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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — After more than a dozen delays, the jury trial for Alan Booth, the man accused of driving drunk into a crowd at the 2023 Bakersfield Christmas Parade, is now expected to begin on Monday, May 18. Records show the trial had been set to start...

Thursday law enforcement and the community took a moment to reflect and remember peace officers from Kern County who lost their lives while serving.

In a debate between Manpreet Kaur and Guillermo Gonzalez, the two candidates for California's 16th Senate District discussed issues facing voters in the Central Valley district, including sanctuary laws, commercial driver's licenses for immigrants, the state's gas tax, minimum wage and who should replace Gavin Newsom a

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — UPDATE (6:43 PM) Residents who live in the 2902-Rowlee area, per Genasys Protect, are ordered to evacuate. Residents who live in the areas surrounding south of Garces Highway, west of Thorton Road, east of Corcoran Road and north of Pond Road are ordered to evacuate. There is an immedi

Parents of nonverbal students in the Bakersfield City School District are pushing for cameras inside special education classrooms, saying they often don’t know what happens during the school day and want more transparency and protection for vulnerable children. Since January, Ashley Hopwood, a mother of two nonverbal c

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Tulare County Sheriff's Office said on Thursday that a portion of the Kings River, north of Kern County, will be closed to motorized watercraft until further notice due to dangerous water levels and flow. Officials said an assessment of the river showed numerous hazards,...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man serving life in prison for killing a father camping with his two young daughters at Malibu Creek State Park was found guilty Thursday of attacking a doctor while housed in a Kern County prison. Anthony Rauda was found guilty of felony battery by a prisoner on a non-prisoner. A […]

An evacuation order is in effect Thursday evening for areas near the Rowlee Fire burning near the Kern-Tulare county line.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Union Pacific and Kern County law enforcement agencies are investigating a death reported in east Bakersfield Thursday morning. Officials with Union Pacific told 17 News a train struck a person Thursday around 8:20 a.m. in the area of Edison Highway and East Brundage Lane. The incident did

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Cameras outside the east Bakersfield apartment where Yolanda Rojo was found dead recorded audio of her “screaming in pain and agony” and captured the father of her children leaving with blood on one hand and a kitchen knife in the other, according to a court filing. Victor Farias Jr. was ar