Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – It’s human nature to sometimes take for granted the people and places we experience every day. Sometimes it takes outsiders to see remarkable things in our familiar daily lives. Such is the case these days in the quiet Kern County oil town of Taft, where two out-of-town documentary...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Another secret motion has been filed in former Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner’s child abuse case. This time, by the State Attorney General’s Office Scrivner’s attorney had previously filed a request for a mental health diversion. A hearing for that and other matters on the case was...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A tearful remembrance was held at a south Bakersfield church Thursday afternoon to honor a man whose death is a mystery. There are reports 56 year-old Peter Espinoza was the victim of an assault on Oct. 2nd. Other reports say he may have been hit by a car. What is known […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a man suspected of a theft in northeast Bakersfield. The theft was reported in the 2600 block of Oswell Street on Sept. 30, according to the police department. The man is described to be in his 30’s,...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — Judge Christie Norris has been selected as the new assistant presiding judge of the Kern County Superior Court. She will begin her new role at the start of the new year, succeeding Judge Eric Bradshaw. Norris was appointed to the Kern County Superior Court in 2021...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A 49-year-old man accused of killing his father has been charged with murder, court records show. Alfred Juarez Jr. had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf Thursday afternoon to charges of first-degree murder, robbery, cruelty to an elder or dependent adult, carjacking and vehicle...

The man who was allegedly killed on East White Lane on October 2, 2025, has been identified as Peter Espinoza, 56, of Bakersfield, according to the Kern County coroner. Espinoza was found unresponsive around 10:08 a.m. in the 100 block of East White Lane and was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause and manner of...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A 21-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence near the bluffs Thursday morning. Deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the 2800 block of Hawthorne Avenue for the report of a restraining order violation, according to officials. At the scene,...

Chevron is cutting 175 jobs at its San Ramon and Bakersfield offices as part of a $3 billion restructuring plan, following 600 earlier cuts in Northern California.

Fourteen motorcyclists linked to the Hells Angels and Hermanos Unidos motorcycle gangs were arrested Friday night after leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase through Kern County, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO). The pursuit began around 7:47 p.m. on October 10, when the California Highway...