Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Bakersfield police arrested a Duarte man accused of arranging to meet a 16-year-old child after contacting the teen through Monkey, a random video chat service, and Snapchat, with Flock Safety cameras helping identify his vehicle. The Bakersfield Police Department said on Tuesday, Sept

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a 15-year-old boy who died after a pocket bike accident in the Shafter area Wednesday night. Coroner officials said Andres Gomez Osornio, of Shafter, was operating a pocket bike and collided with a vehicle in the area of South Shafter Avenue and R

FRESNO, Calif. — The United States Attorney’s Office announced the results of Operation Klean Strip, a multi‑agency investigation that dismantled two large‑scale clandestine methamphetamine conversion laboratories in Bakersfield and Visalia. The operation began in November 2025 and ended today with nine arrests and the

GOODWILL has opened a brand new store in California. The new thrifting location is now Goodwill’s biggest store in the city of Bakersfield. According to local news station 23 ABC, the store had a soft opening on September 10. The outlet said the store’s arrival has created a dozen...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died after being struck by a train in April as 30-year-old James William Almond Jr. of Bakersfield. The Bakersfield Police Department said on Saturday, April 20, 2026, just before 9 p.m., officers were called...

The high in Bakersfield was 81° on Thursday, and temperatures are expected to remain steady into Friday. Outside of the Valley, highs are expected to be in the lower 80s in the KRV, with a mixture of 60s and 70s in our mountain towns. Even desert areas stay below...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – “Here sleeps an unknown mother and her infant son,” reads the tombstone, “mysteriously murdered April 18, 1923, and sympathetically buried by residents of Kern County.” And a century later that unknown mother slumbers still, undisturbed by 103 relentless San Joaquin Valley summers or the pe

SHAFTER, Calif. (KGET) — From a Shell gas station in Shafter, one lucky person won a $2 million scratch-off lottery ticket. But the questions is — who is the winner? “She said ‘I can’t believe it. That I win that money right now.’ She happy, that’s a good thing,” said the Shell station’s cashier Yesenia […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Fire Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man surveillance video allegedly starting a fire. The fire department said it happened on Sunday, September 13, 2026, in the 100 block of Jones Street. BFD said at around 3:20 a.m.,...

Kern County advocates are training professionals to recognize human trafficking — and say the signs are often hiding in plain sight.