Bakersfield CA

Kern County homelessness rose 3.2% from 2025 to 2026 as shelters like the Mission of Kern adopt a treatment-first recovery approach.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Triple-digit heat is returning to Kern County, and cooling centers are opening their doors to give residents a place to escape the high temperatures. Cooling centers were open today in Arvin, Frazier Park, Lake Isabella and at the East Bakersfield Veterans Building. The centers are...

Bakersfield police say Flock cameras aided homicide cases and recoveries, but residents plan to raise privacy concerns at city council.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Bakersfield police are investigating a crash on California Avenue related to an incident involving Kern County deputies and a suspect on Thursday night, said an official. It happened at around 9:30 p.m. on California Avenue near L Street. It's unknown why the deputies were pursuing...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Drivers traveling on Bakersfield freeways may have noticed electronic signs carrying a straightforward warning: "slow down, speed kills" and "drive 100 miles per hour, lose your license." The California Highway Patrol says the signs are part of its public safety messaging aimed at remi

A proposed Costco on the Shafter-Bakersfield border is generating excitement among nearby residents, along with worries about how much more traffic the project could bring during construction and after it opens. The nearly 185,000-square-foot Costco Wholesale is proposed for Seventh Standard Road and Calloway Drive, ne

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Bowie is our Pet of the Week from the Bakersfield SPCA. He is a two-year-old Lab Pitbull mix and is available for adoption now. Shelter Director Brain McLaughlin says Bowie is very gentle and friendly. He also says Bowie did well with children during the...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in finding a missing at-risk 30-year-old woman. Police said Alysia Norman, 30, was last seen in the 3900 block of Dos Lagos Drive in southwest Bakersfield on Aug. 6. She is considered at-risk due to a mental health c

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Bakersfield police are seeking a man for questioning about a break-in and burglary earlier this month, in which a homeowner reportedly lost $135,000. At around 12:40 p.m. on August 3rd, 2026, suspects broke into a home in the 2300 block of Cobern Street, just south...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A threat involving Sing Lum Elementary School was deemed noncredible by Bakersfield police after an investigation, allowing the school to resume normal operations. The Panama-Buena Vista Union School District said on Wednesday, August 19, in the afternoon, the school district was made