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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The couple accused of the torture slaying of 8-year-old Genesis Mata were not in court for a scheduled hearing Tuesday, and neither were defense attorneys representing one of them. The hearing couldn’t go forward without them so Judge John R. Brownlee rescheduled it for next week. It was un

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a deputy discharged his firearm while they were on a call for a found child Tuesday morning. KCSO said on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, at around 9:50 a.m., deputies were called to a report of a found child near Teakwood and Olive drives in Oildal

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A new documentary about former internet personality Bryant Moreland, once known online as EDP445, has prompted the Kern County District Attorney’s Office to re-examine a Bakersfield sting operation from April 2021 in which Moreland believed he was communicating with a 13-year-old girl.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — One lane on southbound Highway 99 at the Ming Avenue off-ramp is scheduled to be closed overnight on Thursday, August 20, according to the City of Bakersfield. The number four (farthest right) lane is set to be closed from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Crews...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office concluded a “lengthy” drug investigation that led to the seizure of hundreds of pounds of narcotics and the arrest of one man. Officials with KCSO said deputies seized 216 pounds of methamphetamine, about three gallons of methamphetamine in solution, one loa

Thanks to a network of more than 1,000 high-definition cameras monitored with the help of AI, agencies across California can spot wildfires faster than ever. And those cameras have other benefits, too. On Monday, managers at ALERTCalifornia noticed two critically endangered California condors perched on their equipment

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Officers with the Bakersfield Police Department were dispatched to a residence on on Monday after receiving reports of a stabbing. When officers arrived at the residence on the 400 block of White Lane at 3:30 p.m., on Aug. 18, law enforcement found a male victim suffering from injuries rela

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Shafter City Council is set to consider a proposed addition to the city’s municipal code on Tuesday that would directly ban sleeping or camping in public spaces. The proposed ordinance is up for first reading during the City Council’s regular Tuesday meeting, according to the agenda. Th

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A kitchen hood fire at Chuy’s on Rosedale Highway prompted a multi-agency response Tuesday morning, with the blaze quickly contained. The Kern County Fire Department said on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, at around 9 a.m., there was a commercial structure that had a working fire in the kitc