Bakersfield CA

Former Sevita Health caregivers in Bakersfield speak out about staffing and safety concerns at a group home for adults with developmental disabilities.

After Jessica Lewis's four-year-old son came home with bruises and no phone call from the school, she tells 23ABC her journey for justice now calls for cameras inside special education classrooms.

Paying extra to park closer to the front door may sound like something reserved for stadiums, airports or valet parking. But at a mall in Bakersfield, shoppers are now being charged up to $10 a day for preferred parking, raising a familiar question for Coachella Valley shoppers: Could paid parking eventually become mor

As the caregiver of a spouse with irreversible dementia, I neglected to fully understand this advice: You can care for others best when you also care for yourself. When my husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s four years ago, I immediately went into protective mode. All I wanted was to do everything in my power to kee

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Jurors are in deadlock over how to convict Lindsay Clancy — the mother who is accused of killing her three children. We are taking a deeper look at the trial with Criminal Defense Attorney Alekxia Torres Stallings to break down where this trial might go. Watch the full interview in the […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The California Highway Patrol will be conducting a Holiday Enforcement Period for the Labor Day weekend. The enforcement period will be from Friday, September 4, at 6 p.m. to Monday, September 7, at 11:59 p.m. According to CHP, during the enforcement period, officers statewide will...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Closing arguments were presented Wednesday in the trial of a man charged with murder in a deadly shooting seven years ago in east Bakersfield. 17 News live blogged attorneys’ statements in the trial of Michael Angel Cervantes, 33, who’s accused of killing Bryan Lee Redman following a confro

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — In just a few years, students won’t have to trek down Interstate 58 to access Bakersfield-grade college degrees or work opportunities — they can get it right in Tehachapi. Phase one of the new Cerro Coso Community College campus construction includes 19,320 square feet of instructional spac

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A two-year prison term was handed down Tuesday in connection with a hit-and-run crash in 2024 that killed a woman walking on Ming Avenue. Eliezer Camacena-Martinez, 28, pleaded no contest in June to hit-and-run causing death, according to court records. Kern County District Attorney’s Offic

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in identifying a woman wanted for allegedly punching a vehicle. According to police, the incident happened Aug. 21 at around 7:20 p.m. Police said the woman punched a vehicle that was parked in the 2600 block of Call