Bakersfield CA

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

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Prosecutors have requested more investigation into a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a 47-year-old Bakersfield man. Jared Paul Mitchell was found dead in the 7900 block of Camino Media just after 8 a.m. Oct 12, according to police. Nicholas Aguirre Jr., the alleged driver of the...

A man was struck an killed on Grocer Grade Monday afternoon when he stopped to check his vehicle after he stopped on the shoulder to check the tires after hitting the curb and embankment. "A preliminary investigation indicates the driver of a Honda Civic was traveling westbound on State Route...

Project would improve walkability along 18th and 19th streets with new sidewalks, lighting and bike facilities.