Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — It was a family affair. In January of last year, brothers Matthew and Larry Chavez and their mother, Michelle Ballantine, were arrested after a stabbing victim was found outside the door of their east Bakersfield home. Matthew Chavez was charged with murder; the others, accused of lying...

WESTWOOD, Ohio (WKRC) — A local woman is in jail after she allegedly assaulted her boyfriend and threw steak knives at him. According to court records, 2-year-old India Stephens got into an argument with her boyfriend at an apartment on Queen City Avenue in Westwood Wednesday. The victim told police that Stephens...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man found guilty of sexually abusing a child beginning when she was 7 was sentenced Thursday to 76 years and eight months in prison, according to prosecutors. Carlos Robles, 31, was sentenced by Judge Gloria Cannon after being found guilty of 10 felony counts related to sexual assault...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern High School District is considering building a new high school as well as possible ways to fund the potential project that would cost hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the Board of Trustees meeting agenda for Tuesday. KHSD’s current student capacity is 37,183,...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — A man convicted of shooting his adult son, Angel Preciado, 23, to death over an electric bill last November, was sentenced on Thursday to 21 years in prison, according to the Kern County court website. Court records indicate that Jose Guadalupe Preciado, father of Angel, was...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Mercy Hospital Downtown was temporarily placed on lockdown Friday afternoon after someone called in a swatting hoax at the hospital, officials said. The hospital received the threat and was placed on lockdown to investigate a hospital spokesperson said. Bakersfield Police Department...

What began in 1979 as a small church-run soup kitchen with a few basement beds has grown into one of Kern County’s most critical support systems for families who are facing homelessness, domestic violence, and crisis. “Over time, that grassroots local effort really expanded and ended up forming the...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Cesar Chavez mural in downtown Bakersfield was defaced with the words “believe survivors.”. The deface was seen on Thursday morning near 18th Street and L Street. Eyewitness News has reached out to the Bakersfield Police Department for information. The labor leader, Cesar...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man faces a four-year prison term after pleading no contest Friday to driving drunk in a deadly crash on Fairfax Road, prosecutors said. Juan Jose Rangel pleaded no contest to a charge of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, according to court records. A sentencing hearing is...

SHAFTER, Calif. (KERO) — A Kern County Sheriff’s deputy is now on leave after a deadly crash at Lerdo Highway and Magnolia Avenue, killing an 88-year-old woman. A resident who lives near the intersection says it’s a hotbed for accidents, but the first he’s seen involving a law enforcement officer.