17 News @ Sunrise 04/24/2024
Apr 24, 2024 ·
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Some of today's top stories - Farm workers protested outside the Marriott Hotel in downtown Bakersfield yesterday morning, as a hearing got underway in the case of Wonderful Nurseries versus...
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- Farm workers protested outside the Marriott Hotel in downtown Bakersfield yesterday morning, as a hearing got underway in the case of Wonderful Nurseries versus United Farm Workers.
The workers claim they were tricked into unionizing with the U-F-W and they want out. The workers allege the U-F-W approached them... offering $600 in COVID-19 relief funds... as part of a federal program for farm and food workers.
They say they were told signing what they did not know was a union authorization card... was part of the process. U-F-W Vice President Erika Navarrette told 17 News the claims are "a complete lie," and says the workers are being manipulated by Wonderful Nurseries.
The hearing has been adjourned until Thursday.
For more on the case... as well as past allegations against the UFW... you can visit our website, k-g-e-t dot com. - Bakersfield police now say street racing was the cause of a crash in southwest Bakersfield that sent four people to the hospital, including a child.
The crash happened Monday night on Old River Road near White Lane just before 7 p.m.
Investigators say two Chevy Camaros were racing when the white camaro hit several vehicles stopped at a light at the intersection.
The driver of the black camaro drove over the center median and left the scene.
Three adults and one juvenile, who were not part of the illegal street race, were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
BPD says the driver of the white camaro, 19-year-old Meylin Rosi Barrera, was also taken to the hospital.
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Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call police at the number on your screen. - We have new information this morning on a fire that destroyed a Rosamond home Monday night.
It happened around 7:15 on Cold Creek Avenue.
The Kern County Fire Department has confirmed that one person died in that fire.
Officials say firefighters tried to force their way into the home, but collapsing ceilings kept them from getting inside.
The person who died has not yet been identified.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation. - We have new details on the arrest of four teens following a high-speed pursuit in Northeast Bakersfield. That pursuit happened Sunday morning in the area of Bernard and Sacramento Streets.
It came to an end when the driver of the stolen car crashed into a street sign and a telephone poll in front of Studio B Salon.
We are learning all four teens have been charged with resisting arrest.
The driver was also charged with felony evading and possession of stolen property - This morning.. we are learning prosecutors have requested futher investigation into a shooting that left a woman dead in East Bakersfield. That shooting happened around 10:45 Friday night on Pearl Street near Robinson Street.
38-year-old Margarita Lopez was killed.
Deputies arrested 36-year-old Paul Magallanes on suspicion of murder.
Magallanes was scheduled to be arraigned yesterday, but no charges were filed.
The case will now be sent back to the to the sheriff's office for further review.
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