Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s help in identifying two people accused of taking five electric bikes from a commercial yard on White Lane. Police said it happened at a commercial yard in the 5300 block of White Lane, where the...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department is seeking the community’s help in identifying a suspect who was allegedly involved in a theft. Investigators said the suspect removed and fled with a portion of the Mechanics Bank sign, located at 5151 Stockdale Highway on Friday, July 24. BPD described th

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Weeks after a local doctor and plastic surgeon was found dead in a northeast Bakersfield residential pool, her manner of death was ruled as “undetermined.” Sarwa Ama Aldoori was found decease in a swimming pool behind an upscale home in the 1400 block of Pineglen Drive on the evening of Jun

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The family of the man who was struck and killed by a vehicle in Lamont last Sunday has started a GoFundMe campaign. Officials said the victim in the collision was 26-year-old Julio Armando Figueroa of Bakersfield, who was walking westbound when he was killed at the intersection of Di Giorgi

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Salty’s BBQ and Catering is set to temporarily close its Rosedale location to focus on its new location starting Sunday. Restaurants owners said on social media the Rosedale location is scheduled to be open through Saturday and close Sunday. After the temporary closure the Rosedale location

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a man who died in hospice nearly a month after being shot in central Bakersfield. Coroner officials said Isaac Garcia, 36, of Bakersfield was shot on June 30 in the 1700 block of Forrest Street and died at the Hoffman Hospice Facility on July 28.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Closing arguments have begun in the murder trial of three men accused of a drug deal-turned-robbery in Bakersfield that left a Long Beach man dead. The corpse of shooting victim Taylor Poulin, killed at a house on Real Road, was later found buried in Arizona. 17 News is live blogging Friday

This summer heat has driven many residents out to the coast. Those headed west next weekend can also enjoy a special offer. Sensorio, the immersive art installation in Paso Robles, has partnered again to aid a nonprofit in Kern County. On Aug. 9, visitors to the colorful outdoor art exhibition,...

An Extreme Heat Warning is already in effect for the Kern Desert. The hottest parts of the desert will approach 115° by the weekend. The rest of Kern, with the exception of the high terrain in the South Sierra around Lake Isabella, will be under a Heat Advisory starting on Saturday.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — After nearly 18 years, detectives with the Arvin Police Department have arrested a suspect in connection to an attempted murder of a woman in 2008. The Arvin Police Department said the suspect is 44-year-old Victor Manuel Ochoa Orozco. On the evening of Nov. 22, 2008, a passerby brough a wo