David Kaplan - Eyewitness News

07/18/2024

Gaetz continues to go after McCarthy at the RNC.

"I think at the end of the day, he probably shouldn’t be on the streets,” the former House speaker said about Gaetz, his former House colleague.

04/11/2024

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/us/live-news/oj-simpson-death-news-reaction-04-11-24/index.html

O.J. Simpson has died of cancer, his family announced Thursday. He was 76.

11/24/2023

25 hostages are released to Israel.

The freeing of 25 hostages keeps a fragile truce on track.

10/27/2023

This makes me very sad. 😢 🍕

09/28/2023

The couple found guilty in guilty of five of the seven counts in connection to the deaths of Orrin and Orson West were sentencing Thursday morning.They both fac

09/28/2023

09/08/2023

New pictures for LPU. The photographer happens to be one of my students haha.

08/18/2023

God has blessed me with a second adjunct job! Praise God for providing. On top of my three classes at CBU in Riverside I’ll be teaching a Digital Journalism class this Fall at the Christian college Life Pacific University in San Dimas.

07/29/2023

Haha, thanks Myles Boyns!

07/29/2023

Today was a tough day but a blessed one all at the same time. Thank you to all my awesome coworkers who made me feel loved and appreciated. You guys have been so much fun to work with and are all very hard workers. I will miss you, keep in touch!

07/29/2023

Thank you to everyone at Eyewitness News for the loving heart felt send off!

07/29/2023

https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/senate-bill-gives-free-college-for-former-foster-youth

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) —

07/29/2023

Sign off on final Investigates.

07/29/2023

Today... one of my best friends, co-workers, and former intern David Kaplan moved on from Eyewitness News. He is now a professor at Cal Baptist Riverside.

Words aren't enough to thank you for your encouragement and influence on my life.

You will always be known as "Intern David."

07/27/2023

LIFE ANNOUNCEMENT-After 8 years of working in TV News and 7 as a reporter I am leaving the biz. I have accepted an Adjunct Journalism and Public Relations Professor job at California Baptist University in Riverside. This Friday is my last day at Eyewitness News. I start at CBU this coming Fall semester. I have felt for me working in news long term was not sustainable. I have heard the calling from God to be a journalism professor. It's time to use what I have learned to try and help and equip the next generation to do balanced, fair, ethical, important, engaging, creative stories that make a difference in the lives of the public and that bring glory to Jesus Christ. I got my Master's in May and God blessed me very quickly with a job at my dream school. Lancer Media Group and CBU TV is thriving and I can't wait to be apart of the great work they're doing. It's intimidating making a career change, but I am taking the leap of faith and trust Jesus Christ with my whole heart. After living in Bakersfield for years from my two different stints plus my time commuting to CSUB I am blessed to have gained many friends. Please stay in touch! Bakersfield will always have a special place in my heart. Cubbie's Pizza, Salty's BBQ and Dewar's, you'll have a special place in my stomach, haha. It was truly a God thing to land a job not only back in CA and back in Bakersfield, but at the station I grew up watching and where my mentor is, Aaron Perlman. I was so blessed to get a job in the heart of the pandemic, when there were hiring freezes. It was a dream to get to report for the station I grew up watching in Tehachapi. My co-workers have been fun to work with. Thank you. Cristina and I enjoyed our time together in Bakersfield but are very excited about this move. We move this weekend. Babe, I can't wait to do this adventure with you. Kern County, thank you for allowing me to learn and cover your important stories. I gave you my very best. Kern County residents have big giving, caring hearts.

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

07/27/2023

The shelter has around 400 animals, about two to three times the capacity.

Tuesday the Kern County Board of Supervisors voted to put close to $16 million toward a larger Kern County Animal Shelter building.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Nearly 10 years ago Kern County Animals services moved to their current shelter facility from Mount Vernon Avenue to Fruitval

07/26/2023

"It's been a huge impact on us" Mayor Vince Martinez for the City of Wasco said. "Wasco is a very pro-law enforcement community."

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — "It's been a huge impact on us" Mayor Vince Martinez for the City of Wasco said. "Wasco is a very pro-law enforcement communit

07/25/2023

"The public defender then for the other criminal defendant in the case, not the who Ishani interviewed, issued a subpoena to the Bakersfield Californian, asking Miss Desai's unpublished notes from the interview" Sarah Burns, Associate at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP said.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The murder trial for two men accused of killing a man in southwest Bakersfield shopping mall is on hold.Defense attorney's wa

07/23/2023

Earlier this year, Senator Shannon Grove's Senate Bill 1042 was voted down in the safety committee.

She then introduced an SB 14 earlier this month. The bill would make child trafficking a serious felony in California. Anyone convicted of at least three serious felonies in California is punished by a sentence of between 25 years and life in prison.

After getting voted down in the past Senator Shannon Grove's bill with stiffer penalties on human trafficking is gaining momentum in the California legislature

07/21/2023

After two different deadly car crashes this year at a busy interchange in east Kern County California Senator Shannon Grove is now stepping in urging Caltrans to add safety measures.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/FOX58) — After two different deadly car crashes this year at a busy interchange in east kern county--California senator shannon grove

07/21/2023

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tony-bennett-dies-age-96-grammy-winning-singer/

Tony Bennett's joyful and stirring renditions of classic songs made him one of the most popular interpreters of jazz, pop and Broadway standards.

07/20/2023

For a year and a half Taft City Council has been trying to find a way to utilize the former "MCCF", municipal community correctional facility. The city owns the building. In the past, the contract was through the state. Now the city's agreement will be with the federal government.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — For a year and a half Taft City Council has been trying to find a way to utilize the former "MCCF", municipal community correc

07/20/2023

KCSO Deputy Joseph Garcia was found with fast food on his lap. The probable cause paper said he had red watery eyes, slurred speech, his breath smelled like alcohol, he did not do well on a sobriety tests test and failed a breath sample over the legal blood alcohol limit of point zero eight.

Court documents show how Kern County Sheriff's Office Deputy Joseph Garcia was arrested on June 7th. Bakersfield police found him in his marked KCSO car in the

07/20/2023

The Bakersfield Senior Center said they need a new building after they've been broken into several times and have had leaks in the rain. The Bakersfield Senior Center said they're confident funds for the new center will come.

The Bakersfield Senior Center said they need a new building after they've been broken into several times and have had leaks in the rain. The Bakersfield Senior

07/15/2023

Still my favorite national park, Yosemite.

07/11/2023

Three new truck climbing lanes will be built. Ahron Hakimi, Executive Director for Kern Council of Governments explains it's common for a semi-truck going 28 miles and hour to try to pass another truck going 26 miles up hill eastbound on highway 58, blocking a line of cars.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — "It's great news, it puts us in a position to finish all the movements at 58 and 99 in the next 5 years"Ahron Hakimi, Executi

07/11/2023

https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/proposed-bill-would-help-undocumented-farm-workers-become-citizens-and-allow-them-to-work-in-us-legally #

Antonio De Loera-Brust with the United Farm Workers, said the Farm Workforce Modernization Act would not just help farmworkers become U.S. Citizens and work

07/07/2023

A grand jury report shows three years ago the Kern County Coroner's Office was struggling to keep up with the demand in Kern County. The report says the coroner's office was operating with a building from the 1970s with 21st century needs.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/FOX58) —A grand jury report shows three years ago the kern county coroner's office was struggling to keep up with the demand in kern

07/06/2023

Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer said homicide rates doubled throughout the state during the pandemic and led to Kern County, having the highest per 100,000 people.

"A lot of programs were not in effect, some of our safe streets programs and different things-law enforcement had to curtail that a bit," DA Zimmer said. "Also children were not in school during those two years."

After ranking first in the state for homicides per capita, numbers from the District Attorney's office are showing Kern County's homicide rates are decreasing.

06/28/2023

The “Water World” show has show much action. Very realistic and well done. It’s obvious why it has been a mainstay for so many year. Good audience engagement.