Much worse than a smashed window

A 31-year-old Bakersfield woman was shot and killed while driving down the street yesterday morning. The woman and her cousin where driving near 4th and R Streets when gunfire erupted from a crowd of people standing on the street. She was struck with a bullet to the head. Trina Beavers died a short time later in the hospital. Even though there was a GROUP of people standing there when the shooting occurred, there are no suspects.

I recently joked with my son about being afraid to drive around the neighborhood surrounding Emerson Middle School. The baseball field where my son and his fellow Drillers practice is on P St. It’s a rough area, but I didn’t think it was that rough.

I think it's time for BHS to get a new field.