Kern County Animal Service adopts technology to locate pets
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — Kern County Animal Services is leveraging technology from Petco Love Lost to create a comprehensive online database, interactive map, and facial recognition system to help locate lost animals. Petco Love Lost, established in 1999, has facilitated more than 120,000 pet reunions. The...
2 Bakersfield nonprofits team up to show the way to local teens
Doing good feels good. That’s one of the lessons a person can take from the work of Rick Shaw and his colleagues with a pair of grassroots Bakersfield nonprofits -- Play Thru It and SVS Cares.
Delano Police Department welcomes 6 new officers
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Delano Police Department is celebrating new additions to the police force. The department posted this photo on Facebook of the officers who recently graduated the 161st Basic Academy of the Tulare-Kings Counties Basic Peace Officer Academy. Officers Jose Delgado, Orlando Guzman, Kaia...
Coroner identifies man killed in alleged DUI crash on Fairfax Rd
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a man killed by an alleged drunken driver in a crash early Sunday. The man was identified as Salvador Gallegos Jr., 35, of Bakersfield. Gallegos Jr. was driving on Fairfax Road at around 12:30 a.m. when a man driving a pickup truck and suspected...
Kern County firefighters extinguish 77-acre fire near Lost Hills
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Firefighters with the Kern County Fire Department extinguished a 77-acre fire Saturday evening near the Lost Hills area. Firefighters were dispatched to an area near Highway 46 and Highway 33 around 6:27 p.m., according to officials. As firefighters were leaving the fire station a column...
Valley temps stay in 90s as heat alerts hit other parts of the U.S.
Temps remain just below average in the Valley. Meanwhile, a high pressure system brings extreme heat in the mid-south U.S. with warnings and advisories in effect.
Officials investigate fire at La Mirage Hotel
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A motel that’s caught fire multiple times went up in flames yet again Saturday in central Bakersfield. Fire crews raced back to the La Mirage Motel in the 500 block of Union Avenue at about 3 p.m. A power pole across the street also caught fire. The motel was shut down […]
Bakersfield Christmas Parade crash trial postponed to September
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The trial of a man charged with driving drunk in a crash that injured multiple spectators at the 2023 Bakersfield Christmas Parade has been postponed to September, according to court records. The postponement, granted Monday, marked the latest of several delays in the case against Alan...
Taft PD investigates fatal motorcycle crash on Kern Street
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Taft Police Department is investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash between a truck and a motorcycle that happened Sunday. The driver of the vehicle that fled has been identified as Alejandro Padilla, of the Taft area, according to the police department. Police describe Padilla as 6...
Back to more typical summer weather
It's starting to fee like late July again. Our stretch of lower 90s is over. Bakersfield hit 94° Monday, and temperatures will be warmer for the rest of the week. Highs are expected to be in the 96° to 98° range, still technically below average for this time of year.
