Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — One of two men accused of kidnapping a woman outside a fitness center on Coffee Road has taken a plea deal. Jesus Chavez Torres pleaded no contest this week to kidnapping and vehicle theft-related charges in the abduction of a woman from In-Shape Family Fitness on Coffee Road. He faces 18...

Kern County set a May 12 hearing on a proposed streetlight fee hike for northwest Bakersfield. Property owners will be notified by mail.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — 14 people were arrested after a multi-agency enforcement operation in Oildale on Monday. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said on March 9, 2026, deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Metro Patrol Division, along with members of Kern County Code Compliance, Kern County Mental...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Bakersfield woman has seen pretty much everything in her life and recently celebrated her 106th birthday. Family celebrated the grand life of Emeteria Sepulveda along with caretakers at Height Street Skilled Care in Bakersfield last week. Sepulveda was born March 3, 1920 in Kansas, but...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man who drove drunk and hit a pedestrian in Arvin then left the scene made a “bad mistake,” defense counsel said. But Javier Parra Lopez is a family man with no prior criminal record, Deputy Public Defender Thomas Pope said during a sentencing hearing Tuesday. He asked a judge to […]

The development team behind City Lights, a 350,000-square-foot open-air retail destination planned for Northeast Bakersfield on the site of the former East Hills Mall, announced that construction has begun on the project at 3000 Mall View Road. The center is scheduled to open in the Spring of 2027. The development...

The dual-purpose facility near Hard Rock Casino Tejon will serve as the primary operating location for the Kern County Sheriff's Office South Area team

Bakersfield property owners may see their sewer bills rise dramatically, with the city allowing written protests under Proposition 218 before the public hearing.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — In December 2015, The Guardian published an article finding that Kern County led the nation in killings per capita by law enforcement. From incidents of excessive force to policing malpractice, the nation watched as the reputation of law enforcement in the Golden Empire took a hit.

Kern County deputies arrested Steven Quick, 27, in connection with the fatal shooting of Jason Hall outside an Oildale bar.