an outside agency warrant. July 20 Jorge Armando Castillo Lopez, 39, of Shafter, was arrested on the 600 block of Vasquez Ave for inflicting corporal injury onto spouse and false imprisonment. Vanessa Espinosa Oros, 35, of Shafer, was arrested on the 400 block of N. Wall St. for under influence controlled substance and willful cruelty to child. July 21 Luis Angel Garza Jasso, 37, of Shafter, was arrested for carrying a concealed dirk/dagger. July 22 Denison Scott...
Bakersfield College will be holding an open house at the Shafter Learning Center on Aug. 4 to give the public information on the services that they are offering for residents. The event will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Bakersfield College has been helping the city in its attempt to keep the Shafter Branch Library open. They will be partnering with the city and will be staffing the library. Bakersfield College has also announced they are offering a variety of courses that will be available to all residents. They have been instrumental at Shafter High...
A man faces multiple life sentences after being found guilty in a 2019 rape and robbery in Shafter. William Jack Hopkins, 46, was convicted of kidnapping to commit rape, forcible rape, assault with the intent to commit sodomy, two counts of robbery, two counts of criminal threats, and felon in possession of a firearm. On June 14, 2019, as reported in the Shafter Press at the time, Hopkins assaulted and kidnapped a woman after finding her and a man asleep inside of a vehicle in Shafter. Hopkins,...
Clarita Evans, 82, of Bakersfield, passed away July 23, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco. Sharon Ann Runyan, 78, of Bakersfield, passed away July 25, in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco....
