Volunteers place flags on veterans’ graves ahead of Memorial Day in Kern County
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Volunteers spent Sunday afternoon placing American flags on veterans’ graves ahead of Memorial Day, continuing a tradition organizers say helps the community recognize the sacrifices made by local veterans and their families. The Kern County Veterans Service Department will host its an
Cleanup underway after 1,000 barrels of produced water spill in Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — An environmental cleanup is underway in Bakersfield after 1,000 barrels of produced water spilled at a treatment center on Thursday near Zerker Road and Seventh Standard Road. Produced water is a byproduct that comes out of the ground during oil and gas extraction. The spill...
California Highway Patrol Mojave to conduct DUI, license checkpoint
CHP said the checkpoint is scheduled from 7 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday in an unincorporated part of Eastern Kern County
Delano man on probation arrested on suspicion of possessing meth, fentanyl
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — An investigation by the Kern County Probation Department has led to the arrest of a man who allegedly violated his probation and had controlled substances. The Kern County Probation Department’s Adult Probation Services, in partnership with the California Department of Justice and the Delan
Records: Man resentenced after deadly grandmother stabbing conviction reversed
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A Bakersfield man who was initially sentenced to 16 years to life for fatally stabbing his 70-year-old grandmother in the head was resentenced to 12 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter on Thursday, according to Kern County court records. Juan Andres Valdez, 34, was convicted...
Kern Co. to open cooling centers starting June 1
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — With the start of summer inching closer and temperatures already rising, the Kern County Cooling Center program is gearing up to operate for the summer. This year, the program will be in operation from Monday, June 1 through Tuesday, September 22. The cooling centers will open when summer t
Bakersfield Breakfast Rotary plants 1,000 flags for Memorial Day
The annual display at a Bakersfield park takes more than 200 volunteers and a surveyor to pull off — and it all comes together in about 3 hours
Bakersfield Woman Held to Answer in Hit-and-Run on Pacific Coast Highway
The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced that Mysti Lee Ary (DOB 01/29/77), of Bakersfield, has been held to answer on felony fleeing the scene of an accident causing permanent, serious injury for a June 15, 2025, accident along Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). On May 11, 2026, following a one-day preliminar
Argument about ‘clogging’ of lone toilet drives man to blind and kill aunt and...
A California man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the brutal stabbing death of his aunt over a household dispute. Christopher Kaulaity, 29, killed 45-year-old Maria Carmen Torrez in December 2024 at their Haley Street home in Kern County. The altercation reportedly began over a single clogged toilet
Anabell Correa double murder trial postponed to late August
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A trial date in the case of a woman facing two counts of murder in an alleged drunken driving crash that killed a Bakersfield couple was postponed Friday — and this time none of her family was arrested. Judge Judith K. Dulcich set a trial date of Aug. 31 for Anabell […]
