Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he's sending California Highway Patrol officers to Bakersfield, an expansion of a law enforcement campaign launched earlier this year with an effort to tamp down crime in hard-hit California cities. Kern County, home to Bakersfield, has higher rates of violent and property crime and more arrests compared to the statewide average, crime statistics show. The CHP officers will focus on reducing car theft, retail crime and bolstering traffic enforcement,... Read this story
