Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Officials said that the Kern County Administrative Center, located at 1115 Truxtun Avenue, remains open for voting and ballot drop-off services. However, due to heavy police presence at the Chase Bank on 17th Street and Chester Avenue, traffic in the area could be affected. Officials..

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Voters in Kern County have made their decision between the two auditor-controller-county clerk candidates as polls closed at 8 p.m. The final count will be coming in at a later time. Carlton M. Lennon is competing against incumbent auditor-controller-clerk Aimee X. Espinoza. The candidate w

Officers responded to a call of a bomb threat at a bank and found a man had barricaded himself inside with others, police said.

California Resources Corporation made history on May 26 when it injected the first carbon dioxide into Carbon TerraVault I, the carbon capture and storage project at Elk Hills. The facility is designed to trap and store carbon dioxide that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Carbon TerraVault 1 or...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — At least one person died after a crash on 7th Standard Road at Poplar Avenue on Tuesday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol's website. It happened just before 4:10 p.m. when at least three vehicles crashed in the area. The road was closed at...

California’s high-speed rail plan is advancing, just on a smaller scale. A Kiewit Stacey Witbeck Herzog joint venture will lay the first section of tracks under an initial, scaled-back plan for California’s controversial high-speed rail project that aims to get passengers on trains sooner. The board of the...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the public's help finding a missing at-risk teenage boy. According to police, 16-year-old Brayan Antoniel Castro was last seen on June 1 at 8 p.m. on the 5100 block of Ming Avenue, near Patriots Park. He is considered...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died days after being found unresponsive from a structure fire as 22-year-old Luis Fernando Ramirez-Ayala of Bakersfield. The Bakersfield Fire Department said on May 19, 2026, at around 11:45 a.m., crews responded to the...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Jerry’s Pizza & Pub is closed on Tuesday due to the hostage situation nearby. In a social media post, it said, “For the safety of our staff and guests, Jerry’s Pizza & Pub will be closed for the remainder of the day due to an investigation near our building and the resulting road closu

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A spokesperson for the Bakersfield Police Department is saying the suspect involved in the bomb threat to the Chase Bank in downtown Bakersfield is contained inside the bank with “a number of community members.” Sgt. Eric Celedon with BPD said the suspect is refusing to let the community me