Bakersfield CA

No guns were found on or near Lewis, although a handgun was recovered behind a utility pole near where one of his passengers was seen after the shooting, according to the KCSO.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A woman was sentenced to a year in jail Thursday for a vehicle crash last year that resulted in injuries and in which she drove with a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit, according to court records. Daisy Gonzalez pleaded no contest in January to two felony...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Two men have been arrested in connection with a deadly stabbing that occurred in January on Pioneer Drive, sheriff’s officials said. Larry Edward Chavez, 42, and Matthew Troy Chavez, 35, were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murder and are being held without bail. They’re due in court...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Community advocates and leaders rallied outside Rep. David Valadao’s Bakersfield office Wednesday, to protest potential cuts to federal entitlement programs like Medicaid and Medicare. Attendees included Dolores Huerta and other members of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, as well as...

BAKERSFIELD, CA — A motorist and passenger have both been arrested in connection with a law enforcement pursuit and officer-involved shooting in early February. According to a press release by the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a report of a stolen vehicle late on the night of Sunday, Feb. 4,...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a Delano man who was found dead in McFarland on Tuesday. Jose Luis Garcia, 55, was found dead in the 3000 block of Peterson Road in McFarland on Tuesday, March 18. Sheriff’s deputies say Garcia was located at about 9:46 a.m., and he was […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Bakersfield police responded to a downtown healthcare clinic Thursday morning after a person was later found with a fake gun. It happened just before 10:30 a.m. at Kern Medical's REACH and GROW clinic on 34th Street, which serves medically fragile patients with a team of pharmacists,...

Barrington's Jamaican Kitchen in Bakersfield faces closure after seven years. Owner Barrington Lewis hopes to relocate his popular Jamaican restaurant.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A 50-year-old man died at the Lerdo Justice Facility Wednesday morning, just a day after being arrested. The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified him as 50-year-old Jose Juan Tovar of Shafter. The report said on March 19, at around 3:30 a.m., Tovar was found...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A federal jury in Fresno has awarded $30.5 million to the family of a man fatally shot by a Kern County sheriff’s deputy after a traffic stop in Mojave — marking what’s believed to be the second largest jury verdict for a police shooting in California, attorneys said. The jury on...