Bakersfield CA

Taft's Oildorado celebration got off to a violent start when two men were stabbed near Fifth and Center Street after a large fight broke out late Friday and. Taft Police Sgt. Corey Beilby said police were dispatched to a report of a large fight and arrived to find two adult males suffering from lacerations and stab...

Fourteen alleged members of criminal motorcycle gangs were arrested following an incident that started on Highway 119 north of Taft Friday night. The incident started just after 7:30 p.m. when an officer from a law enforcement agency tried to make a traffic stop on a single motorcycle rider. the rider...

"We had hoped that he could rehabilitate, learn his lesson, not victimize somebody else and none of those things happened."

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Four people were arrested on suspicion of possessing and selling methamphetamine at a condemned motorhome in Rosamond, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office. On Sept. 25, deputies from the Rosamond Substation investigated a trailer in the 2400 block of Park Avenue which was...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department is investigating a crash where a driver was pinned in a vehicle Thursday afternoon. The crash was reported in the 900 block of Espee Street around 4:42 p.m., according to the Bakersfield Police Department. Police found two vehicles disabled in the roadway...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — Sections of downtown Bakersfield, including Truxtun Avenue, will be temporarily closed on Friday and Saturday for the Cruizin 4 Charity event. The closures will begin at 7 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, and are expected to end at 4 p.m. The same schedule will apply on...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Meet this week’s Pet of the Week, Otter Pop. It’s not a dinosaur, he’s just hiding beneath his Halloween costume. Otter Pop is about a year old, and all he wanted to do was give everyone in the 17 Newsroom a good lick and a little snuggle. Brian McLaughlin with the […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Bakersfield man was sentenced Thursday after pleading no contest to felony charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a teen at his home that occurred after he left a gun unsecured. Gregory Wisniewski, 34, received a total of three years in prison — two in connection with the...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — George the Giant’s Strange Museum of Oddities is back this month beginning Friday, Oct. 10. The museum will run through the following weekends in October: On Fridays, the museum will be open from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. It is located at […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Comedian Bobby Lee is scheduled to perform at the Fox Theater in January, according to officials. Actor, podcaster and comedian Bobby Lee announced two new shows in California; a Fresno show and one in Bakersfield. The Bakersfield show is slated for Jan. 9th, and tickets go on sale...