Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died after being struck by a train in April as 30-year-old James William Almond Jr. of Bakersfield. The Bakersfield Police Department said on Saturday, April 20, 2026, just before 9 p.m., officers were called...

The high in Bakersfield was 81° on Thursday, and temperatures are expected to remain steady into Friday. Outside of the Valley, highs are expected to be in the lower 80s in the KRV, with a mixture of 60s and 70s in our mountain towns. Even desert areas stay below...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – “Here sleeps an unknown mother and her infant son,” reads the tombstone, “mysteriously murdered April 18, 1923, and sympathetically buried by residents of Kern County.” And a century later that unknown mother slumbers still, undisturbed by 103 relentless San Joaquin Valley summers or the pe

SHAFTER, Calif. (KGET) — From a Shell gas station in Shafter, one lucky person won a $2 million scratch-off lottery ticket. But the questions is — who is the winner? “She said ‘I can’t believe it. That I win that money right now.’ She happy, that’s a good thing,” said the Shell station’s cashier Yesenia […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Fire Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man surveillance video allegedly starting a fire. The fire department said it happened on Sunday, September 13, 2026, in the 100 block of Jones Street. BFD said at around 3:20 a.m.,...

Kern County advocates are training professionals to recognize human trafficking — and say the signs are often hiding in plain sight.

Traffic Advisory for the Week of 9/21/2026 to 9/25/2026. EASTERN KERN, INYO, and MONO COUNTIES – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announces the following project work and traffic impacts for the week of September 21 – September 25. Work schedules are subject to change due to traffic...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif (KBAK/KBFX) Diesel drivers in Bakersfield are paying a steep premium at the pump, with prices far outpacing gasoline as a mix of global conflict and California-specific factors squeeze supply. The average price per gallon of diesel in Bakersfield is $8.20 a gallon, compared with gas averaging $6.37 a

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A Kern County man was convicted of residential burglary after he was found eating inside an east Bakersfield home while a 14-year-old girl hid in her bedroom. The Kern County District Attorney’s Office said on September 16, 2026, a Kern County jury found Mauro Nain...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Thursday announced the end of the “Operation Klean Strip,” a multi-agency investigation that led to the dismantling of two large methamphetamine conversion laboratories in Bakersfield and Visalia. The operation began in November 2025 and wrapped up with nine ar