17 News @ Sunrise 03/18/2024

Some of today's top storiesa frightening moment for an 11-year-old girl who was reported missing in Bakersfield...but later was found with a man in Utah KCSO said Ryder Rene Garcia was reported missing early yesterday morning.    Later that morning, deputies learned the young girl may be with a man, and traveling through Utah.    Local deputies reached out to Utah authorities to help find Garcia.    Officials say she was found with a man and unharmed.Officers over the weekend responded to a pickup truck hitting a horse and rider. BPD says they located a man and horse in the road suffering major injuries at South Sterling Street and Alto Place just before midnight Saturday. The rider eventually died from the crash. Officials say the horse had major injuries and officers decided the most humane course of action was to euthanize the horse at the scene. Police say alcohol, drugs, or speed are not factors in the crash. No arrests were made. The identity of the rider of the horse, or driver of the pickup have not been released.It's been 8 days since a deadly officer-involved shooting in Oildale.    Cole Hughes was shot by a Kern County sheriff's deputy who responded to a report of domestic violence.    Hughes' wife says this didn't have to happen.    17's Rob Hagan has the story.Police in Fresno are investigating a house fire where two children were killed. Officials responded to the house fire in Kingsburg yesterday morning.    They say they saw a car that rammed into the side of a home where a woman was inside.    Later- deputies learned that woman was the mother of the two children who were stuck inside the house----    They say she was trying to make an exit route for her two children- so they could get out safely.     However, both children- an eight year old boy and his six year old sister died in the fire----    The family says both of those children had autism.     The mother suffered non-life-threatening burns to her hands and face.