Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET)– Murray Family Farms is back with another cherry harvest happening every Saturday and Sunday for the month of May. You and your family can cherry pick at The Little Purple Barn from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 9557 Copus Road. Guests must have a pre-purchased picking bucket in order to participate....

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Officials are investigating a death at a construction site in west Bakersfield Monday afternoon. The incident was reported around 2:44 p.m. in the area of Stockdale Ranch Drive and South Wegis Avenue. One person was reported dead, according the Kern County Fire Department. It is not...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Grand Jury announced Monday morning an assessment of the Lakeside Union School District in southwest Bakersfield, which serves just under 2,000 students. That district includes Lakeside School and Donald E. Suburu School. Some of the issues raised? Campus safety and...

KGET has been nominated for nine Emmy Awards for news programming and special coverage including multiple nominations for reporting on the Borel Fire and a nomination for Overall Excellence.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A woman with three prior drunken driving convictions faces a year in jail and felony probation after pleading no contest to charges of drunken driving and driving on a suspended license, prosecutors say. Brittney Cheema, 25, pleaded no contest Friday and is set for sentencing May 29,...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Romanian man accused with two others of stealing more than $100,000 in EBT funds pleaded no contest Monday to all charges for a court-indicated two-year prison term. The open plea was made over the objection of prosecutor Anthony Yim, who said defendant Alberto-Ionel Baran faced up to...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The city of Bakersfield’s Recreation & Parks Department began a tennis court rehabilitation project at Centennial Park on Monday. The tennis courts at the park are required to close for about two months for this project, starting May 5. The existing asphalt courts are set to be demolished...

Community members in Kern County portray acts of civil disobedience as hundreds gather at Rep. David Valadao’s office to protest Medicaid cuts and California’s overall healthcare system on April 24. In Valadao’s district, if cuts to Medi-Cal were to happen, over 500,000 healthcare providers, patients, and families...

Family and friends gathered together at Union Cemetery to honor Wendale Davis, who died 19 years ago. On April 23, 2006, Davis was shot and killed in southeast Bakersfield near the intersection of Cottonwood Road and Bradshaw Street. Davis was in the driver's seat of a car outside of a home when someone in another...

On Wednesday, April 30, community members, organizations, and advocates from the Central Valley gathered at the Bakersfield American Indian Health Project (BAIHP) to discuss the potential impact of the proposed $880 billion cut to Medicaid and Medi-Cal on local vulnerable families. Medicaid is the nation’s largest...