Browse past news stories for Juvenile Court in Bakersfield, CA.

• Should drivers go to jail when a momentary distraction behind the wheel turns fatal? (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 07:12:41 pm
  These aren't the usual suspects. They are drivers like you or me who -- to their horror -- suddenly find that with an inadvertent traffic mistake they have killed someone.
• Schwarzenegger Calls Session To Discuss Water Deal (CBS 13 Sacramento)
  posted on October 12, 2009 at 12:33:17 pm
  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders plan a seventh straight day of water negotiations Monday, as the governor summoned lawmakers for a special session on the state's water problems.
• Lawmakers: Need More Time On Water Deal (CBS 13 Sacramento)
  posted on October 12, 2009 at 06:46:30 am
  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger late Sunday summoned lawmakers for a special session on the state's water problems, even as legislative negotiators ended nearly 12 hours of talks without reaching an agreement.
• Double murder suspect shot to death by Anaheim police had connections to Bakersfield (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 01:03:27 am
  A double murder suspect shot and killed by Anaheim police Wednesday was once convicted as a teen in Bakersfield of murdering an 17-year-old Stockdale High School student. Anthony Castillo, 31, was wanted in connection with the early Wednesday shooting deaths of a woman, who was the mother of his son, and her boyfriend, Anaheim police said.
• Death penalty reversed in 1981 Terra Bella area murder (Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register)
  posted on September 22, 2009 at 11:12:35 am
  A federal appeals court has thrown out the death penalty for a man sentenced nearly 17 years ago for the shotgun killing of his pregnant wife on a roadside near Terra Bella.
• Man accused of fatally shooting Earlimart teen in 2002 pleads guilty (Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register)
  posted on September 18, 2009 at 11:11:15 am
  A man accused of fatally shooting a teenage boy and shooting and wounding a man nearly seven years ago in an Earlimart home pleaded guilty Thursday to counts of murder, attempted murder and other charges.
• Judge delays hearing in child custody case (KGET 17 Bakersfield)
  posted on July 10, 2009 at 02:10:23 pm
  A juvenile court judge delayed a hearing for a Bakersfield boy who police say was nearly blinded by his father.
• District attorney blocks judge from hearing criminal cases (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on March 19, 2009 at 06:36:06 am
  District Attorney Ed Jagels has issued blanket orders to keep North Kern Superior Court Judge Robert Tafoya from hearing virtually all criminal cases, saying his office recently "can't get a fair trial." The two-month block has disrupted the North Kern court where Tafoya is one of only three judges. At least one trial had to be moved to Bakersfield because of the block and it has also forced ...