BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Two recent cases in Kern County have renewed concerns about domestic violence as local advocates report an annual rise in incidents around the holiday season.

On Nov. 26, Bakersfield police responded to a shooting at a home on Tallulah Falls Court in northwest Bakersfield. Investigators say 37-year-old Manuel Robles is accused of shooting his wife before fleeing the scene and crashing his vehicle. He was arrested and later charged with spousal injury and child cruelty. Robles appeared in court Tuesday, where he pleaded not guilty.

Five days later, a separate domestic-violence case ended in an officer-involved shooting that shut down a stretch of southbound Highway 99. According to Wasco police, the incident began when a woman called 911 to report that her ex-

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