Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — Northbound Highway 99 near White Lane is facing delays after at least one person was killed Thursday evening, according to CHP's Traffic Incident Information Page. It happened at 6:25 p.m. when a person reportedly began jumping in front of vehicles on northbound Highway 99, just...

The jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision on murder charges for Maya Hernandez after days of deliberations. Hernandez faced murder and child cruelty charges for leaving her two young children in a car unattended while she went to a spa appointment. (12/18/25)

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Bakersfield man who works as an Uber driver was charged Wednesday with raping an unconscious passenger in Camarillo. Simranjit Singh Sekhon, 35, picked up an intoxicated woman around 1 a.m. Nov. 27 outside a bar in Thousand Oaks, according to a release from Ventura County District...

Kern County Sheriff's Office and Bakersfield Police Department bring holiday cheer.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Sheriff Youngblood joined 17 News at Sunrise to discuss the 170 KCSO job vacancies, methamphetamine arrest and the progress on the substation building on Hard Rock Tejon property. “We’ve seized a lot of drugs, more than the last year than I’ve ever seen before,” said Sheriff Donny...

Body camera footage from the Marion County Sheriff's Office shows the arrest of Debra Newton on Nov. 24, a woman accused of abducting her daughter in 1983.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Bakersfield police are asking the community to identify three suspects related to a food market burglary. The suspects burglarized Fiesta Food Market, at 1400 Padre Street, according to police. Police describe the first suspect to be in his early 20’s with short black hair, wearing a...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The trial of an accused drunken driver who hit multiple spectators at the 2023 Bakersfield Christmas Parade has been postponed to early January. On Tuesday, a new trial date of Jan. 5 was set for Alan Booth, who’s facing four counts of assault with a deadly weapon, two DUI-related counts...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The second lane on westbound Highway 58 just east of General Beale Road is open Thursday morning after a semi truck caught fire. According to the California Highway Patrol traffic information page, a semi truck caught fire just after midnight Thursday morning.

A thick 'radiation fog' is blanketing huge swathes of the state leaving visibility poor for drivers