Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — An inmate was captured about 30 minutes after, KCSO says, she escaped custody at Kern Medical early Friday morning. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said on November 21, 2025, at about 3:15 a.m., an inmate, identified as 29-year-old Erica Toledo, escaped from Kern County Sheriff’s...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A crash involving a semi-truck and another vehicle that damaged a guardrail is causing delays for drivers near the Grapevine Thursday afternoon. The collision was reported at around 2:15 p.m. in southbound lanes of I-5 just south of Grapevine Road, according to the California Highway...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Deputies on patrol in Oildale said they noticed a man riding a bicycle with no brakes — a vehicle code infraction. They made a U-turn and followed him. Anthony Ortiz ignored multiple commands to stop, saying he hadn’t done anything wrong, before deputies took him into custody, according...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The 2025 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway has come to an end at Eyewitness News. Congratulations to the winner of the St. Jude Dream Home:. Winners of the various prizes were announced all day Thursday, including the St. Jude Dream Home winner at 6 p.m. on KBAK-CBS.

Protesters gathered at Megyn Kelly's Bakersfield speaking event Thursday, organized in response to her podcast comments about Jeffrey Epstein victims.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Bakersfield police are looking for a man who allegedly removed a gas station panel containing a computer board with a credit card reader. Police say a heavy set man, with long dark hair was seen removing the fuel pump panel Sept. 17, which contained a computer board, credit card pin pad […]

It’s one of Bakersfield’s oldest neighborhoods, and has a mix of homes from grand mansions to modest bungalows. Today’s on KVPR’s Central Valley Roots, the story of the Oleander-Sunset neighborhood. Located just south of downtown Bakersfield, the generally accepted boundaries include California Avenue on the north,...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Bakersfield attorney accused of driving drunk when he crashed into a DUI checkpoint, injuring California Highway Patrol officers, has twice failed to show for court hearings this month. A defense attorney on Wednesday cited “medical unavailability” for William Charles Wright’s absence....

A California man was sentenced to more than two decades in prison for his role in a large-scale conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine using semi trucks that he took part in while he was imprisoned. On November 3, 2025, Michael Thomas, 51, of Delano, California, was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison to be...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood joined 17 News at Sunrise to discuss the new dual use building between the Kern County Fire station and the Kern County Sheriff’s office, the Hard Rock Casino Tejon security measures and inmate escapee Francisco Garcia. Regarding the new building said...