Bakersfield CA

Our featured pet of the week on Wag Wednesday is Caleb, an approximately two-year-old dog available for adoption at Kern County Animal Services.

Kern County Sheriff's Office seeks white man with arm tattoos driving white work truck for sexual assault of minor in Lamont on December 8.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A woman has been arrested for allegedly pouring gas onto a fire that spread and severely burned a man at a gathering last month in Taft. Magdalena Junes was arrested Feb. 3 by Taft police under suspicion of unlawfully causing a fire resulting in serious bodily injury. The incident...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — The case has been delayed concerning a Visalia mother convicted of child endangerment in the hot-car death of her son in southwest Bakersfield. A judge told attorneys Tuesday to return next week for further discussions in the case of Maya Hernandez, 20, who left her two young boys inside a...

Recent scary pile-ups on highways in California have been blamed on tule fog, a specific type of fog that's native to the state's Central Valley. The recent huge, fog-related pileups in California include a 59-vehicle crash on Highway 99 in Tulare County on Jan. 31, which caused 10 injuries. Another major accident...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — CHP Bakersfield will host a free Start Smart class for current and potential teenage drivers, along with their parents or guardians, on Tuesday, February 10, at their local office. A Start Smart class is a two-hour session that discusses safe driving habits, the consequences of poor...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A Wasco couple was arrested after allegedly speeding through an active work zone in McFarland, brandishing a knife, and pepper-spraying two Public Works employees Monday morning. The McFarland Police Department said on February 3, 2026, at around 10:45 a.m., two City of McFarland...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — Burlington Stores announced on Monday plans for a new store to open in Oildale in the spring, and all signs point to another location across from the Valley Plaza Mall. The Burlington Store in Oildale will be located at 1211 Olive Drive, the site of a...

Bakersfield is moving closer to selecting its next police chief, with city leaders advancing two internal candidates to the final stage of the search.

Residents of the Diablo Grande housing development in Stanislaus County have four months to pony up $14 million or the Kern County Water Agency will cut off their water. This is the latest twist in a long-running saga over obtaining water for the development dating to the 1990s. Homeowners are...