Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department’s Impact Unit participated in an encampment clean-up operation between Coffee Road and 24th Street last week that resulted in 10 arrests. BPD officers responded to an area near the Kern Riverbed on June 10, after receiving complaints of an decampment. Throu

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A man who was swept away in the Kern River earlier this month has been identified by the Kern County coroner as 36-year-old Corey Lewis Vargas, of Bakersfield. Vargas was swept away on June 6. His body was recovered from the Kern River on June...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department has published a report documenting city crime numbers for the month of May. According to the report, BPD responded to 25,162 911 calls and made 1,053 arrests in May but the crimes they responded to ran the gamut. The department’s numbers show there were 175

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Newly released police documents are providing new details about the DUI arrest of former Kern County District Attorney Edward Jagels, 77. According to the report, officers were called around 4:30 p.m. on June 1 to the area of Stockdale Highway and Calloway Drive after receiving reports

Visible changes are taking shape across Delano as city leaders carry out plans to rename landmarks and remove tributes in relation to the labor leader Cesar Chavez.

DELANO, CA (KUZZ) — The Delano City Council is expected to approve the renaming of several city facilities during their meeting June 15, 2026. The action comes on the heels of a report in March where the New York Times reported allegations against the late labor leader Cesar Chavez, saying he had sexually abused and gr

This story was originally published by EdSource. A superintendent from a tiny school district in Kern County, working with only a dozen volunteers over three months, garnered at least 670,000 votes in her bid for California superintendent of public instruction, despite taking no campaign contributions. Wendy Castañeda

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A 24-year-old man died after a head-on crash on 24th Street early Saturday morning. The Bakersfield Police Department said on June 13, 2026, at around 1:04 a.m., officers were called to the 2300 block of 24th Street regarding a head-on crash. When officers arrived, they...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Proposition 36 sentencing enhancements leave a Kern County man facing decades in prison after a jury found him guilty of possessing 10 pounds of fentanyl and more than 40 pounds of methamphetamine, prosecutors said. Ruben Gutierrez-Garcia was found guilty last week of five counts of drug po

A New Energy Milestone That Signals a Deeper Grid Transformation California’s first 8-hour grid battery marks a defining moment in the evolution of the modern power system. The installation in Kern County introduces long-duration storage at a scale that pushes far beyond conventional lithium-ion deployments. In the bro