Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A high-speed pursuit in Visalia on Monday ended with law enforcement deploying their unit’s K9 officer in Kern County. Officers with the California Highway Patrol Visalia area monitored a male adult driver in his 20s on Monday, Aug. 3, who was reportedly involved in a domestic dispute and d

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A new hearing date of Sept. 18 was scheduled Wednesday in the case of a man accused of driving at high speed when he hit a pedestrian on Westside Parkway and drove home with the upper half of the body in his vehicle. An update and scheduling of a preliminary hearing […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A multi-use trail in Bakersfield will close temporarily starting next week. Officials with the City of Bakersfield announced that the multi-use trail along the Kern River Parkway will temporarily close on Monday, Aug. 10 for maintenance work by a third-party contractor. The closure will be

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A preliminary hearing for a Kern County sheriff’s sergeant accused of stealing drug pipes from a property room was postponed Wednesday to late October. Ryan Dunbier is now set for a hearing Oct. 29 to determine if there’s sufficient evidence for the case to proceed. He remains free after po

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Total Wine & More location is set to open Sept. 3 in the Town & country Village shopping center in southwest Bakersfield. The spirit store is located at 8200 Stockdale Hwy and has 8,000 wines, 4,500 spirits and 2,500 beers. The new location would be Total Wine & More 48th […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s help in identifying seven people accused of trying to use a stolen credit card. Police said on Wednesday, May 13th, 2026, the suspects tried to use the victim’s credit card at multiple retail locations throughout...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A vehicle fire along southbound Interstate 5 near Grapevine sparked the 150-acre Buzzard Fire, closing one lane and prompting an evacuation warning. According to the CHP Traffic Incident Information Page, on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at around 7:51 a.m., there was a report of a...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who was found dead in a canal near the Buena Vista Golf Course as 50-year-old Jonathan Philip Roberts of Bakersfield. The coroner’s report said Roberts was found on August 4, at around 8:06 p.m., in...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Don Clark, a longtime news anchor at KBAK who became one of Kern County's most recognizable and trusted television journalists, has died at 85 years old. Clark anchored the news at KBAK from 1987 to 2004, spending 17 years informing viewers across Kern County. During...

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