Bakersfield CA

Good morning! Temperatures are set to be below 100 for the first time in over two weeks. We stay in this nicer weather pattern through the weekend. Cooler air is pushing into central California, and temperatures are expected to be below seasonal average starting today, on Thursday. Bakersfield's average high...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A day after deadlocking on a murder charge against a man who stabbed his wife in the neck, jurors began hearing testimony from the defendant himself to determine whether he was sane at the time of the killing. The jury in the case against Rafael Estrada on Wednesday returned a number […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The California Highway Patrol will be conduction and D.U.I. and driver's license checkpoint on August 15 from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. in an unincorporated area of Bakersfield. CHP said officers will be looking for signs of alcohol or drug use and will be checking...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The California Highway Patrol is set to conduct a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint in an unincorporated Bakersfield area on Saturday. The checkpoint is scheduled from 6 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday, according to the California Highway Patrol. DUI checkpoints serve three purposes: deter

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department’s Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI and Driver License Checkpoint on Friday. Officers conducting the checkpoint operation will be looking for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment of drivers, BPD said. The department said that conducting DUI checkpoin

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A counselor at Robert F. Kennedy High School in Delano allegedly failed to report physical abuse between two students in 2023 and is facing a misdemeanor charge — the same charge brought recently against a Tehachapi school administrator. The counselor, Natalie Renee Fragoso, was charged thr

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Following days of deliberation, a jury on Thursday reached guilty verdicts — including on first-degree murder — in the case of three men charged in the death of a Long Beach man who was shot in Bakersfield and buried in a desert area of Arizona. 17 News live blogged the reading […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A 33-year-old woman accused of destroying a decorative glass sculpture at the center of the Kern County Veterans Memorial has been scheduled for a hearing to determine if she’s competent to stand trial. Court records show Marina Leanne Smith is expected to be examined...

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — City staff has stopped developing a policy that aimed to make Bakersfield a “sanctuary city” following a request from the City Council. This comes after a large number of residents attended the Bakersfield City Council meeting on Aug. 5 to protest the proposed idea of becoming a sanctuary c