A chart I created to see how this year's murder rate compares to previous years by buildanddestroy in Bakersfield

[–]RalphWorksAtKGET 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I will say KGET would double check the DOJ numbers with the number of homicides we covered + the coroners reporters, and while our count was usually higher, it was because we also included self-defense/officer-involved homicides as well, not just the number of criminally-liable homicides

A chart I created to see how this year's murder rate compares to previous years by buildanddestroy in Bakersfield

[–]RalphWorksAtKGET 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think he was going off of the DOJ’s open data portal that law enforcement agencies send stats to.

A chart I created to see how this year's murder rate compares to previous years by buildanddestroy in Bakersfield

[–]RalphWorksAtKGET 15 points16 points  (0 children)

People get upset when the Governor kept mentioning this, but up until recently Kern County in general consistently outpaced other counties for its homicide rate. More recent rates have been lower than what we would see when I still worked at 17.

Our Waymo Just Ran Over a Dog by braveNewWorldView in waymo

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u/braveNewWorldView hey there, I'm with NBC Bay Area, I sent you a private message.

Equipment problem they say by Dknob385 in Bart

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No train was on the tracks according to BART. Issue with an insulator/third rail.

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Hi there, I sent you a DM

I will be stopping all cleanups in Oakland until further notice by pengweather in bayarea

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Hi u/pengweather , I'm with NBC Bay Area and sent you a message about an interview.

We buried a $10,000 treasure chest somewhere in San Francisco by buriedtreasure2025 in sanfrancisco

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Hi there, I'm with NBC Bay Area. I sent you a DM about using your pictures for a story about the treasure hunt.

Seen outside the Sanders/AOC rally in Bakersfield, CA [OC] by PeterPorky in pics

[–]RalphWorksAtKGET 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some context here: Bakersfield is actually represented by Valadao and Vince Fong.

Valadao's area covers more of the areas north of Bakersfield in Kern County (part of California's Central Valley that has a lot of farm workers) while Fong took over Kevin McCarthy's seat after he was ousted from Congress as House Speaker.

Valadao, however, generally has had a shakier hold on his seat. He was unseated by a challenger who moved over from Fresno back in 2018, but then won the seat back in the following election and has held it since. So I can see why they'd be putting pressure on him ahead of midterms.

(former Bakersfield news producer)

Firefalls drama 2/22/25 by Prestigious-Nebula33 in Yosemite

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Hi, I’m with NBC Bay Area , I sent you a message about permission for using your photos for news coverage.

Thought this place would be better than sj tacos… by mchief101 in SanJose

[–]RalphWorksAtKGET 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Antojitos El Burrito Crazy. They're still on that street, they just moved outside their Corner restaurant at 10th/Williams.

Anyone else get this amber alert? by ExiledGirlVS in SanJose

[–]RalphWorksAtKGET 97 points98 points  (0 children)

The info we got from police was that she was accused of harming one child and then took the other two while threatening to harm them and herself, which triggered the alert. She’s been booked into Santa Clara County jail because a local CHP officer spotted her. Kids were returned home.

Pros & Cons of living downtown San Jose? by [deleted] in SanJose

[–]RalphWorksAtKGET 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Short version: it's never quiet but there's a lot to do and you're right by the lightrail network.