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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Family is searching for a 45-year-old man who says he went missing after taking his dog on a walk in south Bakersfield on July 22. Family said Juan Jose Diaz, or nickname Joey, was last seen on July 22, 2026, after taking his dog, a Belgian Malinois, on a walk near Foods Co on White La

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died inside a house fire in Maricopa back in April as 28-year-old Roy Anthony Pryor. The coroner’s report said on April 4, 2026, at around 6:09 p.m., Pryor was found dead in a residential...

This weekend was, by most accounts and data, the hottest one of summer so far. Temperatures officially peaked Sunday at 103 degrees in Sacramento and 107 degrees in Fresno, with both Saturday and Sunday featuring 100-degree high temps for the entire Highway 99 corridor from Redding to Bakersfield. And despite the swelt

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Elijah and Zoe Bonner, ages 10 and 12, earned their spots on Team USA at nationals last month and will compete August 26 in Costa Rica.

Kern County students will have a little extra help heading back to school after Hard Rock Casino Tejon donated 500 backpacks to support a district-wide backpack drive. The casino delivered the backpacks to Sen. Shannon Grove’s district office as part of her annual district-wide backpack drive. The donation will benefit

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — It will be at least another couple months before Nicholas Quintana, who claimed he killed a Bakersfield attorney in self-defense and whose first trial in 2021 ended with jurors deadlocked on murder and robbery charges, stands trial a second time. There have been numerous delays in getting a

A Vallarta Supermarket is coming to southwest Bakersfield — here's what neighbors and nearby businesses are saying about the long-awaited development.

The parks that California State Parks is looking for input from the community on is Dust Bowl Camp in Kern County, the San Joaquin River Parkway in Fresno & Madera counties, and the Feather River Park in Yuba County.

A woman was swept away by the powerful currents of the Kern River, prompting a large-scale response from emergency crews. According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office, a park ranger was flagged down by a concerned citizen who reported that an adult woman had fallen into the river and been carried downstream by the fas