Bakersfield CA

Nation’s No. 1 program piles up 12 placers in Bakersfield while Rocklin Zinkin’s showdown win, Bailey Holman’s surprise run and multiple first-time champions headline a loaded state tournament.

California stands at a pivotal crossroads, where energy policy, agriculture, and local economies collide. Few understand this better than Rickey Bird, director and writer of the new documentary Kern Oil. Born and raised in Bakersfield and a third-generation oil field worker, Bird has lived through the highs and lows...

Firestone Grill on California Avenue is the kind of place that makes diets nervous and hungry people very, very happy. From the moment you walk in, the smell of slow-cooked meats, sizzling burgers, and fries on overdrive fills the air. Lines move fast, trays come out piled high, and portions...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of stealing a bicycle from a central Bakersfield home. At around 5:20 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, the suspect entered the rear yard of a home in the 3100 block of 16th Street from the alley,...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — A man is dead after being struck by a car as he was lying in the roadway in downtown Bakersfield. Police responded Friday night to the 2000 block of 24th Street to find the man dead. They say he was struck by a car, but they aren’t sure why he was in the roadway in the first place.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A report from a Los Angeles attorney group found dangerous intersections in Central California, including those in Bakersfield. According to Pacific Attorney Group, the report looked at areas of Fresno, Stockton, Modesto and Bakersfield. “Together the Central California area has an...

TULARE, CA – “HAPPENING OVERNIGHT: Armed Robbery at Delano Truck Stop. Just after 12:15 a.m. on 2/25/26, TCSO Deputies were called to the Big B’s Travel Center on Highway 99 in Delano for an armed robbery. When Deputies arrived, they learned three suspects came into the store...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Fire crews sprayed down Stockdale Highway after no hazardous material was found from an item that fell off a truck. The Bakersfield Fire Department said on Monday morning, after 8 a.m., there was a report of material that fell from a truck onto the roadway.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man accused of firing shots that wounded two people outside El Portal West Mexican Grill and Cantina has pleaded no contest to an assault charge. Billy Burell, 29, pleaded no contest last week to assault with a gun, according to court records. Other charges, including attempted murder,...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A Bakersfield man was arrested after allegedly being involved in a robbery that happened in Lake Isabella. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said on February 28, 2026, a joint effort between KCSO Kern Valley Substation deputies and Metropolitan Patrol deputies found and arrested a...