
During a press conference Thursday morning, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood made a sobering statement. "The new norm is we're seeing this across the nation. People taking handguns and shooting people. And more than one victim at a time,” Youngblood said. Wednesday night's shooting in Bakersfield was the third deadliest in the U. S. this year. But as events like this become more normalized, many mental health experts are raising the alarm. Path to Full Story on 29 Eyewitness News