http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local RSS Feed for KBAK - News - Local & Regional en-us Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:14:46 GMT http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/37301339.html The state's high court on Thursday barred emergency room doctors from directly billing insured patients when their HMOs refuse to pay the entire bill. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/37301274.html Ten of thousands of dollars in donations have poured in to help a 16-year-old boy who police say was held captive and severely abused in a Tracy home for more than a year. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/37301169.html A Vacaville mother has been sentenced to four years in prison for killing her 11-year-old daughter with an overdose of prescription drugs and sleeping pills. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/37301059.html Students fearing the call of nature during long-term lockdowns no longer have to worry in this city, where school officials have secured emergency toilets for every classroom. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/37300999.html A Fresno County supervisor is calling for an independent review of Child Protective Services after a 10-year-old boy allegedly was beaten and stomped to death by his mother's boyfriend. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/37300824.html A Newport Beach man who posted a Craigslist "cottage by the ocean" room-for-rent advertisement on the Web site allegedly assaulted a woman who responded to the ad. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/37300734.html San Diego County's only booze-friendly beach last summer will have a dry season this year. The state is banning alcohol at Silver Strand State Beach near Coronado from March 16 to Sept. 30 this year. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/37300659.html Authorities say Anaheim police shot and killed a man in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven store during a traffic stop. Police Sgt. Rick Martinez says an officer pulled over the man in his early 40s driving a gray Toyota at about 12:10 a.m. Thursday. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/37300574.html An ex-Marine stabbed a pit bull to death in Anaheim after it attacked his wife and dogs. Police Sgt. Rick Martinez says Douglas Perry and his wife Vicki were walking their Siberian husky and American Eskimo Wednesday when the pit bull approached walking alone. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/37299979.html At least one reputed gang member was arrested during a sweep Thursday in Bakersfield. Officials from five agencies worked together to apprehend 19 listed gang members from five locations.