BAKERSFIELD, CA-- The 2014 Relay For Life came to a close Sunday morning, with participants taking to the track for one last lap. More than 1,500 cancer survivors and 335 teams took part in the event and raised $1,135,485.50 for cancer research. Organizers said it is the eleventh year in a row that Relay For Life has raised over a million dollars.

Patsy Romero said she has benefited from the research Relay For Life and the American Cancer Society funds.

"It's given me hope,” Romero said. “ I am currently taking a research drug that was discovered through ACS funding and that drug is keeping my cancer from returning."

Teams were asked to keep at least one walker on the track when the relay started Saturday morning. For Bakersfield resident Shane Lucey, it was a test of endurance.

"Right at the end it was 45 and a half miles when I decided to call it quits," Lucey said.

Salomon Martinez Jr. who is from Sacramento brought his family down to the relay as a way to show respect to the family members he has lost to the disease. Martinez Jr. and his family placed glow sticks in bag with names of loved ones on them. It was part of ceremony called The Luminaria.

"We are showing what the void is in our hearts and hopefully that will remind others around us that the glow that should be in every heart,” said Martinez Jr.

Even though the 2014 relay is over, the American Cancer Society is in constant need of volunteers. To find out how you can help, visit their website at www.cancer.org

The film screening inside a Bakersfield church hall was never intended to be a community forum about fracking.

But because of one technical problem after another, and a few restive oil and gas industry people in the audience, there was almost no avoiding it.

GREELEY, Colo. -- Chance Gusbeth hit a three-run home runs in the seventh and eighth innings and Soloman Williams also homered twice to power Cal State Bakersfield to a 19-7 Western Athletic Conference baseball win over Northern Colorado.

The Roadrunners (19-26 overall, 11-9 WAC) finished with 21 hits, the second-most in a game in the program's six-season history.

GREELEY, Colo. -- Chance Gusbeth hit a three-run home runs in the seventh and eighth innings and Soloman Williams also homered twice to power Cal State Bakersfield to a 19-7 Western Athletic Conference baseball win over Northern Colorado.

The Roadrunners (19-26 overall, 11-9 WAC) finished with 21 hits, the second-most in a game in the program's six-season history.

There's no way Steven Gee could have prepared for the morning of Jan. 10, 2013.

A senior at Taft High at the time -- and the only senior among 28 students in a science class -- Gee was sitting at his desk about 9 a.m. when a student, armed with a shotgun, entered the classroom and fired at Bowe Cleveland, a classmate in the room.

The Condors were just trying to celebrate a hard-fought victory. The Stockton Thunder may have been trying to send a message.

The Condors beat the Thunder 2-0 before a raucous crowd of 4,742 on Saturday night at Rabobank Arena to take a 2-games-to-none lead in what has turned into a cantankerous ECHL Western Conference semifinal.

Services scheduled

Melinda K. Adams, 60, Bakersfield, April 22. Graveside service 11 a.m. May 9, Greenlawn Cemetery. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors.

She Pree Brevil got up, dusted herself off, and walked out of the long jump pit at Bakersfield College frustrated and dismayed.

After a pair of sub-par jumps to begin the competition, the Ridgeview sophomore was sure that her final attempt wasn't anything special.

Ben Lively kept his unbeaten record intact Friday as the Bakersfield Blaze held on for an 8-6 victory over the Modesto Nuts in a California League baseball game at John Thurman Field.

Lively's scoreless streak ended at 31 innings when he allowed two seventh-inning runs. In 6-2/3 innings, he struck out eight and walked just one in running his record to 6-0. He left the game with a 6-2 lead before Modesto (9-20) rallied with two runs in each of the seventh and eighth innings.

Baseball

Golden Valley 8, West 0

Stockdale's Brock Bonetti and Frontier's Jorie Caneta, bright stars in the world of high school swimming, both have their eyes set on records this month and much more later in the summer.

But they took the chance to soak up one last old-fashioned high school dual meet Friday at Silvercreek Park, swimming different events and mixing it up with friends.

CHEYENNE, WY-- Self-proclaimed dog rescuer Kimi Peck has taken her show on the road, it seems. Nearly four years after she surrendered more than 140 dogs to authorities in Tehachapi, Peck Friday crossed paths with animal control officers in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

The last we heard from Kimi Peck she had taken a plea deal with county prosecutors,walking away from a dozen charges connected to the rescue operation she was running illegally in Tehahcapi. Officials actually called it dog hoarding. When it was all over rescue teams tagged and processed at least 144 dogs from the home Peck was evicted from.

Friday animal control officials took 54 dogs from a fifth-wheel trailer Peck was living out of in Cheyenne.

KWGN-TV reporting that Peck had been cited in April for not having the proper rabies tags on her dogs. When she pulled up at a veterinary clinic Friday to get 30 dogs vaccinated animal control intervened taking 54 dogs to the local shelter to check their health.

“It's kinda hard at this point,” said Debbie Lee with Cheyenne Animal Control. “Right now it's kinda get them into the crates, so we can get them checked out and see what condition they are in.”

Animal control officers say the dogs appear to be in good health. People living in Cheyenne are not allowed to own more than four dogs by law, but Peck wasn't arrested. If she had been all of her dogs would have to be held as evidence for 30 days so they couldn't be adopted out or taken in by foster families.

Kimi Peck has become a target of animal rights groups. A Facebook page was created last month with the heading “Where on earth is Kimi Peck?" Now they know.

Stockton was good early, the Condors were better late.

That was the difference on Friday night as the Condors rallied for a 3-2 victory at Rabobank Arena.

The Liberty girls swimming team, led by senior Audrey Willoughby's four first-place finishes, beat Centennial on Friday at McMurtrey Aquatic Center with a 100-70 win to go undefeated in the Southwest Yosemite League.

Willoughby finished first in the 200-yard freestyle (2:04.54), 100 butterfly (1:03.64) and helped the Patriots to wins in the 200 free relay (1:47.95) and a season-best time in the 200 medley relay (2:00.10).

The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks signed West High graduate A.J. Jefferson to a free-agent deal Friday, the team announced.

The Seattle Times reported that the 6-foot-1, 190-pound Jefferson likely will be used as a backup cornerback and kickoff and punt returner for the Seahawks.

The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks signed West High graduate A.J. Jefferson to a free-agent deal Friday, the team announced.

The Seattle Times reported that the 6-foot-1, 190-pound Jefferson likely will be used as a backup cornerback and kickoff and punt returner for the Seahawks.

GREELEY, Colo. -- Senior left-hander Taylor Aikenhead pitched a complete game and won his team-best sixth game of the season Friday afternoon to lead Cal State Bakersfield to a 7-3 Western Athletic Conference baseball win at Northern Colorado.

Aikenhead allowed 10 hits and two walks and didn't have a 1-2-3 inning until the ninth.

BAKERSFIELD, CA -- The following is news release from the Bakersfield Police Department:

On May 2, 2014, the Bakersfield Police Department began receiving information that several students at Centennial High School had baked cupcakes tainted with bodily fluids including semen and fecal matter. These reports were received primarily through social media sources. At the request of the Kern High School District, Bakersfield police officers and detectives were dispatched to initiate an investigation. Thus far our investigation has revealed that this matter was thoroughly investigated by the Kern High School District Police Department and Centennial High School personnel prior to our arrival.

Their investigation indicated that there were no bodily fluids or poisonous substances baked into the cupcakes. Suspect and witness statements indicated all foreign substances baked into the cupcakes were household kitchen items such as mayonnaise, barbeque sauce and soy sauce and all edible. One of the students mentioned a hair from her head mixed into the cake batter and another student had mentioned semen but there is no evidence and witness statements contradict that allegation. All of the involved students’ families were notified and none of the families wished any further action other than the administrative process that will take place through Centennial High School and the Kern High School District. The tainted cupcakes were all destroyed prior to police notification.

It was reported that several students tasted the cupcakes and due to the poor taste immediately spit them out, however one student consumed an entire cupcake despite the poor taste. That student stayed home the following day due to stomach cramps and throwing up. No students required medical aid. At this point in the investigation it appears this event can best be categorized as a high school prank however the investigation is still on-going.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to call Detective Ted King at (661) 326-3857 or the Bakersfield Police Department at (661) 327-7111.

BAKERSFIELD, CA - Call it wheeling and dealing, bargain hunting or popping tags, the annual Junkatique is on. The rummage sale at Calvary Bible Church opened Friday morning to a swarm looking for a steal.

The church collected donations for nine months for the sale. It is legendary to people who have lived in Bakersfield for a while. They don't want to miss a deal.　

Deal dashers put it in fifth gear Friday morning, racing to the rummage sale for must-haves.

Tiffany Rojas was asked if it is a pretty serious sale. She said, "Oh yeah, it's huge, huge."

"Um yeah, to say it mildly, it's overwhelming," said Pastor of Calvary Bible Church, Steve Truitt.

Calvary Bible Church has held the sale for over 25 years. The money raised helps missionaries locally and around the world. They are currently working on building a church in Mexico.

"You know, this is part of helping not only our own community, but helping folks around the world these folks will never see," said Truitt.

Throngs of thrifters even spent the night in anticipation of the sale. The first bargain buster, Alvin Deshieles, spent eleven hours in line.

"There's something in there I want so I figured I'd get it," said Deshieles.

Bargain hunter Kristina George was asked if she was spending more then she has planned. "Possibly," she answered. "But, the deals are so good, and I mean, I just got a ton of irises for much better than I would get at the garden center."

From furniture and fancy pigs, figurines, and new wheels, it's all up for grabs until Junkatique 2014 is a wrap.

"People don't really need those things, but it brings us memories and that's what is good about it," said Truitt.

Junkatique is open Saturday, May 3rd, from 6:00 am to noon.

If you have something you'd like to donate for next years sale, you can call 327-5921 for information.

BAKERSFIELD, CA - A Bakersfield family is starting over after losing everything in a house fire Wednesday.

The property owner says he doesn't think there were any smoke detectors in the home, but still rented it out to the family last month.

Smoke detectors are required in all homes under California law, but the property owner says he didn't know that. He says he never had the property inspected.

Now, the family who rented that home is just thankful they're all safe after what could have been a tragedy.

"We got a loud knock at the door and they said 'your house is on fire, the back of your house' and we're like no there's nobody back there what do you mean? And, we open the door and there was just flames."

And, those flames quickly tore through the home in the 3700 block of L Street in northeast Bakersfield Wednesday, destroying everything Randi Reddick, her boyfriend, and their three young children owned.

"I actually just packed up from the motel they gave me for two nights now. I actually don't know where we're going for the day," Reddick said.

"It's kind of weird because I don't know how it started and it's sad and I lost everything and I don't know what to do," said 12-year-old Arionna Salazar.

The property's owner, Bernard Bugarin, says the home still needed some minor renovations. But other hazards, like live wires hanging from the ceiling, were not immediately fixed.

"That's the way I bought the house. I thought it was part of the house connection because it is an older house. It's a hundred year old house so I have no idea if those wires were to code or not," Bugarin said.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but both Bugarin and Reddick say it was electrical.

If you would like to help the family you can contact Andrae Gonzalez from Stewards Inc. at 565-4636.

Gonzalez says the biggest need right now is cash donations to help get this family into a new home.