Bakersfield CA

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Southern California — Strong northeast winds associated with a Santa Ana wind event continue to impact much of Southern California, prompting multiple Wind Advisories across Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange,...

Now $100 billion over budget, the train will run from Gilroy to Palmdale and is expected to be completed by 2039.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Library is highlighting their online services. The library offers multiple apps that give access to e book, audio books, movies and documentaries. A library card is needed to access these services which can be applied for online or in person at the...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Kern County Employers' Training Resource is sharing their on-the-job training opportunities that benefit both employers and job seekers. The on-the job training program helps job seekers advance their skills or learn new information that will help them transition into a new career....

BAKERSFIELD, CA — JANUARY 26TH 2026. “DEA agents, along with detectives from the California Highway Patrol and Bakersfield Police Department assigned to the DEA Task Force, conducted a coordinated investigation into a suspected drug trafficking organization. Multiple search warrants were executed with assistance from...

Our featured pet of the week on Wag Wednesday is Caleb, an approximately two-year-old dog available for adoption at Kern County Animal Services.

Kern County Sheriff's Office seeks white man with arm tattoos driving white work truck for sexual assault of minor in Lamont on December 8.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A woman has been arrested for allegedly pouring gas onto a fire that spread and severely burned a man at a gathering last month in Taft. Magdalena Junes was arrested Feb. 3 by Taft police under suspicion of unlawfully causing a fire resulting in serious bodily injury. The incident...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — The case has been delayed concerning a Visalia mother convicted of child endangerment in the hot-car death of her son in southwest Bakersfield. A judge told attorneys Tuesday to return next week for further discussions in the case of Maya Hernandez, 20, who left her two young boys inside a...

Recent scary pile-ups on highways in California have been blamed on tule fog, a specific type of fog that's native to the state's Central Valley. The recent huge, fog-related pileups in California include a 59-vehicle crash on Highway 99 in Tulare County on Jan. 31, which caused 10 injuries. Another major accident...