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Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway boasts the area's largest fireworks display to close out a big evening of racing and entertainment

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — With attorneys and the judge noting nothing could be done without him present, reasonable force was authorized to bring Ray Mata Jr. to court Tuesday afternoon for a hearing in connection with the torture slaying of his 8-year-old daughter. Mata refused to leave jail Tuesday morning, and Ju

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Two men were arrested on Sunday in Delano after a police stop for reckless driving led to the discovery of guns and ammunition, said officials. On Sunday, June 28, a Delano officer assigned to the Drug and Gang Reduction (DAGR) Unit said he saw a...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Defense counsel for Ray Mata Jr. won’t seek a second opinion on his competency to stand trial in the torture slaying of his 8-year-old daughter. Criminal proceedings were reinstated Tuesday afternoon against Mata — found competent by a psychologist in April — after a public defender indicat

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A month-long multi-agency investigation led to the arrest of a 27-year-old man and the seizure of suspected heroin, meth, fentanyl, a gun, and cash during searches of three Bakersfield properties. The Bakersfield Police Department said on Monday, June 29th, 2026, California Highway Pat

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Bear Valley Police Department said 37-year-old Nicolette "Nikki" Lucia was last seen at her home on June 29, in the area of Bear Valley Road and Pheasant Court. Lucia is described as 5’2” tall, 158 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. She has...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) –A trial date has been set for August 10, 2026, for a 33-year-old man accused of driving drunk and killing an 8-year-old boy in east Bakersfield. Prosecutors say Andres Serna’s blood-alcohol level was more than four times the legal limit when his pickup left the road and struck Xxavien Alvarez as

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — There is a heavy Bakersfield Police Department presence on Forrest Street near H Street on Tuesday evening, according to our Eyewitness News crew. Forrest Street is closed in the area. A bicycle and other items were seen on the road at around 7 p.m. The...

Kern County firefighters had to battle three grass fires between Taft and Maricopa that broke out within an hour of each other Sunday afternoon. The first fire, near the Taft Manufacturing plant on Petroleum Club Road, broke out just after 2:30 p.m.. It was the smallest of the three and burned less than a half-acre.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified the driver killed after his vehicle veered off Interstate 5, became airborne, struck a concrete barrier, crashed into another wall, and caught fire as 36-year-old Andrian Ariza Nucup of San Bernardino. The California Highway Patrol said o