Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A kitchen hood fire at Chuy’s on Rosedale Highway prompted a multi-agency response Tuesday morning, with the blaze quickly contained. The Kern County Fire Department said on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, at around 9 a.m., there was a commercial structure that had a working fire in the kitc

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A 30-year-old man arrested in connection to a deadly shooting that occurred in Arvin more than seven years ago was a gang associate who allegedly threatened witnesses to the killing, according to police. Alex Corrales was arrested in July and pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree m

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Houchin Community Blood Bank is set to host a raffle for all successful donors from Monday to Saturday. The blood bank is set to give away 30 raffle baskets that will include a pair of general admission tickets, parking passes and ride wristband vouchers. Officials with the blood bank said

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Thousands of residents’ power is restored Monday afternoon after a PG&E outage in northwest Bakersfield. According to the PG&E website, the outage is affected the neighborhoods south of Kratzmeyer Road and neighborhoods near Stockdale Highway and Allen Road. The outage is also affecting the

A demolition offer for Buck Owens' Crystal Palace has sparked a community petition and calls for preservation in Bakersfield.

Southern California and the neighboring Southwestern states have been overallocating water from the Colorado River for decades. And the day of reckoning for such an unsustainable approach to water management has finally arrived (see this month’s article on the Colorado River). But there’s another seemingly endless supp

Local Catholic churches stand to lose most or all the money their parishioners have contributed during years-long fundraising campaigns because of a bankruptcy case the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno filed last summer in response to mass allegations of clergy sex abuse, a local priest told his congregation Sunday. Mo

Bakersfield residents are calling for more trees, better air quality, and infrastructure upgrades as heat and pollution concerns grow.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A woman was arrested after officers allegedly found a semiautomatic pistol and ammunition at a home in northwest Bakersfield on Thursday, according to the Kern County Probation Department. On Aug. 13, officers with the department’s Adult Probation Services Division conducted a home call in

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — During a checkpoint and saturation patrol in the northwest Bakersfield area Friday night, a total of five vehicles were impounded. Officials with the Bakersfield Police Department said the DUI and license checkpoint was in the 10700 block of Brimhall Road from 6 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturd