Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Westbound lanes on Highway 178 have fully reopened following a traffic disruption Sunday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol Incident Page. CHP reported that heavy traffic developed near Beale Avenue as law enforcement officials responded to a situation involving a...

Delays in accessing treatment are a matter of life and death. Rural Californians rely on small hospitals to be the first line of defense in emergency medicine. Where they are not able to serve a patient fully, they are able to stabilize and arrange rapid transport with medical personnel accompanying the patient to...

Quinn talks to the media on Tuesday after joining the Oilers following Monday's call-up from Bakersfield.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Over 320 citations were issued during a multi-agency traffic enforcement operation in Bakersfield. The Bakersfield Police Department Traffic Unit, with the help of the California Highway Patrol, conducted targeted traffic enforcement operations on December 3rd and December 10th....

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Closing arguments will be heard Tuesday morning in the trial of Maya Hernandez, charged with murder in the death of her 1-year-old son. She left him and her 2-year-old son in a car for hours in late June while she received a cosmetic procedure. The 2-year-old survived. 17 News will live […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Two people died after CHP says they lost control and were broadsided by a Bakersfield man driving a semi-truck in Madera Thursday night. The California Highway Patrol said on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at around 6:14 p.m., CHP officers responded to a two-vehicle crash on southbound...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — For nearly three decades, Griselda has spent her days pruning trees in Kern County orchards, working through scorching summers, freezing mornings and everything in between. On a cold December morning near Bakersfield, she was back at work — doing the job that helps put food on tables across the...

In his monthly visit to 23ABC, Sheriff Youngblood discussed the large amount of drug operations in 2025, staffing levels and the opening of new substations.

GLENNVILLE, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A motorcyclist suffered major injuries following a crash on Highway 155 near Glennville on Sunday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP officials said officers were dispatched to the scene around 11:41 a.m. on Dec. 14, 2025, after receiving reports of a motorcycle...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Bakersfield police are stepping up DUI patrols for the holidays. Extra officers have been on the streets since last Friday, looking for suspected impaired drivers. Police say the operation, lasting though New Year’s Day, is part of the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over”...