Top stories:
- A pit bull that attacked an 8-year-old girl Thursday in south Bakersfield was shot and killed by a neighbor, police said.
- Attorneys on Friday said they will be ready next month to begin trial in the case of a Ridgecrest man charged with killing a woman and mutilating her body.
- Kyle Sison, 33, is accused of vandalizing New Allen Chapel AME Church in incidents that occurred July 17, Aug. 30 and Nov. 18.