Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — A Kern County Superior Court judge said Monday that additional time is needed to determine whether unresolved charges against a Porterville mother can be retried, following a mistrial in a highly emotional child endangerment case. Inside a Bakersfield courtroom, Judge Charles R. Brehmer...

More than 100 years ago, a young woman and an 18-month-old child were found murdered in Bakersfield, and their identities remain unknown to this day.

The Kern County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly stabbing Sunday morning at motel in northwest Bakersfield.

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A man reported to be firing a gun in Lake Isabella was shot and killed by Kern County deputies early Sunday morning, officials said.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A woman who was walking outside of a crosswalk on South Union Avenue was struck and killed by a vehicle Monday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. California Highway Patrol officers were dispatched to the 5300 block of South Union Avenue, near Garden Drive, around 6:17...

You can read Part 1 here. “I fell exhausted on the bed and lost consciousness. Presently I felt suffocation. I awoke, conscious that I was losing my breath. I felt a pair of clammy lips on mine. Putting out both hands, I grasped a pair of arms, cold as marble—and with a strength born of horror, hurled whoever was on...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District is inviting members of the community to attend a public hearing and share thoughts on a proposed construction of a hydrogen fuel cell power generation project by Kern Energy. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. on Monday,...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — According to non-profit organizers, the 4th Annual Salty's BBQ Fundraiser to benefit the Phillip Jesse Campas Legacy Project (PFC) is set for Friday, Jan. 23. The drive-up only event is scheduled from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Salty's Banquet & Event Center, located at 6720 Shirra...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — High pressure building in means rising temperatures for part of the region, pretty much everyone above and beyond the South Valley over the upcoming week. Those thermometers might actually hit the mid 70s in the Kern River Valley by midweek, with 70 possible for the...