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ABC23s Karl Mandik strapped on the skates and took to the rink at the Bakersfield Ice-Sports Center. More


As ABC 23 continues its month long look at Staycations, ABC 23's Karl Mandik takes a look at what's cheap and fun in Downtown Bakersfield. More


On The Job Stories

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ABC23 goes on the job with a tattoo artist from Evil Eye Tattoo. More


Air Traffic Controllers keep their eyes on the sky to keep the ground below safe.

We've all seen those letter grades at restaurants but what do they really mean? And how does a restaurant get that grade? ABC 23 shadowed a restaurant health inspector to find out.

After years of owning a roofing business, a local couple decides to go into something a little sweeter. More


ABC23 goes on the job to clear up the mystery of where your sewage goes after you flush the toilet. More


ABC23 spends an average day with a field worker. More


ABC23 goes "on the job" with a woman and her butterflies. More


On The Job Stories

Many of us know of TV shows like "ER" or "Greys Anatomy" that revolve around hospital emergency rooms. But is that what it's really like in an ER? ABC 23's East Bakersfield reporter Christine Dinh went "On The Job" with an ER doctor to find out.

Street food vendors call him "El Diablo Blanco." In English, he's "The White Devil." That's because he tickets vendors without a permit and confiscates their food. He's Forrest Harrison, one of Kern County's health inspectors. He may be a villain to some, but he's a protector of health to the public, targeting unpermitted street food vendors who often prepare their food in filthy conditions that can make you sick and even kill you. "It's a serious problem and a serious health hazard," said Harrison.

Production of the B-52 bomber stopped in the early 1960s and it’s the testing done at Edwards Air Force Base with radar navigator Christopher Rudd and other servicemen and women which is crucial to the life of this aging warbird.

They're the crew that flies to the farthest reaches of Kern County to bring patients with injuries and illnesses to medical treatment. More


It is an unheralded profession, but one that keeps the City of Bakersfield looking clean. ABC 23 took a ride with the night shift of the City of Bakersfield Street Division's street sweepers to see what life is like on the streets of Bakersfield at night. More


ABC23's Karl Mandik goes on the job with Kern County Sheriff's Department helicopter pilots. More


Many communities have separate trash bins for trash and recycling, but that’s not the case in much of eastern Kern county. Instead, it all goes to the same place where sanitation workers spend their days sorting and separating the recyclables from the trash.

It is 9 a.m. and Steve Suthers just got to Body Exchange Sport Club in southwest Bakersfield. This is where Suthers juggles his own intense training sessions as a bodybuilder with working full-time so he could pay his bills. More


North County

As ABC23 continues with stay-cations for the month of July, our travels take us once again to Delano. ABC23's North County reporter Crystal Figueroa met up with one family who traveled to Lake Woollomes for their free getaway. More


As ABC23 continues with stay-cation ideas for the month of July, our travels have taken us Delano. More