Bakersfield CA

Organizers join Good Morning Kern County on 23ABC Friday morning to talk about this year's event at the MLK Center

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — If making “Anaconda” was to be compared to a marathon, director Tom Gormican would have taken a seat at about mile 10. He starts relatively strong, but each scene of the movie slows down so much it comes to a not-soon-enough halt long before the closing credits. Need proof? One of […]

Buying a home for the first time can be a daunting thought, especially as the cost of homes rises. When looking for a home, it can be helpful to understand what the current housing market looks like and what is available to first-time buyers. Fernando Contreras, a Kern County realtor...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — After gunning down another resident at a house in east Bakersfield, Cezar Torres Campos told his girlfriend they’d been targeted by a cartel then brought her and their children to the roof. There, he yelled to the neighborhood that he was a good person. He also made other, peculiar,...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — California Highway Patrol (CHP) announced the results of the 2025 Christmas Holiday Enforcement Period on Friday. CHP officers conducted 5,450 enforcement actions, issued 2,744 citations, and made 297 DUI arrests to enhance roadway safety. Speeding remained a major concern, with 1,385...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A deputy shot a dog after a pack was chasing people in east Bakersfield. Deputies were dispatched to the area of California and Chamberlain avenues around 12:34 p.m. for the report of a pack of dogs chasing people. Prior to deputy arrival a person was bit by one of the dogs, […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man who pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge has been sentenced in connection with a crash that killed a pedestrian crossing East California Avenue outside a crosswalk. Timothy Suniga entered the no contest plea last week and was sentenced to 25 days in jail with...

Yucca brevifolia in San Bernardino County, California. December 26, 2025 - SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Energy Commission has included environmental safeguards in its approval last week of an advanced compressed air energy storage facility in Kern County. The approval of the Willow Rock Energy Storage Center,...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a driver who died after a crash on Highway 58 near Mojave as 50-year-old George Donald Fintikakis of Ridgecrest. The CHP’s website said on Sunday, December 21, 2025, at around 8 p.m., there was a report of...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Bakersfield Police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened on Christmas night. Police say they responded to a home on Blade Ave near Bakersfield College around 10 p.m. on December 25 for reports of a shooting. when they arrived, they found a man and woman...