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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A man accused of shooting and killing a 66-year-old man at his east Bakersfield home in 2024 is scheduled to stand trial next month, according to Kern County Superior Court records. Tyrell Keithen Cooper faces six charges, including murder, in the death of 66-year-old Harry...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Alex Anthony Rubio did everything wrong on Jan. 3, 2014. First, he got behind the wheel after drinking. Then he sped at nearly 120 mph on city streets, smashing into a car driven by 22-year-old Princess Almonidovar, who died on impact. Rubio, uninjured, left his wrecked vehicle and jumped a

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man died after he was struck by several vehicles on Highway 99 on Sunday, according to the California Highway Patrol. At around 1:48 a.m. July 19, CHP Bakersfield Area units responded to reports of a crash involving multiple vehicles and a pedestrian on southbound Highway 99, south of Whi

A search came to a heartbreaking end after a day-long search for a man who went missing in Kern's most deadly body of water and now a GoFundMe has been created.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Kern Valley State Prison inmate whose shoeprints were found on the face and neck of his dead cellmate was found guilty last week of second-degree murder, prosecutors said. Robert Ambrott Hernandez, 30, was serving time for an attempted murder in Los Angeles County when his cellmate, Jose

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The California Highway Patrol has been awarded over $41 million to combat impaired driving throughout the state. Dozens of cities, counties and municipal police departments, sheriff’s offices and district attorney’s offices throughout California will be receiving a slice of the funding, inc

July 20, 2026 – Kern County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on July 1, 2026, deputies from the Taft. Substation and detectives from the Rural Crimes Investigation Unit (RCIU), executed a search warrant in the 200-block Eastern Avenue. DEANNA MURPHY (64) was arrested and booked at the Lerdo...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A person is dead after a hit-and-run on Union Avenue, according to the Bakersfield Police Department. Police said the collision happened Saturday at 10:45 p.m. in the 3600 block of Union Avenue. Officers arrived to find the person laying in the roadway with injuries. The person was transpor

Avanza Arvin's free backpack giveaway returns July 26 with 1,000 backpacks for families in Arvin, Lamont and Weedpatch.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is set to host multiple recruitment events for professional support positions. During the events applicants will have the chance to meet staff with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office ask questions and learn about professional support positions. The professiona