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Brush fire scorches 2,000 acres across LA and Kern counties, triggering evacuation warnings
A fast-moving brush fire has triggered evacuation warnings after it tore through the Antelope Acres area Friday afternoon, torching roughly 1,600 acres as flames pushed from Los An…
FBI says California hostage taker targeted school officials, ‘no stranger’ to police
The FBI on Wednesday said the suspect who was shot and killed by officers after holding several people hostage inside a downtown Bakersfield, California, building was “no stranger”…
FBI kills US army veteran who strapped bombs to hostages in overnight stand-off
Police said the hostage-taker, a convicted sex offender, barricaded himself and the hostages inside the building during the 15-hour standoff.…
California: suspect in Bakersfield bank hostage standoff shot dead by police
Police said suspect, who had a bomb strapped to his body, was shot dead by FBI early Wednesday morning A man who barricaded himself inside a bank in the southern California city of…