Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a Delano man who died after CHP says he lost control of his truck, crashed into trees, and was ejected from the vehicle on Woollomes Avenue as 21-year-old Marcio Ramon Mejia Sanchez. The California Highway Patrol said...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s help in identifying a man accused of vandalizing cars outside of a business on Brundage Lane, near Oak Street. Police said on Saturday, April 25th, 2026, at around 7:20 p.m., the suspect allegedly vandalized multiple...

A brush fire blackened 665 acres on the north side of Elk Hills Saturday afternoon, sending smoke drifting over Taft for a time in the late afternoon. The Brite Fire was reported at 2:09 p.m. about 1.5 miles southwest of the Buttonwillow Airport. The fire had burned an estimated 5...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — According to PG&E's outage website, 248 customers are without power Monday in the area of Alfred Harrell Highway near Round Mountain Road and over 600 are without power in Lost Hills. Officials said 606 customers are without power in the Lost Hills area, near the...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a 32-year-old missing man who was last seen in May 2025. Deputies said Edgar Vargas, 32, has been reported missing. Vargas is described as 6'2" tall and 172 pounds, with...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative released a new homelessness report over the weekend. We brought in executive director Carlos Baldovinos from The Mission at Kern County to help us give context to the numbers. Baldovinos says that while the report found a 3.2% increase fr

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department’s Organized Retail Theft Unit recently ended an investigation into a serial retail theft suspects who stole a variety of items from several local Lowe’s home improvement stores. Jaime Ramirez, 43, was arrested on Thursday, May 7, for his involvement in at l

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Police Department's Traffic Unit has impounded several vehicles involved in a recent parking lot takeover. According to the BPD, the takeover took place on Friday, April 17, at the Mesa Marin Sports Complex on Highway 178. Police say they did not have enough...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died after being found in the Kern River as 30-year-old Scott Clay Kuykendall of Lake Isabella. According to the coroner’s report, on May 5, 2026, at around 12:53 p.m., Kuykendall was found dead in...

Tejon Ranch Co. and Dedeaux Properties are preparing to break ground on a 510,385-sq. ft. Class A industrial structure at the Tejon Ranch Commerce Center in the Kern County community of Lebec, about 75 miles north of Los Angeles. Fullmer Construction is serving as general contractor of the new development.