23ABC Midday News: Top Stories for February 19, 2020

It's a busy day for President Trump and Kern County as the president is set to be right here in Bakersfield today.

IT'S A BUSY DAY FOR PRESIDENTTRUMP -- AND KERN COUNTY --AS THE PRESIDENT IS SET TO BERIGHT HERE IN BAKERSFIELDTODAY.THESE ARE LIVE PICTURES FROMPALM SPRINGS.THE PRESIDENT IS IN SOUTHERNCALIFORNIA FOR A FUNDRAISER ATTHE ESTATE OF ORACLE CHAIRMANLARRY ELLISON INRANCHO MIRAGE.THE PRESIDENT HAS A BUSYSCHEDULE TODAY -- GOING FROMRANCHO MIRAGE... TOBAKERSFIELD... THEN PHOENIXBEFORERETURNING TO LAS VEGAS -- WHEREHE STAYED OVERNIGHT.TODAY WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OFTHE PRESIDENT'S VISITAT MEADOWS FIELD AND THROUGHOUTTOWN WHERETHERE ARE PROTESTS TAKING PLACE.LET'S SEND THINGS OVER TODANIELA GARRIDO WHO'S AT A VERYBUSY MEADOWS FIELD.DANIELA?YES I'M HERE ON THE CORNER OF 18AND L STREET WHERE MANYCOMMUNITY MEMBERS SAY THEY AREHERE TO EXPRESSTHEMSELVES IN LIGHT OF THEPRESIDENT TRUMP BEING HERE.NOW THIS EVENT WAS ORGANIZED ONFACEBOOK BY THE CESARCHAVEZ FOUNDATION, THE KERN DEMSAND JULIE SOLIS WHOIS RUNNING FOR CALIFORNIAASSEMBLY DISTRICT 34.LAST CHECK 45 PEOPLE RSVPED TOSHOW UP HERE AND IT APPEARSLESS THAN 40 PEOPLE SHOWED UP.ORAGNIZERS FROM THE CESAR CHAVEZFOUNDATIONREFUSED TO PROVIDE A STATEMENTFOR WHY THEY WEREHERE.

BUT DID TELL ME THIS ANOPEN PLACE TO EXPRESS ANDTHEY HAVE THE MIC OPEN.SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAY THEYFEEL LIKE THEY ARE HEREPROTESTIBG WHAT THEY FEEL ISOPRESSION TOWARDS THEMIGRANT COMMUNITY HEREBAKERSFIELD.

COMMUNITYMEMBERS TOLD ME THEY FEELPRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOTSUPPORTING MIGRANTS AND THELOWER INCOME PEOPLE.THEY SAY HE SAYS HES SPENDINGMOST OF HIS TIME WITH FARMERSINSTEAD OF THE FARMWORKERS.

ANDTHEY WANT TO SEE HIM SPENDMORE TIME IN THE LOWERSOCIOECONOMIC COMMUNITIES TOBRING ABOUT CHANGE AND HERE WHATTHEY NEED.

THEY SAYWITHOUT FARMWORKERS KERN COUNTYWOULDN'T BEWHAT IT IS AND THEY MAKE THEFARMING INDUSTRY GOROUND.SOME SAY THEY WOULD WELCOME THEPRESIDENT TO THIS CORNERTO SHOW THAT THEY WOULD BEWELCOMING REGARDLESS OFTHE DIFFERENCES WHILE OTHERSTOLD ME THEY FEEL ITS TOOLITTLE TOO LATE AND THAT HESHOUKD HAVE COME TOBAKERSFIELD OR ANY OTHER POORCOMMUNITY LONG AGO.

THEY SAYOTHER PRESIDENTIAL LEADERS TOOKTIME TO SPENDWITH DELORES HUERTA AND OTHERFARMING ORGANIZATIONSUPPORTERS WHEN THEY PASSTHROUGH TOWN AND THEY JUSTDON'T FEEL THATS HAPPENING.NOW THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME SAYTHEY DON'T WANT THIS PROTEST TOBE PLACE OF HATE BUT A REMINDERTHAT WE CAN LOVINGLY SHOWOUR DIFFERENCES!AS OF NOW IT'S UNCLEAR HOW LONGORGANIZERS ANDCOMMUNITY MEMBERS PLAN TO BEOUT HERE BUT WE WILLBRING YOU THEIR VOICE THROUGHOUTTHE DAYBUT FOR NOW LIVE IN DOWNTOWNBAKERSFIELDLET'S CHECK IN NOW WITH 23ABC'SCHIEF METEOROLOGISTELAINA RUSK FOR A FIRST LOOK ATYOUR STORM SHIELDFORECAST.A WESTERLY FLOW KEEPS US SUNNYAND STABLE THROUGH THEEND OF THE WEEK, WITH A RETURNTO THE LOW 70S IN THE VALLEYTODAY AND THEN MID-70S TOMORROWAND FRIDAY.

AIR QUALITY ISMODERATE SO THERE IS NO WOODBURNINGPERMITTED UNLESS YOU HAVE AREGISTERED DEVICE.

THAT MEANSTHE KERN RIVER VALLEY ENJOYS THEMID-60S TODAY ANDUPPER 60S TOMORROW WITH THEUPPER 50S IN TEHACHAPI ANDFRAZIER PARK TODAY AND THE LOW60S FOR THOSE SOUTHMOUNTAINS TOMORROW.WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWSTHIS MORNING...THE MAYOR OF MCFARLAND HASANNOUNCED HE WILL BE RESIGNINGTHIS WEEK."BY THE END OF TODAY I WILL HAVERESIGNED AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OFMCFARLAND.PRIMARILY BECAUSE I THINK IT'STIME FOR OTHER LEADERSHIP TOEMERGE."IN A PHONE INTERVIEW WITH MAYORMANUEL CANTU THISMORNING... HE SAID HE'SRESIGNING TO SPEND MORE TIMEWITH HIS FAMILY, AND POSSIBLYPURSUE HIS PASSION AS AMINISTER.CANTU HAS BEEN MAYOR OFMCFARLAND FOR NINE YEARS.WHEN ASKED IF HIS RESIGNATIONHAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEDEATH OF JOHN WOONER, THE FORMERMCFARLAND CITYMANAGER... CANTU SAID IT'ABSOLUTELY DOES'."JOHN WAS A GREAT TEAM LEADER.JOHNWAS A FRIEND..

IS A FRIEND.SOHIM NOT BEING HERE DEFINITELYHASCREATED SOME EMOTIONS FOR METHAT I HAVE TO CONSIDER AS WELL.WE WERE A GREAT TEAM, SO NOTHAVING JOHN HERE WITH US IS ONEOF THE MANYFACTORS THAT I TAKE INTOCONSIDERATION."HE ADDED THAT 2019 WAS ACHALLENGING YEAR FOR HIM ANDTHE CITY OF MCFARLAND, AND THATLAST YEAR PLAYED A ROLE INHIS DECISION TO RESIGN.CANTU SAID MAYOR PRO TEM STEVEMCFARLAND WILLNOW STEP IN AS INTERIM CITYMAYOR.NEW DETAILS IN THE DEATH OF AFIRE CAPTAIN IN PORTERVILLE.WE'RE LEARNING THE MAN WHO WASKILLED IN THE FIRE AT A LIBRARYTO THE NORTH OF US... WAS FROMBAKERSFIELD.THE FIREFIGHTER WHO WAS KILLEDHAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 35-YEAR-OLD FIRE CAPTAIN RAYMONDFIGUEROA.ACCORDING TO FRIENDS ANDCOLLEAGUES OF FIGUEROA... HEGRADUATED FROM DELANO HIGHSCHOOL AND RECENTLY MOVEDBACK TO BAKERSFIELD.ANOTHER FIREFIGHTER, NOWIDENTIFIED AS 25-YEAR-OLDPATRICK JONES, IS STILLUNACCOUNTED FOR.THE BLAZE BROKE OUT SHORTLYAFTER 4 P-M TUESDAY JUSTYARDS AWAY FROM THE PORTERVILLEFIRE DEPARTMENT."THE CITY OF PORTERVILLE HASIDENTIFIED FIRE CAPTAIN RAYMONDFIGEUROA, 35 YEARS OLD, AS THEFIREFIGHTER WHO WAS KILLED INTHECITY OF PORTERVILLE LIBRARYFIRE.

CAPT.

FIGUEROA STARTED HISCAREER IN 2007.ADDITIONALLY, FIREFIGHTERPATRICK JONES, 33, HAS BEENCONFIRMED AS STILLUNACCOUNTED FOR.

FIREFIGHTERJONES STARTED HIS CAREER WITHTHE CITY IN 2017.THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHTNOW."THE PORTERVILLE POLICEDEPARTMENT SAYS TWO 13-THE PORTERVILLE POLICEDEPARTMENT SAYS TWO 13- YEAR-OLDBOYS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ONCHARGES OFARSON, MANSLAUGHTER ANDCONSPIRACY.BAKERSFIELD CITY FIRE SENT ANENGINE TO PORTERVILLE TOHELP WITH EMERGENCY CALLS.ROBERT RIVAS -- THE MAN BEHIND AMACHETE ATTACK AT A STARBUCKSIN SOUTHWEST BAKERSFIELD --COULD SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFEIN PRISON.THIS MORNING A JUDGE SENTENCEDRIVAS TO 7 YEARS TOLIFE FOR THE SEPTEMBER 2018MACHETE ATTACK AT THESTARBUCKS ON STOCKDALE HIGHWAY.RIVAS WAS FOUND GUILTY INJANUARY OF MULTIPLE FELONIESINCLUDING ATTEMPTED VOLUNTARYMANSLAUGHTER.AFTER ATTACKING A WOMAN -- AGOOD SAMARITAN -- BLAINE HODGEINTERVENED -- AND WAS ALSOATTACKED BY RIVAS.A JUDGE SENTENCED RIVAS TOANOTHER 8 YEARS AFTER HESERVES THAT INITIAL SENTENCE.HE'LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLEAFTER 7 YEARS.THE STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESSWITH GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ISCURRENTLY UNDERWAY.?HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT THEADDRESS RIGHT NOW?

THIS ALLHAPPENING JUST BEFORE A JOINTCONVENTION OFTHE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE.THERE IS A LIVE STREAM OF THEADDRESS ON BOTH THEGOVERNOR'S OFFICE'S TWITTER ANDON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE.THE GOVERNOR SO FAR HAS TOUCHEDON SEVERAL TOPICS --INCLUDING THE STATE'S BUDGET..THE HOMELESS CRISIS..

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