Bakersfield CA

21 Cal State Bakersfield nursing students returned from Argentina, where they provided care and resources to indigenous villages.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The World Cup Final is set. Argentina versus Spain.  For the first time since 1950, two Latin countries will face each other in the final. It’s been 16 years since Spain made it to the World Cup final. But it’s been a quarter of that time for Argentina, who is searching […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kern County is hosting its second tire recycling event on Saturday. The event — which is being held at 12001 East Tehachapi Blvd. from 8:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. — is the second of three events the county is hosting to help residents dispose of their old or unwanted tires. Kern […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Students from Kern County High Schools are getting an early look at career opportunities in healthcare. Junior and seniors from Bakersfield, McFarland and Kern High Schools received their white coats on Friday after spending the week learning about medical careers through the free Kern Heal

Planning a ghost town road trip to Canfield, California means chasing a settlement that quietly vanished after Charles W. Canfield founded it in 1874 near Old River in Kern County. There are no remaining landmarks, no welcome signs—just dry terrain and layered history tied to Gold Rush ambitions and forgotten farming d

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – There are 50,000 stories in Bakersfield’s Historic Union Cemetery. 50,000 tales of courage, despair and triumph. That’s because there are 50,000 souls buried there, and each has a story. In advance of Memorial Day, KGET took a tour of the 80-acre site in east Bakersfield, the final resting

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department is seeking community assistance is locating a missing minor. Grace Morales, 14, was last seen on July 17, in the 700 block of H Street, around 10:04 p.m. Morales is considered at-risk due to no prior runaway events and being diabetic. She is described as be

A 22-year-old man pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he committed gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, in connection with a fatal Interstate 5 crash in November. Martin Enrique Cazares, a Wasco resident, was held to answer earlier this month regarding a charge connected to the death of 60-year-old Bulmar

The public is left with questions after an Amber Alert rang out to Kern County residents on July 10. While it was deactivated in less than 24 hours, the woman is accused of stabbing a man, stealing his car and taking her child.

As triple-digit temperatures draw more people to the water, officials and a grieving family warn the Kern River can become deadly in seconds.