Bakersfield CA

On the north side of Shafter, the Wonderful Logistics Center has quietly grown into one of the Central Valley’s heavyweight freight hubs, stacking big box warehouses alongside a career training campus and on-site container handling. The complex began as an ag industrial park and has since morphed into a full-scale logi

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The California Highway Patrol will conduct a DUI Sobriety and Driver License Checkpoint in an unincorporated area of eastern Kern County on Friday, May 22, 2026, from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. This checkpoint will take place in the jurisdiction of the Mojave Area CHP...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Police Department cracked down on illegal street racing and takeover activities in the city over the weekend, resulting in an arrest, 28 citations, and five vehicles impounded. In a social media post, they showed videos of cars participating in the activities and the...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — If there was any doubt Christopher Kaulaity felt no remorse for stabbing his aunt to death, his behavior Wednesday settled the matter. As the victim’s sister and other family entered the courtroom, Kaulaity stood and said, “I hope you rot in hell with your sister, b—-.” Both the sister and

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A man convicted of stabbing his aunt to death after a family argument in 2024 was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years to life, plus one year. Christopher Kaulaity was found guilty last month of first-degree murder in the killing of his aunt, Maria Carmen...

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Mysti Lee Ary of Bakersfield is now set to face a felony charge of fleeing the scene of an accident in connection with a June 15, 2025, collision on the Pacific Coast Highway that left a pedestrian with significant injuries. On May 11, 2026,...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A woman who told detectives she fired a gun in self-defense, fatally wounding the man who stole her son’s bike, pleaded no contest Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter, according to court records. Dolores Alatorre, 35, also pleaded no contest to making criminal threats and is scheduled to be

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died after being found shot in Delano on Tuesday morning as 54-year-old Jesus Garcia Samano. The coroner’s report said on May 19, 2026, at around 8:45 a.m., Samano was shot and found at the...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — Questions about Kern County’s child welfare system are continuing as an out-of-state family with Choctaw heritage fights for custody of a 3-year-old relative who has spent months in foster care. Three-year-old Alexandra has been in the Kern County foster care system for months. For the.

An inmate escaped from Kern Medical in East Bakersfield on Wednesday morning and was caught in a nearby neighborhood shortly after, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Office.