Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — An elderly woman was rescued after a house fire in east Bakersfield Thursday night. The Kern County Fire Department said on Thursday, September 17, at around 9:51 p.m., firefighters were called to a house fire in the 1300 block of Ralston Street. They were assisted...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — 23 people were arrested during a multi-agency operation while addressing reported nuisance, lodging and drug activity in downtown Bakersfield. The Bakersfield Police Department said on Wednesday, September 16th, 2026, the department’s Impact Team led a coordinated, multi-agency operati

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man was arrested Thursday in connection to his girlfriend’s death in late July. Officials with the coroner’s office said Ariana Rangel Ortega, 31, was found unresponsive at a home on Mohanan Street on July 21. Ortega was taken to Mercy Hospital Southwest where she was pronounced dead the

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Bakersfield police arrested a Duarte man accused of arranging to meet a 16-year-old child after contacting the teen through Monkey, a random video chat service, and Snapchat, with Flock Safety cameras helping identify his vehicle. The Bakersfield Police Department said on Tuesday, Sept

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a 15-year-old boy who died after a pocket bike accident in the Shafter area Wednesday night. Coroner officials said Andres Gomez Osornio, of Shafter, was operating a pocket bike and collided with a vehicle in the area of South Shafter Avenue and R

FRESNO, Calif. — The United States Attorney’s Office announced the results of Operation Klean Strip, a multi‑agency investigation that dismantled two large‑scale clandestine methamphetamine conversion laboratories in Bakersfield and Visalia. The operation began in November 2025 and ended today with nine arrests and the

GOODWILL has opened a brand new store in California. The new thrifting location is now Goodwill’s biggest store in the city of Bakersfield. According to local news station 23 ABC, the store had a soft opening on September 10. The outlet said the store’s arrival has created a dozen...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died after being struck by a train in April as 30-year-old James William Almond Jr. of Bakersfield. The Bakersfield Police Department said on Saturday, April 20, 2026, just before 9 p.m., officers were called...

The high in Bakersfield was 81° on Thursday, and temperatures are expected to remain steady into Friday. Outside of the Valley, highs are expected to be in the lower 80s in the KRV, with a mixture of 60s and 70s in our mountain towns. Even desert areas stay below...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – “Here sleeps an unknown mother and her infant son,” reads the tombstone, “mysteriously murdered April 18, 1923, and sympathetically buried by residents of Kern County.” And a century later that unknown mother slumbers still, undisturbed by 103 relentless San Joaquin Valley summers or the pe