Bakersfield CA

A woman was sexually assaulted and had her car stolen in downtown Bakersfield, leading to the arrest of a Long Beach man and an ongoing investigation.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A dust and wind storm swept through Bakersfield Tuesday afternoon. Cameras from outside the Eyewitness News studios show dust bringing low visibility on Highway 99 in central Bakersfield. An Eyewitness News crew was on Highway 178 near the City of the Hills. Wind was blowing...

A man who allegedly assaulted a firefighter in Kern County was arrested in Stevenson Ranch on Tuesday. Tuesday morning, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) was made aware of a wanted person who assaulted a firefighter in Kern County, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall Area Office. CHP...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a motorcyclist who died after a crash in California City as 49-year-old Danny Leo Lynch Jr. of Johannesburg. According to the coroner’s report, on August 22, at around 12:02 p.m., Lynch Jr. was found to have crashed...

Happy Monday and happy Labor Day, Kern County. The unofficial end of summer is here, but summer heat continues across Kern. The valley, including Bakersfield, is under a heat advisory Monday. Temperatures between 102 and 104 are possible in our valley communities through the afternoon. Take precautions like drinking...

SHAFTER, Calif. — A new petition is circulating in Shafter, calling for safer railroad crossings following a tragic accident where a pedestrian was struck by an Amtrak train near Central Avenue and Central Valley Highway on Saturday afternoon. Friends of the victim have been seen paying their respects at the site in...

Bakersfield's summer heat continued into Labor Day, with a high of 102°. It's going to continue again Tuesday, too, with a high of 102° forecast. The heat isn't all we're tracking for Tuesday, though. A push of monsoonal moisture is expected in Kern County. There will be a...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A woman died in a crash that occurred Tuesday morning on Highway 99, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP Bakersfield Area units responded to a report of a person on the shoulder waving at passing vehicles on northbound Highway 99, north of David Road, at around 3:10 a.m....

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Coroner’s officials have released the name of a 42-year-old man who died when his bicycle collided with a vehicle near Lamont last month. Justen Cordell Lay of Bakersfield died at the scene of the crash on Buena Vista Boulevard west of South Fairfax Road, according to coroner’s officials....

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified an inmate who died after being found having a medical emergency as 60-year-old Raymond Vasquez Balderas of Bakersfield. The coroner’s report said on August 26, 2025, at around 2:52 p.m., Balderas was found in his cell experiencing...